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International Social Survey Programme: Role of Government III - ISSP 1996

GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA2900 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.2900
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: Attitude to observance of laws; attitudes to various forms of protest against the government; willingness to participate and actual participation in public protest events or demonstrations against the government; views regarding freedom of speech for extremists; attitude to miscarriage of justice; perceived threat to the private sphere from governm ... more

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 02.1993 - 11.1998
Date(s) of Data Collection: 02.1993 - 11.1998, Australia: February 1997 to May 1997 Bulgaria: February 1997 to May 1997 Canada: 01. November 1996 to 30. December 1996 Czech Republic: October 1996 to December 1996 Germany (West): 29. February 1996 to 01. July 1996 Germany (East): 29. February 1996 to 01. July 1996 France: 07. October 1997 to 07. December 1997 Great Brit ... more
Geographic coverage: Australia (AU) | Bulgaria (BG) | Germany (DE) | France (FR) | Great Britain (GB-GBN) | Ireland (IE) | Israel (IL) | Italy (IT) | Japan (JP) | Canada (CA) | Latvia (LV) | New Zealand (NZ) | Norway (NO) | Philippines (PH) | Poland (PL) | Russian Federation (RU) | Slovenia (SI) | Spain (ES) | Sweden (SE) | Czech Republic (CZ) | Hungary (HU) | United S ... more
Universe: Age: 18 years old and older
Number of Units: 32795
Sampling Procedure: • Probability; Multi-stage stratified random sample
Temporal Research Design: Cross-section
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Interview • Self-administered questionnaire; Mail, written as well as oral survey and telephone interview (CATI) with standardized questionnaire
Data Collector: Agency for Social Analyses, Sofia, Bulgaria; School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada; Cyprus College, Cyprus; STEM - Center for Empirical Studies, Prague, Czech Republic; Infratest Burke Sozialforschung, Muenchen, Germany; TARKI, Social Research Information Center, Hungary; ESRI - The Economic and Social Research ... more
Analysis System(s): OSIRIS, SPSS
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 321
Notes: The number of cases for the individual countries are distributed follows: Australia: 2151 cases Bulgaria: 1012 cases Canada: 1182 cases Czech Republic: 1100 cases Germany (West): 2361 cases Germany (East): 1109 cases France: 1312 cases Great Britain: 989 cases Hungary: 1500 cases Ireland: 994 cases Israel (Hebrew): 1043 cases Israel (Arabian): 500 ... more

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Kelley, Jonathan - RSSS, Canberra, Australia | Evans, Mariah - RSSS, Canberra, Australia | Dimova, Lilia - Agency for Social Analyses (ASA), Sofia, Bulgaria | - Carleton University Survey Centre, Canada | Papageorgiou, Bambos - Center of Applied Research, Nicosia, Cyprus | - Research team on Social Stratification, Institute of Sociology, Academy ... more
Publication year: 1999
DOI: 10.4232/1.2900
Study number: ZA2900
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.2900
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Reference publications

Publications: Wasmer, M.; Koch, A.; Harkness, J.; Gabler, S.: Konzeption und Durchführung der ´Allgemeinen Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften´ (ALLBUS) 1996. Mannheim: ZUMA 1996. (ZUMA-Arbeitsbericht 96/08) | Bechert, Insa; Quandt, Markus: ISSP Data Report: Attitudes towards the Role of Government. Bonn: Gesis 2010. (GESIS-Schriftenreihe Band 6)
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: Role of Government | show all hits of the group
ISSP Role of Government modules mainly deal with issues, such as attitudes towards government responsibilities and government spending, state intervention in the economy, civil liberties, political interest, trust and efficacy.

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ISSP Research Group (1999). International Social Survey Programme: Role of Government III - ISSP 1996. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA2900 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.2900.

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