ALLBUS/GGSS 2010 (Allgemeine Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften/German General Social Survey 2010)
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA4610 Data file Version 1.1.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.10760
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.) Importance of job characteristics: preferred job characteristics
(security, income, career opportunities, prestige, free time,
interesting work, autonomy, responsibility, human contact,
charitableness, social utility).
2.) Social inequality and the welfare state: self-assessment of social
class and classification on a top-bottom-scale; fair sh ... more Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 05.2010 - 11.2010
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: All persons (German and non-German) who resided in private households on the day of the interview and were born before 1 January 1992
Number of Units: 2.827
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: Computer-assisted (CASI);
Personal interview with standardized questionnaire (CAPI - Computer
Assisted Personal Interviewing).
Two additional questionnaires (CASI – Computer Assisted Self-Interviewing)
for ISSP (split questionnaire design). Data Collector: TNS Infratest Sozialforschung, Munich
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Number of Variables: 981
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Diekmann, Andreas - ETH Zürich | Fetchenhauer, Detlef - Universität Köln | Kühnel, Steffen - Universität Göttingen | Liebig, Stefan - Universität Bielefeld | Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger - Universität Mannheim | Trappe, Heike - Universität Rostock | Wagner, Michael - Universität Köln
Publication year: 2011
DOI: 10.4232/1.10760 | 10.4232/1.10445
Study number: ZA4610
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 1.1.0, 2011-07-25, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.10760
Version history: ... more Version changes: ... 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: Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Martina Wasmer und Achim Koch (Hg.), Sozialer und politischer Wandel in Deu ... 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 
