German General Social Survey (ALLBUS) - Cumulation 1980-2010
Allerbeck, Klaus;
Allmendinger, Jutta;
Andreß, Hans-JürgenBürklin, Wilhelm; Diekmann, Andreas; Feger, Hubert; Fetchenhauer, Detlef; Huinink, Johannes; Kiefer, Marie Luise; Kühnel, Steffen; Lepsius, M. Rainer; Liebig, Stefan; Mayer, Karl Ulrich; Meulemann, Heiner; Müller, Walter; Opp, Karl Dieter; Pappi, Franz Urban; Scheuch, Erwin K.; Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger; Solga, Heike; Trappe, Heike; Wagner, Michael; Ziegler, Rolf GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA4576 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.11488
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: Cumulated ALLBUS/GGSS 1980-2010 is an English translation of the
original German survey Cumulated ALLBUS 1980-2010. For a comprehensive
study description please compare
Study No. 4574 (Cumulated ALLBUS 1980-2010).
Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 01.1980 - 11.2010
Date(s) of Data Collection: 01.1980 - 02.1980 | 02.1982 - 05.1982 | 03.1984 - 06.1984 | 03.1986 - 05.1986 | 04.1988 - 07.1988 | 03.1990 - 05.1990 | 05.1991 - 07.1991 | 05.1992 - 06.1992 | 02.1994 - 05.1994 | 03.1996 - 06.1996 | 03.1998 - 07.1998 | 01.2000 - 07.2000 | 02.2002 - 08.2002 | 03.2004 - 07.2004 | 03.2006 - 08.2006 | 03.2008 - 08.2008 | 05.2010 - 11.2010
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE), (until 1990: West Germany including West Berlin)
Universe: Private households with persons who were at least 18 years of age
Number of Units: 54243
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Stratified: Disproportional
• Probability: Multistage;
Temporal Research Design: Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section Analysis Unit: Individual Mode of Data Collection: • Face-to-face interview: Computer-assisted (CAPI/CAMI)
• Face-to-face interview: Paper-and-pencil (PAPI)
• Self-administered questionnaire: Computer-assisted (CASI)
• Self-administered questionnaire: Paper;
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Number of Variables: 1569
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Allerbeck, Klaus - Universität Frankfurt | Allmendinger, Jutta - Universität München | Andreß, Hans-Jürgen - Universität Köln | Bürklin, Wilhelm - Universität Potsdam | Diekmann, Andreas - ETH Zürich | Feger, Hubert - Freie Universität Berlin | Fetchenhauer, Detlef - Universität Köln | Huinink, Johannes - Universität Bremen | Kiefer, Marie Luise - ... more Publication year: 2013
DOI: 10.4232/1.11488
Study number: ZA4576
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 1.0.0, 2013-03-04, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.11488
Version history: ... more Errata in current version: ... more Reference publications
Publications: Bens, Arno 2006:
Zur Auswertung haushaltsbezogener Merkmale mit dem ALLBUS 2004.
In: ZA-Information 59: 143 - 156.
| Koch, Achim; Wasmer, Martina 2004:
Der ALLBUS als Instrument zur Untersuchung sozialen Wandels: Eine Zwischenbilanz nach 20 Jahren,
In: Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger; Wasmer, Martina; Koch, Achim (Hg.), Sozialer und politischer Wandel in D ... 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 
