Surveying singles in Japan: qualitative reflections on quantitative social research during COVID time

Dales, Laura; Kottmann, Nora

doi:10.1080/13645579.2021.1998758

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“…As the availability of respondents decreased and data collection in many studies were moved online 4 , the pandemic affected the reliability of quantitative social studies 13 , in uencing both study designs and sampling. Consequently, the mixed-mode methodology tends to be more often acclaimed 14,15 to provide information which could currently be missing from eld studies. Speci cally, standard data collection processes may be replaced by data triangulation using available secondary data.…”

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Does secondary data suffice? Protected area conflict analysis in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Akhshik

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The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged protected area (PA) conflict analyses. A compelled shift towards broader use of secondary data evokes doubts about the validity of the results unless restrictive assessment procedures are implemented. To address this need, we propose a three-fold (theory-, method-, and cross-scale simulation-driven) approach to assess the usefulness of the utilized state register dataset and the indicator analysis methodology for the multi-level recognition of PA conflict determinants. With the ultimate aim to inform case study selection, we processed 187 relevant indicators from the Polish Central Statistical Office register for a Lesser Poland region. We distinguished five types of PA conflict determinants in Lesser Poland (‘urbanity’, ‘agriculture’, ‘tourism’, ‘small-scale entrepreneurship’, and ‘sprawl’) and respective groups of 15 clusters comprising local-level units. For one cluster we juxtaposed the obtained results with secondary data from another source (Internet content) and for a specific PA (Tatra National Park). Although the reported conflict issues corresponded with indicator-derived descriptors of the cluster, in the theory-driven phase of the assessment the state register failed to address the key prerequisites of PA conflicts. We proved that the proposed method can serve as a proxy for a multi-level PA conflict determinant analysis in crisis conditions such as COVID-19, provided it synthesizes the results of various methodological approaches, followed by in-person inquiries in the selected case studies.

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Does secondary data suffice? Protected area conflict analysis in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Akhshik

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Doing Intimacy in Pandemic Times: Findings of a Large-Scale Survey Among Singles in Japan

Kottmann

Dales

2022

Social Science Japan Journal

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Singles—here understood as unmarried or never married individuals—are a growing subset of the Japanese population that has not received discrete attention in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This article addresses the ways in which the pandemic and its associated interventions—calls for social distancing, self-restraint, or the avoidance of the ‘3Cs’—affect singles’ (non)familial personal relationships and practices of intimacy (platonic and romantic), as well as perceptions of singlehood and ‘solo activities’ (sorokatsu). Based on exploratory analyses of data from an original cross-sectional online survey conducted in early 2021 (n = 4.000; unmarried residents of Japan aged 25–49 years), we show that while practices of intimacy are changing throughout the pandemic, the changes are less dramatic than we anticipated. In addition, changes are highly gendered and seem to support contemporary media and public discourse on how individuals are managing COVID-life and its concomitant uncertainties. We see two diachronic developments: an increase in social isolation and distress on the one hand, and an increase in acceptance of being single and doing ‘solo activities’ on the other. Our findings contribute to an understanding of the ways that singlehood, marital status, and extra-familial relationships are shaped, and shape the experiences of this pandemic.

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Surveying singles in Japan: qualitative reflections on quantitative social research during COVID time

Cited by 2 publications

References 32 publications

Does secondary data suffice? Protected area conflict analysis in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Does secondary data suffice? Protected area conflict analysis in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Doing Intimacy in Pandemic Times: Findings of a Large-Scale Survey Among Singles in Japan

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