ALLBUS/GGSS 1980-2014 (Kumulierte Allgemeine Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften / Cumulated German General Social Survey 1980-2014)
Allerbeck, Klaus;
Allmendinger, Jutta;
Andreß, Hans-JürgenBürklin, Wilhelm; Diekmann, Andreas; Feger, Hubert; Fetchenhauer, Detlef; Huinink, Johannes; Kiefer, Marie Luise; Kreuter, Frauke; Kühnel, Steffen; Kurz, Karin; 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; Westle, Bettina; Ziegler, Rolf GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA4582 Data file Version 1.1.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12646
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.) Economy: assessment of the present and future economic situation in Germany and in one´s own federal state; assessment of present and future personal economic situation.
2.) Political attitudes and participation: satisfaction with federal government, state government, German democracy, and with the performance of the German political system (p ... more Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 01.1980 - 09.2014
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 | 04.2012 - ... more Geographic coverage: Germany (DE), (until 1990 only former West Germany, including West Berlin)
Universe: Persons living in private households in the Federal Republic of Germany who were over 18 years of age at the time of the survey. Starting in 1991, foreign target persons were also included in the ALLBUS samples. If there was no sufficiently good knowledge of German, these target persons are counted among the systematic dropouts.
Number of Units: 61194
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Stratified: Disproportional
• Probability: Multistage;
Household samples: From 1980 to 1992 and in 1998, a multi-stage random sample of private households was conducted addressing all persons who were at least 18 years of age (ADM Sample Design).
Person Samples: In 1994, 1996, and from 2000 a two-stage, disproportionate random s ... more 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;
Personal interview with standardized questionnaire (PAPI – Paper and Pencil Interviewing; since 2000: CAPI – Computer Assisted Persona ... more Data Collector: GETAS, Bremen (1980-84)
GFM-GETAS (IPSOS), Hamburg (1988, 1998)
INFAS, Bonn (1990, 2002)
Infratest, Munich (1986, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000)
TNS Infratest, Munich (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Number of Variables: 1936
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: 2016
DOI: 10.4232/1.12646 | 10.4232/1.12439
Study number: ZA4582
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 1.1.0, 2016-09-27, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12646
Version history: ... more Version changes: ... more Errata in current version: ... more Reference publications
Publications: Arno Bens 2006: Zur Auswertung haushaltsbezogener Merkmale mit dem ALLBUS 2004, in: ZA-Information 59: 143-156. | Achim Koch und Martina Wasmer 2004: Der ALLBUS als Instrument zur Untersuchung sozialen Wandels: Eine Zwischenbilanz nach 20 Jahren, in: Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Martina Wasmer und Achim Koch (Hg.), Sozialer und politischer Wandel in Deuts ... 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 
