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Church Membership Survey of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) 1982

GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA2420 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.2420
Abstract: Attitude of protestant Christians to their church. Topics: Constituting characteristics for the protestant denomination; selected reasons for infant baptism; attitude to baptism; preference for infant baptism or adult baptism as well as for state or church kindergarten as well as reason for this decision; the meaning of confirmation; confirmation of respondent; regular attendance of children's service; attitude to current children's service; experiences and memories of one's own confirmation classes; closeness of father and mother as well as of respondent with the church; perceived ch ... more

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 09.1982 - 11.1982
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE), FRG incl. West Berlin
Universe: Members of the established protestant church in the state 14 years old and older
Number of Units: 2691
Sampling Procedure: a) Quota sample b) Beyond the representative sample five ´special samples´ were drawn: 1) respondents with a net household income of over 3000 DM (those with high income) 2) respondents with high school graduation or university/college degree. 3) residents from large cities (Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Cologne, Munich) 4) workers (employed ... more
Mode of Data Collection: Oral survey with standardized questionnaire
Data Collector: Enigma, Institut fuer Markt- und Sozialforschung, Wiesbaden
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Number of Variables: 361
Notes: The total sample is comprised of 2535 respondents. The "special samples" each encompass about 450 persons. See also the first church membership investigation of 1972 under ZA Study No. 2419.

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Allgaier, Walter - Pastoralsoziologische Arbeitsstelle der Ev.-Luth. Landeskriche Hannover | Cornehl, Peter - Pastoralsoziologische Arbeitsstelle der Ev.-Luth. Landeskriche Hannover | Koch, Traugott - Pastoralsoziologische Arbeitsstelle der Ev.-Luth. Landeskriche Hannover | Lukatis, Ingrid - Pastoralsoziologische Arbeitsstelle der Ev.-Luth. Landesk ... more
Publication year: 1994
DOI: 10.4232/1.2420
Study number: ZA2420
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.2420
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Reference publications

Publications: Hanselmann, Johannes; Hild, Helmut; Lohse, Eduard: Was wird aus der Kirche? Ergebnisse der zweiten EKD-Umfrage über Kirchenmitgliedschaft. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus Gerd Mohn, 1984. | Höhmann, Peter: Kirchenbindung im gesellschaftlichen Wandel: Eine empirische Untersuchung pluraler Bindungsmuster von Kirchenmitgliedern. Frankfurt: AIM Ve ... more
Study group:
Kirchenmitgliedschafts-Studien der EKD | show all hits of the group
Attitude towards the Protestant Church and participation in church life.

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