ALLBUS/GGSS 1980 (Allgemeine Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften/German General Social Survey 1980)
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA1000 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.1000
Abstract: ALLBUS (GGSS - the German General Social Survey) is a biennial trend survey based on random samples of the German population. Established in 1980, its mission is to monitor attitudes, behavior, and social change in Germany. Each ALLBUS cross-sectional survey consists of one or two main question modules covering changing topics, a range of supplementary questions and a core module providing detailed demographic information. Additionally, data on the interview and the interviewers are provided as well. Key topics generally follow a 10-year replication cycle, many individual indicators and item b ... more Content: 1.) Importance of life aspects and job characteristics: family and
children, work and occupation, free time and recreation, friends and
acquaintances, kinship, religion and church, politics and public life;
preferred job characteristics (security, income, responsibility, etc.).
2.) Attitudes towards marriage, family, and partnership: family as
pre ... more Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 01.1980 - 02.1980
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE), Federal Republic of Germany (including West Berlin)
Universe: Private households addressing all individuals with German citizenship
who were at least 18 years of age by the day of the interview.
Number of Units: 2995
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Multistage;
Household Sample: Multi-stage random sample (ADM-Mastersample)
Temporal Research Design: Cross-section Analysis Unit: Individual Mode of Data Collection: • Face-to-face interview: Paper-and-pencil (PAPI);
Personal interview with standardized questionnaire (PAPI - Paper and
Pencil Interviewing)
Data Collector: GETAS, Bremen
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Number of Variables: 371
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Lepsius, M. Rainer - Universität Mannheim | Scheuch, Erwin K. - Universität Köln | Ziegler, Rolf - Universität München | - ZUMA, Mannheim
Publication year: 1996
DOI: 10.4232/1.1000
Study number: ZA1000
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.1000
Version history: ... more Reference publications
Publications: Braun, Michael; Mohler, Peter Ph.:
Die Allgemeine Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften (ALLBUS). Rückblick und Ausblick in die neunziger Jahre.
In: ZUMA-Nachrichten 29, 1991, S. 7-28.
| Terwey, Michael:
ALLBUS: Das Programm und Erweiterungen des bestehenden Angebots.
In: ZA-Information 42, 1998, S. 33-43.
| Terwey, Michael:
ALLBUS: ... more Study group: 
ALLBUS |
show all hits of the groupThe German General Social Survey (ALLBUS) collects up-to-date data on attitudes, behavior, and social structure in Germany. Every two years since 1980 a representative cross section of the population is surveyed using both constant and variable questions. The ALLBUS data become available to interested parties for research and teaching as soon as th ... more 
