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ALLBUScompact/GGSScompact 2021 (Allgemeine Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften/German General Social Survey 2021)

GESIS, Cologne. ZA5281 Data file Version 1.0.1, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14239
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). Topics: 1.) Use of media: Frequency and average total time of watching tv, frequency of watching news programs on public and commercial tv, frequency of reading a daily newspaper per week, fr ... more

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 06.2021 - 08.2021
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: All persons (German and non-German) who resided in private households and were born before 1 January 2003.
Number of Units: 5342
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: • Self-administered questionnaire: Paper • Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI); ALLBUS/GGSS 2021 was conducted as a mixed-mode survey. The target persons had the choice between the two modes MAIL and CAWI. Different survey modes are preferred by different subpopulations, as was the case in ALLBUS/GGSS 2021. To account for this sel ... more
Data Collector: Kantar Public, Munich
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 395
Notes: Respondents from the area of the new federal states are oversampled. Due to the Corona pandemic, ALLBUS/GGSS 2021 was conducted for the first time in a self-administered mixed-mode design. Respondents had the choice between filling in a paper questionnaire and mailing it back to the data collector (mode MAIL) or answering an online version of the ... more

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Westle, Bettina - Universität Marburg | Auspurg, Katrin - LMU München | Bühler, Christoph - Universität Hannover | Hadjar, Andreas - Universität Luxemburg | Hillmert, Steffen - Universität Tübingen | Rosar, Ulrich - Universität Düsseldorf | Wagner, Ulrich - Universität Marburg
Publication year: 2023
DOI: 10.4232/1.14239 | 10.4232/1.14004
Study number: ZA5281
Publisher: GESIS
Research data center: FDZ ALLBUS bei GESIS

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.1, 2023-12-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14239
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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 (2023). ALLBUScompact/GGSScompact 2021 (Allgemeine Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften/German General Social Survey 2021). GESIS, Cologne. ZA5281 Data file Version 1.0.1, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14239.

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