Social Research Services

APMI Partners provide a full range of social research services to governments, businesses, industry associations and not-for-profit organisations throughout the Asia Pacific region.

We are the only provider capable of conducting social research projects in all countries throughout the Asia Pacific region, from the developed countries of Australia, Japan and Singapore to the developing countries of Bangladesh, Cambodia and Myanmar.

Our social research team comprises experienced researchers, familiar with qualitative and quantitative methodologies and are backed by our extensive fieldwork operations capable of data collection throughout the diverse countries of the Asia Pacific region.

Social issues

 

Investigating a wide range of social issues that involve local communities, special interest groups through to the nation-wide population.

Examples of the types of research include:

  • Exploration of social attitudes towards public transport infrastructure in Sydney, Australia

  • Determining awareness of cervical cancer amongst women aged 30-50 in Indonesia

  • Investigating public perceptions of climate change in Japan

public policy

 

Bridging the gap between the public and government, business, industry associations and not-for-profit organisations in investigating, developing and implementing public policy.

Examples of the types of research include:

  • Exploration of public attitudes towards tax reform in Australia

  • Investigation of public opinion about the curriculum of primary schools in New Zealand

  • Evaluation of public health services in Singapore

LONGITUDINAL STUDIES

 

Understanding what are the key events and trends over the long-term across a wide range of situations involving special interest groups.

Examples of the types of research include:

  • Study of 300 dialysis patients in rural and regional areas of Australia, tracking their use of healthcare services and health outcomes over 10 years

  • Study of 1,000 students across Malaysia, commencing from their first year of primary school and scheduled to end in their last year of high school, observing details of their education outcomes over this time, currently in it's 5th year

  • Study of a representative sample of SME's established in Singapore in 2009, tracking their annual performance across a range of KPI's, now in it's 6th year

OPINION POLLING

 

Determining the public's opinion concerning a wide range of past, present and future issues and understanding how these issues affect the public.

Examples of the types of research include:

  • Evaluating public opinion towards the development of a new coal mine located near a regional city in Australia

  • Investigating public opinion concerning the proposed bid for an upcoming winter olympics in a Japanese city

  • Determining public opinion towards a proposal to increase the immigration levels of skilled workers in Singapore

POLITICAL POLLING

 

Addressing political research needs for government at local, state and national levels, to understand and prioritise key issues for voters and to determine voter intentions. 

Examples of the types of research include:

  • Detailed qualitative and quantitative research to determine the prioritisation of issues amongst voters across specific electorates and the electorate as a whole in Taiwan

  • Pre-election day polling of voter intentions in the Australian state of New South Wales

  • Exit-polling of voters on the day of a national election in Japan