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International Social Survey Programme: Social Inequality II - ISSP 1992

Kelley, Jonathan; Bean, Clive; Evans, Mariah
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA2310 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.2310
Abstract: The International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) is a continuous programme of cross-national collaboration running annual surveys on topics important for the social sciences. The programme started in 1984 with four founding members - Australia, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States – and has now grown to almost 50 member countries from all over the world. As the surveys are designed for replication, they can be used for both, cross-national and cross-time comparisons. Each ISSP module focuses on a specific topic, which is repeated in regular time intervals. Please, consult the document ... more
Content: Most important prerequisites for personal success in society (scale); attitude to the welfare state and social differences (scale); chances to increase personal standard of living; importance of differentiated payment; higher payment with acceptance of increased responsibility; higher payment as incentive for additional qualification of workers; av ... more
Topics: Social behaviour and attitudes | SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND GROUPINGS | Equality, inequality and social exclusion | Social and occupational mobility | Income, property and investment/saving

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 02.1991 - 07.1993
Date(s) of Data Collection: 02.1991 - 07.1993 | 03.1993 - 07.1993, Australia | 02.1993 - 03.1993, Austria | 08.03.1993 - 31.03.1993, Bulgaria | 1992, Canada | 16.10.1992 - 06.11.1992, Czechoslovakia | 05.1992 - 06.1992, Germany | 06.1992 - 09.1992, Great Britain | 10.1992, Hungary | 1992, Italy | 08.1992 - 09.1992, New Zealand | 12.02.1992 - 15.06.1992, Norway | 15.11.1992 - ... more
Geographic coverage: Australia (AU) | Germany (DE), West Germany | Germany (DE), East Germany | Great Britain (GB-GBN) | United States of America (US) | Hungary (HU) | Austria (AT) | Italy (IT) | Sweden (SE) | Norway (NO) | Slovenia (SI) | Bulgaria (BG) | Poland (PL) | Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (CSHH) | Russian Federation (RU) | New Zealand (NZ) | ... more
Number of Units: 23903
Sampling Procedure: • Probability; Various sampling procedures; different according to country, mostly as multi-stage random sample with differing age limits
Temporal Research Design: Cross-section
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Interview • Self-administered questionnaire; Oral or written survey with standardized questionnaire
Data Collector: Australia: NSSS, Research School of Social Sciences, Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, in conjunction with Datacol; Austria: Institute Fessl, GfK, Vienna; Czechoslovakia: STEM (Center for empirical studies); Germany: Infratest, Munich; Infratest Burke, Berlin; Hungary: TARKI, Budapest; Italy: EURISCO; New Zealan ... more
Analysis System(s): OSIRIS, SPSS
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 177
Notes: Most investigations were conducted in the course of 1992. Written surveys were conducted in Australia, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, New Zealand, Norway, Russia and Sweden. In the United States the respondents from the General Social Survey of 1991 were interviewed again in writing, some of them also by telephone. Spain: The dataset was not in ... more

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Kelley, Jonathan - Australia | Bean, Clive - Australia | Evans, Mariah - Australia | Haller, Max - Institut für Soziologie, Universität Graz, Austria | Hoellinger, Franz - Institut für Soziologie, Universität Graz, Austria | Dimova, Lilia - Institute for Trade Union and Social Research, Sofia | Stoyanov, Alexander - Center for the Study of Democrac ... more
Publication year: 1994
DOI: 10.4232/1.2310
Study number: ZA2310
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Research data center: FDZ Int. Umfrageprogramm bei GESIS

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.2310
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Study group:
International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) | show all hits of the group
The International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) is a continuing annual program of cross-national survey collaboration, covering a wide range of topics important for social science research. Since 1985 the ISSP provides international data sets, enabling cross-cultural and cross-temporal research.

ISSP - Module Topic: Social Inequality | show all hits of the group
ISSP Social Inequality modules mainly deal with issues, such as attitudes towards income inequality, views on earnings and incomes, legitimation of inequality, career advancement by means of family background and networks, social cleavages and conflict among groups, and the current and past social position.

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ISSP Research Group (1994). International Social Survey Programme: Social Inequality II - ISSP 1992. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA2310 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.2310.

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