ALLBUS/GGSS 2004 (Allgemeine Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften/German General Social Survey 2004)
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA3762 Data file Version 2.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.10977
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. Free time activities and media use: reading books; reading
magazines; listening to records, CD´s, cassettes; watching videos,
DVDs; using the computer; surfing the Internet; private further
education; relaxing, being lazy; walking or hiking; yoga, meditation;
going to restaurants; visiting friends; visiting relatives; playing
games; taking short ... more Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 03.2004 - 07.2004
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: All persons (German and non-German) who resided in private households and were born before 1 January 1986
Number of Units: 2946
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Stratified: Disproportional
• Probability: Multistage;
Sample of individuals: Two stage disproportionate random sample in
western Germany (incl. West Berlin) and eastern Germany (incl. East
Berlin). In the first sample stage municipalities (Gemeinden) in western Germany and municipalities in eastern Germany were selected with a p ... more Temporal Research Design: Cross-section Analysis Unit: Individual Mode of Data Collection: • Face-to-face interview: Computer-assisted (CAPI/CAMI)
• Self-administered questionnaire: Paper;
Method of Data Collection:
Personal interview with standardized questionnaire (CAPI - Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing)
additional self-completion questionnaire (drop off) for ISSP (two split-versions).
Data Collector: Data Collector:
TNS Infratest Sozialforschung, Munich
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Number of Variables: 899
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Andreß, Hans-Jürgen - Universität Köln, Vorsitz | Meulemann, Heiner - Universität Köln, Vorsitz | Diekmann, Andreas - ETH Zürich | Feger, Hubert - Freie Universität Berlin | Huinink, Johannes - Universität Bremen | Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger - Universität Duisburg | Solga, Heike - Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin
Publication year: 2011
DOI: 10.4232/1.10977 | 10.4232/1.3762
Study number: ZA3762
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 2.0.0, 2011-10-11, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.10977
Version history: ... more Errata in current version: ... more Reference publications
Publications: Terwey, Michael:
Generelle Hinweise zur Auswertung der ALLBUS-Daten:
Stichprobentypen und Gewichtungen,
In: Terwey, Michael; Baltzer, Stefan (Hrsg.): Variable Report ALLBUS/Allgemeine Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften Kumulation 1980-2010: ZA-Nr. 4574.
GESIS - Variable Reports, No. 2012/51,
Köln: GESIS 2012, X-XVI
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 
