ALLBUS/GGSS 1980-86 (Kumulierte Allgemeine Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften/Cumulated German General Social Survey 1980-86)
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA1335 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.1335
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: ALLBUS 1980: importance of life aspects and job
characteristics; attitude towards and contacts with foreign
guest-workers (Gastarbeiter); educational goals; data on friends;
assessment of social conflicts in the Federal Republic; contacts with
administration as well as attitudes towards administration, family, and
the welfare state.
ALLBUS 1982: i ... more Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 01.1980 - 05.1986
Date(s) of Data Collection: 01.1980 - 05.1986, 1980: January to February
1982: February to May
1984: March to June
1986: March to May
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE), FRG incl. 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: 12045
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Multistage;
Household Sample: Multi-stage random sample (ADM-Mastersample) Temporal Research Design: Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated 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 (1980-84)
INFRATEST, München (1986)
Analysis System(s): SPSS
Number of Variables: 659
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Lepsius, M. Rainer - Universität Heidelberg | Mayer, Karl U. - Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin | Müller, Walter - Universität Mannheim | Pappi, Franz U. - Universität Kiel | Scheuch, Erwin K. - Universität Köln | Ziegler, Rolf - Universität München
Publication year: 2002
DOI: 10.4232/1.1335
Study number: ZA1335
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.1335
Version history: ... more Errata in current version: ... 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 
