ALLBUS/GGSS 2014 (Allgemeine Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften/German General Social Survey 2014)
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5240 Data file Version 2.2.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13141
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; listening to music; using the internet; online chats and social networks; playing computer games; relaxing, being lazy; walking or hiking; yoga, meditation; going to restaurants etc.; visiting friends; visiting relatives; playing games; making music; doing other artistic activities; do it yours ... more Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 24.03.2014 - 13.09.2014
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: Residents in private households in the Federal Republic of Germany born before 1 January 1996.
Number of Units: 3471
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Stratified: Disproportional
• Probability: Multistage;
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 1996. In the first sample stage municipalities (Ge ... 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
Number of Variables: 861
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Andreas Diekmann - ETH Zürich | Detlef Fetchenhauer - Universität zu Köln | Frauke Kreuter - Universität München | Karin Kurz - Universität Göttingen | Stefan Liebig - Universität Bielefeld | Michael Wagner - Universität zu Köln | Bettina Westle - Universität Marburg
Publication year: 2018
DOI: 10.4232/1.13141 | 10.4232/1.12288 | 10.4232/1.12209 | 10.4232/1.12119
Study number: ZA5240
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 2.2.0, 2018-09-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13141
Version history: ... more Version changes: ... more Reference publications
Publications: Bens, Arno 2006: Zur Auswertung haushaltsbezogener Merkmale mit dem ALLBUS 2004, in: ZA-Information 59: 143 - 156.
| Terwey, Michael 2014: Zur Gewichtung von ALLBUS-Umfragedaten, in: Michael Terwey und Stefan Baltzer (ed.): Variable Report ALLBUS / Allgemeine Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften Kumulation 1980-2012 (ZA-Nr. 4578), GESIS - ... 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 
