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German General Social Survey - ALLBUScompact 2012

GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA4617 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13419
Abstract: ALLBUScompact is offered as an alternative to the structurally more complex full version of ALLBUS. It addresses the needs of newcomers to data analysis by providing a simplified demography module containing an easily manageable group of the most important demographic indicators. All topical question modules not containing sensitive data are retained as in the ALLBUS full version (scientific use file). The main topics in 2012 are: 1.) Importance of life aspects 2.) Personal and collective values 3.) Attitudes towards abortion 4.) Political attitudes 5.) Religion and world view 6.) Ethnocentr ... more

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 04.2012 - 09.2012
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: Persons (German and non-German) who resided in private households and were born before 1 January 1994.
Number of Units: 3480
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Stratified: Disproportional • Probability: Multistage; Person sample: Two stage disproportionate random sample in western Germany (incl. West Berlin) and eastern Germany (incl. East Berlin) from all persons (German and non-German) who resided in private households and were born before 1 January 1994. In the first sample stage mun ... 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) and two additional self-completion questionnaires (CASI – Computer Assisted Self-Interviewing) for ISSP (split questionnaire desi ... more
Data Collector: TNS Infratest Sozialforschung, Munich
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 441

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Diekmann, Andreas - ETH Zürich | Fetchenhauer, Detlef - Universität Köln | Kühnel, Steffen - Universität Göttingen | Liebig, Stefan - Universität Bielefeld, Vorsitz | Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger - Universität Mannheim | Trappe, Heike - Universität Rostock | Wagner, Michael - Universität Köln
Publication year: 2019
DOI: 10.4232/1.13419
Study number: ZA4617
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Research data center: FDZ ALLBUS bei GESIS

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2019-12-09, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13419
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Reference publications

Publications: Bens, Arno: Zur Auswertung haushaltsbezogener Merkmale mit dem ALLBUS 2004. In: ZA-Information 59, 2006, 143 - 156. | Blohm, Michael: Datenqualität durch Stichprobenverfahren bei der Allgemeinen Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften - ALLBUS. In: Faulbaum, Frank; Wolf, Christof (Hg.): Stichprobenqualität in Bevölkerungsumfragen. Bonn: Infor ... more
Study group:
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The 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

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften (2019). German General Social Survey - ALLBUScompact 2012. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA4617 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13419.

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