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Description & Citation--Study No. 3065

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:3065
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03065
 
Title:International Social Survey Program: Religion II, 1998
 
Principal Investigator(s):International Social Survey Program (ISSP)
 
Series:International Social Survey Program Series
 
Bibliographic Citation:International Social Survey Program (ISSP). INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SURVEY PROGRAM: RELIGION II, 1998 [Computer file]. Koeln, Germany: Zentralarchiv fuer Empirische Sozialforschung [producer], 2000. ICPSR version. Koeln, Germany: Zentralarchiv fuer Empirische Sozialforschung/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributors], 2001. doi:10.3886/ICPSR03065
 

Scope of Study

Summary:The International Social Survey Program (ISSP) is an ongoing program of crossnational collaboration. Formed in 1983, the group develops topical modules dealing with important areas of social science as supplements to regular national surveys. The 1998 religion module includes data from Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, the Slovakian Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. Comparable to the initial module on this topic (see INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SURVEY PROGRAM: RELIGION I, 1991 [ICPSR 6234]), this survey covers three main topic areas: (1) general attitudes toward various social issues such as government, the legal system, sex, and the economy (e.g., opinions about personal happiness, government responsibilities toward citizens, abortion, male and female roles in the household, premarital cohabitation, personal trust and trust in others, confidence in various institutions such as legislatures, businesses, churches, courts, and schools, legal fairness, and the economic climate), (2) religion (e.g., role of religious leaders, role of science in relation to religion, attitudes about God, heaven, hell, and life after death, personal and family members' religious status, attendance at religious services, miracles, the Bible, the purpose of life, prayer, volunteer work, and religious commitment), and (3) demographics (e.g., marital status, age, sex, education, occupation, family composition, ethnicity, region, size of community, and political affiliation).
 
Subject Term(s):attitudes, economic conditions, gender roles, justice, law, public confidence, public opinion, religion, religious attitudes, religious affiliation, religious behavior, religious beliefs
 
Geographic Coverage:Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States, Global
 
Time Period:1998
 
Universe:Persons ages 18 years and older from Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, the Slovakian Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States (some age variations by country).
 
Data Type:survey data
 
Data Collection Notes:(1) The variable locations and lengths indicated in the codebook do not correspond to the variable locations and lengths indicated in the SAS and SPSS data definition statements and the raw data file. Users should consult the data definition statements for variable locations and lengths that match the raw data file. (2) Data for Austria, Canada, Chile, the Czech Republic, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Northern Ireland, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, and Switzerland are weighted. (3) All marginals in the codebook documentation are calculated from unweighted data. (4) Some code values may have country-specific meanings, which have been documented in the codebook. (5) The codebook is provided by the data producer as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site.
 

Methodology

Sample:Multistage stratified random/cluster/probability samples (some sampling variations by country).
 
Data Source:personal interviews (some taken using Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing [CAPI]) and self-enumerated questionnaires, telephone interviews (some taken using Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing [(CATI]), and mail-back questionnaires
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Restrictions:These data were supplied by the Zentralarchiv fuer Empirische Sozialforschung in Koeln, Germany. To provide funding agencies with essential information about the use of archival resources, and to facilitate the exchange of information about research activities based on the Zentralarchiv's holdings, each user is expected to send two copies of each completed manuscript to the Zentralarchiv. All manuscripts utilizing data made available through the Zentralarchiv should acknowledge that fact.
 
Original ICPSR Release:2001-01-05
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: International Social Survey Program: Religion II, 1998
 

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