Research data

ALLBUS/GGSS 2016 (Allgemeine Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften/German General Social Survey 2016)

GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5250 Data file Version 2.1.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12796
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.) Family and gender roles: family as a prerequisite for happiness; marriage in case of steady partnership; desire to have children; attitudes towards working fathers and mothers [split]; division of labor regarding house and family work. 2.) Acceptance of immigration and attitudes towards ethnic and religious minorities in Germany: attitude towa ... more

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 06.04.2016 - 18.09.2016
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: Residents in private households in the Federal Republic of Germany born before 1 January 1998.
Number of Units: 3490
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Stratified: Disproportional • Probability: Multistage; 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 probability proportional ... 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, oral interview with standardized questionnaire (CAPI – Computer Assisted Personal Inter-viewing) and two additional self-completion questionnaires (CASI – Computer Assisted Self-Interviewing) for ISSP (split questionnai ... more
Data Collector: TNS Infratest, München
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 793
Notes: Respondents from the area of the new federal states are oversampled. A second version of this data set (589 variables) with a shortened demography module is additionally available as ALLBUScompact 2016 (ZA5251. A Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for use in data citations is supplied as part of the data set. Additional information on ALLBUS is a ... more

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Stefan Bauernschuster - Universität Passau | Andreas Diekmann - ETH Zürich | Andreas Hadjar - Université du Luxembourg | Karin Kurz - Universität Göttingen | Ulrich Rosar - Universität Düsseldorf | Ulrich Wagner - Universität Marburg | Bettina Westle - Universität Marburg
Publication year: 2017
DOI: 10.4232/1.12796 | 10.4232/1.12754 | 10.4232/1.12715
Study number: ZA5250
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Research data center: FDZ ALLBUS bei GESIS

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Current Version: 2.1.0, 2017-05-29, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12796
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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 (2017). ALLBUS/GGSS 2016 (Allgemeine Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften/German General Social Survey 2016). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5250 Data file Version 2.1.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12796.

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