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Description & Citation--Study No. 6234

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:6234
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06234
 
Title:International Social Survey Program: Religion, 1991
 
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, 1991 [Computer file]. Koeln, Germany: Zentralarchiv fuer empirische Sozialforschung [producer], 1993. Koeln, Germany: Zentralarchiv fuer empirische Sozialforschung/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributors], 1994. doi:10.3886/ICPSR06234
 

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 1991 "Religion" module includes data from Austria, West Germany, East Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Northern Ireland, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, and the United States. The module covers three main topic areas: (1) general attitudes toward various social issues such as the legal system, sex, and the economy (e.g., opinions of legal fairness and the economic climate), (2) religion (e.g., attitudes about God, heaven, hell, life after death, personal and family members' religious status, attendance at religious services, and religious commitment), and (3) demographics (e.g., marital status, age, sex, education, occupation, family composition, and political affiliations).
 
Subject Term(s):attitudes, economic conditions, government, gender roles, justice, law, public confidence, public opinion, religion, religious affiliation, religious behavior, religious beliefs
 
Geographic Coverage:Austia, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Northern Ireland, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, United States, Global
 
Time Period:1991
 
Universe:Persons aged 18 years and older from Austria, West Germany, East Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Northern Ireland, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, 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 exactly correspond to the variable locations and lengths indicated by the SPSS data definition statements and the raw data file. Users should consult the SPSS data definition statements for variable locations and lengths that match the raw data file. (2) Data for Austria, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, the Philippines, Poland, and Russia 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.
 

Methodology

Sample:Multistage stratified random/probability samples (some sampling variations by country).
 
Data Source:personal interviews and self-enumerated 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:1994-10-19
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: International Social Survey Program: Religion, 1991
 

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