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Description & Citation--Study No. 8909

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:8909
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08909
 
Title:International Social Science Program: Role of Government, 1985-1986
 
Principal Investigator(s):International Social Survey Program (ISSP)
 
Series:International Social Survey Program Series
 
Funding Agency:Great Britain: Nuffield Foundation. United States: National Science Foundation. Austria: Science Research Foundation, Austrian National Bank, Ministry for Science and Research, and government Steiermark. No funding information was available for Germany, Italy, and Australia.
 
Bibliographic Citation:International Social Survey Program (ISSP). INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE PROGRAM: ROLE OF GOVERNMENT, 1985-1986 [Computer file]. Cologne, W. Germany: Zentralarchiv fuer empirische Sozialforschung [producer], 1987. Cologne, W. Germany: Zentralarchiv fuer Empirische Sozialforschung and Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributors], 1988. doi:10.3886/ICPSR08909
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This study is designed to supplement regular, national, social science surveys in the following countries: West Germany, Great Britain, United States, Italy, Austria, and Australia. The data report citizens' opinions on the functions of their national governments and on what governments should and should not be doing. Included are respondents' attitudes towards civil liberties e.g., measures against extremism, power of police), the family (intervention in parenting, welfare provision), inequality (the role of government in correcting inequalities of race, sex, class, income, and education), and economic intervention (measures to prevent unemployment, intervention in industrial disputes). Demographic data on respondents are also provided.
 
Subject Term(s):arts, attitudes, budget cuts, defense spending, education, government, government performance, government spending, gun control, health, law enforcement, national economy, public confidence, public opinion, social protest, taxes, unemployment
 
Geographic Coverage:Australia, Austria, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, United States, Global
 
Universe:Persons aged 18 years and older from six nations: Germany, Great Britain (excluding the Scottish highlands and islands), the United States (noninstitutionalized English-speaking only), Italy (excluding adults aged 75 years and older), Austria (including youths aged 16 to 18), and Australia.
 
Data Type:survey data
 
Data Collection Notes:The International Social Survey Program (ISSP) is an ongoing program of cross-national collaboration. Formed in 1984, the group develops topical modules dealing with important areas of social science as supplements to regular national surveys. Data were made available through the Zentralarchiv fur Empirische Sozialforschung, Universitat zu Koln, from whom a printed codebook (ZA-No. 1490) may be obtained. Records for Great Britain, United States, Italy, and Austria have a weight variable that must be used in all analyses. No weighting was done for Germany, and weighting for Australia is unknown.
 

Methodology

Sample:Multistage probability samples
 
Data Source:self-enumerated forms, and personal interviews
 

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.
 
Original ICPSR Release:1988-10-25
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: International Social Science Program: Role of Government, 1985-1986
 

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