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International Social Survey Programme: Social Inequality IV - ISSP 2009

GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5400 Data file Version 4.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12777
Abstract: The International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) is a continuous programme of cross-national collaboration running annual surveys on topics important for the social sciences. The programme started in 1984 with four founding members - Australia, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States – and has now grown to almost 50 member countries from all over the world. As the surveys are designed for replication, they can be used for both, cross-national and cross-time comparisons. Each ISSP module focuses on a specific topic, which is repeated in regular time intervals. Please, consult the document ... more
Content: Importance of social background, merit, discrimination, corruption and good relations as prerequisites for success in society (wealthy family, well-educated parents, good education, ambitions, hard working, knowing the right people, political connections, giving bribes, person´s race and religion, gender); attitude towards equality of educational o ... more

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 08.02.2008 - 16.01.2012
Date(s) of Data Collection: 08.07.2010 - 01.11.2010, Argentina | 02.12.2009 - 28.02.2010, Australia | 07.2010 - 09.2010, Austria | 15.12.2008 - 26.01.2009, Bulgaria | 14.05.2009 - 03.06.2009, Chile | 02.10.2008 - 25.12.2008, China | 01.06.2009 - 15.09.2009, Croatia | 15.09.2008 - 29.09.2008, Czech Republic | 14.09.2009 - 11.01.2010, Denmark | 04.06.2010 - 25.07.2010, Estonia ... more
Geographic coverage: Argentina (AR) | Australia (AU) | Austria (AT) | Bulgaria (BG) | Chile (CL) | China (CN) | Croatia (HR) | Cyprus (CY) | Czech Republic (CZ) | Denmark (DK) | Estonia (EE) | Belgium (BE), Flanders | Finland (FI) | France (FR) | Germany (DE) | Great Britain (GB-GBN) | Hungary (HU) | Iceland (IS) | Israel (IL) | Italy (IT) | Japan (JP) | Latvia (LV) | ... more
Universe: Persons aged 18 and older (Finland: 15-74, Italy, Japan: 16 and older, Norway: 19-80, Sweden: 17-79)
Number of Units: 56021
Sampling Procedure: • Probability; Sampling procedures differ for the individual countries: partly simple, partly multi-stage stratified random samples
Temporal Research Design: Cross-section
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Interview • Self-administered questionnaire; Mode of interview differs for the individual countries: partly face-to-face interviews (partly CAPI) with standardized questionnaire, partly paper and pencil and postal survey
Data Collector: Argentina: Cualitativo y Cuantitativo; Australia: Academic Surveys Australia, Black Rock, Melbourne; Austria: Institute for Empirical Social Research (IFES), Vienna; Bulgaria: ProField Data Partners; Chile: ICCOM, Santiago; China: ACSR-Millward Brown; Croatia: Institute for Social Research, Zagreb; Cyprus: Center of Applied Research, Cyprus Colleg ... more
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 357
Notes: Canada: The dataset was not integrated into the international file. For detailed information see under the ZA-study-Nr. 5389.

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Jorrat, Jorge Raúl - CEDOP-UBA, Argentina | Evans, Ann - The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia | Haller, Max - Institut für Soziologie, Universität Graz, Austria | Hadler, Markus - Institut für Soziologie, Universität Graz, Austria | - Agency for Social Analyses (ASA), Bulgaria | Segovia, Carolina - Centro de Estudios Públicos (C ... more
Publication year: 2017
DOI: 10.4232/1.12777 | 10.4232/1.11506 | 10.4232/1.11090 | 10.4232/1.10736
Study number: ZA5400
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive

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Current Version: 4.0.0, 2017-05-23, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12777
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Study group:
International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) | show all hits of the group
The International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) is a continuing annual program of cross-national survey collaboration, covering a wide range of topics important for social science research. Since 1985 the ISSP provides international data sets, enabling cross-cultural and cross-temporal research.

ISSP - Module Topic: Social Inequality | show all hits of the group
ISSP Social Inequality modules mainly deal with issues, such as attitudes towards income inequality, views on earnings and incomes, legitimation of inequality, career advancement by means of family background and networks, social cleavages and conflict among groups, and the current and past social position.

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