German General Social Survey (ALLBUScompact) - Cumulation 1980-2018
Allerbeck, Klaus;
Allmendinger, Jutta;
Andreß, Hans-JürgenBauernschuster, Stefan; Bürklin, Wilhelm; Diekmann, Andreas; Feger, Hubert; Fetchenhauer, Detlef; Hadjar, Andreas; Huinink, Johannes; Kiefer, Marie Luise; Kreuter, Frauke; Kühnel, Steffen; Kurz, Karin; Lepsius, M. Rainer; Liebig, Stefan; Mayer, Karl Ulrich; Meulemann, Heiner; Müller, Walter; Opp, Karl Dieter; Pappi, Franz Urban; Rosar, Ulrich; Scheuch, Erwin K.; Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger; Solga, Heike; Trappe, Heike; Wagner, Michael; Wagner, Ulrich; Westle, Bettina; Ziegler, Rolf GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5277 Data file Version 1.1.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13775
Abstract: The original surveys have been designed to monitor trends in attitudes, behavior, and societal change in the Federal Republic of Germany. The main topics of this cumulative study are:
1.) Economy
2.) Politics
3.) Social inequality
4.) Ethnocentrism and minorities
5.) Family
6.) Lifestyle and personality
7.) Health
8.) Religion and world view
9.) Personal and collective values
10.) Social networks and social capital
11.) Deviant behavior and sanctions
12.) ALLBUScompact-Demography
13.) Geographic data
14.) Added value
Topics:
1.) Economy: assessment of the present and future economic situa ... more Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 1980 - 2018
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: Persons living in private households in the Federal Republic of Germany who were 18 years or older at the time of the survey (1980-1992 and 1998) or who were at least 18 years old on 1 January of the year of the suryvey (1994, 1996, from 2000). As of 1991 the ALLBUS sample also includes foreigners living in Germany. Targeted individuals who did not ... more Number of Units: 68161
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Stratified: Disproportional
• Probability: Multistage;
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).
In 1994, 1996, and from 2000 a two-stage, disproportionate random sample was conducted in West Germany ... more Temporal Research Design: Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section Analysis Unit: Individual Mode of Data Collection: • Face-to-face interview: Computer-assisted (CAPI/CAMI)
• Face-to-face interview: Paper-and-pencil (PAPI)
• Self-administered questionnaire: Computer-assisted (CASI)
• Self-administered questionnaire: Paper;
Personal interview with standardized questionnaire (PAPI – Paper and Pencil Interviewing; since 2000: CAPI – Computer Assisted Persona ... more 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, 2016)
Kantar Public, Munich (2018)
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Number of Variables: 1090
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Allerbeck, Klaus - University of Frankfurt | Allmendinger, Jutta - University of Munich | Andreß, Hans-Jürgen - University of Cologne | Bauernschuster, Stefan - University of Passau | Bürklin, Wilhelm - University of Potsdam | Diekmann, Andreas - ETH Zurich | Feger, Hubert - Free University of Berlin | Fetchenhauer, Detlef - University of Cologne | ... more Publication year: 2021
DOI: 10.4232/1.13775 | 10.4232/1.13484
Study number: ZA5277
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 1.1.0, 2021-08-14, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13775
Version history: ... more Version changes: ... more Errata in current version: ... 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 
