Regulations and Obligations of East Asia Barometer (EAB)
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Rules and Obligations Governing the Access to South Asian Barometer Survey Data
The Asian Barometer Survey is essentially a cross-national survey project. Under the data- sharing agreement among our Asian collaborators, we have made our merged South Asian Barometer dataset which covers five South Asian countries and territories and all the variables contained in the core questionnaire freely accessible to scholars and experts worldwide upon application. To encourage academic exchange and the sharing of survey research, data from the first wave and second wave of the South Asian Barometer survey covering five countries (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal) are now released. The files for release include the common questionnaire in English, the data files (in SPSS format).
The South Asia Wave1 data only contains questions in Set B. For Wave1 questions of Set A or technical issues, including sampling methods, please kindly contact the South Asia Team (E-mail address: Lokniti Official
In addition, the South Asia Wave2 data only contains questions in Set A. For questions of Set B or technical issues, including sampling methods, please kindly contact the South Asia Team (E-mail address: Lokniti Official
Under the same agreement, however, our data release policy does not cover country-specific variables that some country teams have collected out of their own resources and for their own research purposes. The Asian Barometer Survey has no authority over the release of these country specific data except for the Taiwan survey. Anyone who would like to get access to country-specific variables from other countries and territories should contact the responsible individual country team directly.
To encourage academic exchange and the sharing of survey research, The Asian Barometer Survey has collated and released the South Asian Barometer survey data from each country for reference and use by the academic community.
1) The applicant (data user) must not copy, print, sell or otherwise supply any of the data and materials supplied to any other individual or organizations by any means. The data is for the use of the applicant only, and is not to be archived at the institution of the person who applies to use the data.
2) Data provided by South Asian Barometer are to be used solely for academic research, education, policy-oriented analysis, or other pre-approved purposes.
3) When data is used for collaborative research, all users must sign the application forms.
4) When the data is used for instruction, only a pre-approved subset of the data can be provided to the students. The requested data must not exceed 30 variables, excluding behavioral, attitudinal and socio-economic background variables.
5) Individuals who violate the aforementioned regulations are legally responsible for their actions. Furthermore, the Asian Barometer will permanently cancel his or her right to apply for Asian Barometer holdings. We will also notify the violator’s employer and announce the violator's name, organization, title, and violation in our website. Application Instruction and Data Release Procedure
Please follow the instructions below:
1. Fill in the data application form online in Asian Barometer website. Please notice that every items must be complete. (http://www.asianbarometer.org/)
2. After receiving the application form, we will check all the information noted.
3. Providing there are no errors in the application for, we will process and release the requested data through email. The data will be emailed to the applicant.
4. If the applicant requires the data to be written into a CD-ROM, the CD-ROM may be collected from the Asian Barometer office, or sent by post or express to Asian Barometer Survey, Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University, No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan, R.O.C.. Please note that the applicant should pay for the postage processing fees. The staff at Asian Barometer Survey will contact the applicant for more details about mailing.
If you have any questions concerning data release, please contact us via telephone (886 2 3366 8456) or email ([email protected]). DATA APPLICATION FORM & DATA LOAN AGREEMENT South Asian Barometer Survey Full Name
Affiliation Title
Mailing Address
Phone (O) Fax (H) E-mail Other Users __ No __ Yes (Please submit one form for each additional user) Sending Method ____Email ____Collected from Office ____Post/Express Intended Use ___ Instruction (Please specify on a separate sheet a subset of the data that contains no more than 30 indicators plus demographic variables.) ___ Academic Research Project ___ Dissertation ___ Policy-related Analysis Others (please specify) ______Brief Description of Research
Purpose of Application
Requested ___ Wave1 (2005) dataset ___ Wave2 (2013)
The APPLICANT hereby is in good faith on agreeing to obey the RULES AND OBLIGATIONS GOVERNING THE ACCESS TO ASIAN BAROMETER SURVEY DATA.
Signed by the APPLICANT ______Date: ______
Note：Please sign the agreement and either send the original by post, email us the signed form in PDF format, or fax it to +886 2 2365 7179. The data will be released ONLY when the signed agreement is received. Please note that the handwritten signature is required. ※ Approve by ______Date: ______