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ALLBUS/GGSS (Allgemeine Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften/German General Social Survey) - Sensitive Regional Data

GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5260 Data file Version 5.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13767
Abstract: This data set contains the following sensitive regional variables (both key numbers and names) which are not included in the regular Use Files available in the GESIS Data Catalogue (DBK) for data protection reasons: • Administrative district (Regierungsbezirk, since 1980) • Spatial planning region (Raumordnungsregion, since 1994) • Urban and rural district/county (Land-/Kreis und kreisfreie Stadt, seit 1994) • Municipality (Gemeinde, since 1994) • Post code (Postleitzahl, 1998 & since 2006) • Uncensored information on the size (2004) and the BIK-type (2004 & 2008) of the respondent´s ... more
Access: The study is only accessible via the Secure Data Center.
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Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 01.1980 - 09.2018
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: West Germany including West Berlin)
Universe: Private households with persons who were at least 18 years of age
Number of Units: 68161
Sampling Procedure: 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). Samples of individuals: In 1994, 1996, and from 2000 a two-stage, disproportionate random sample was conducted in West Germany (including West Berlin) and Ea ... more
Analysis Unit: Geographic unit
Mode of Data Collection: Personal interview with standardized questionnaire (PAPI – Paper and Pencil Interviewing; since 2000: CAPI – Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing), supplementary data from accompanying ISSP surveys (self-completion questionnaires, drop off).
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
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 24
Notes: Please contact the ALLBUS User Service first and send us the filled ALLBUS regional data form (see ´Data & Documents´), specifying exactly which ALLBUS datasets and regional variables you need. Contact: allbus@gesis.org A Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for use in data citations is supplied as part of the data set. Additional information on ... more

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: 2021
DOI: 10.4232/1.13767 | 10.4232/1.13010 | 10.4232/1.12928 | 10.4232/1.11639 | 10.4232/1.11565 | 10.4232/1.11516
Study number: ZA5260
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Research data center: FDZ ALLBUS bei GESIS

Versions

Current Version: 5.0.0, 2021-07-07, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13767
Version history: ... more

Reference publications

Publications: Koch, Achim; Wasmer, Martina 2004: Der ALLBUS als Instrument zur Untersuchung sozialen Wandels: Eine Zwischenbilanz nach 20 Jahren, In: Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger; Wasmer, Martina; Koch, Achim (Hg.), Sozialer und politischer Wandel in Deutschland: Analysen mit ALLBUS-Daten aus zwei Jahrzehnten. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften: 13 - 42. | ... more
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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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