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Description & Citation--Study No. 9205

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:9205
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09205
 
Title:International Social Science Program: Social Networks and Support Systems, 1986
 
Principal Investigator(s):International Social Survey Program (ISSP)
 
Series:International Social Survey Program Series
 
Funding Agency:Australia: Australian National University. Research School of Social Sciences, the Australian Grants Scheme, and the Australian International Development Assistance Bureau. Great Britain: Monument Trust. 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 or Hungary.
 
Bibliographic Citation:International Social Survey Program (ISSP). INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE PROGRAM: SOCIAL NETWORKS AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS, 1986 [Computer file]. Cologne, W. Germany: Zentralarchiv fuer empirische Sozialforschung [producer], 1988. Cologne, W. Germany: Zentralarchiv fuer empirische Sozialforschung and Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributors], 1989. doi:10.3886/ICPSR09205
 

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. This data collection, the second module in the series, contains data from West Germany, Great Britain, United States, Italy, Austria, Australia, and Hungary. The data provide detailed accounts of respondents' contacts with various relatives and friends along with information about where they would turn for help when faced with situations such as financial need, minor illness, career advice, and emotional distress. Demographic data on respondents also are provided.
 
Subject Term(s):attitudes, emotional problems, emotional support, family relations, friendships, illness, interpersonal relations, personal finances, public opinion, relatives, social networks, social support
 
Geographic Coverage:Australia, Austria, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, United States, Global
 
Time Period:1986 - 1987
 
Date(s) of Collection:1986 - 1987
 
Universe:Persons aged 18 years and older from seven nations: Germany, Hungary, Italy, Great Britain (excluding the Scottish highlands and islands), the United States (noninstitutionalized English-speaking only), Austria (including youths aged 16 to 18), and Australia.
 
Data Type:survey data
 
Data Collection Notes:Data were made available through the Zentralarchiv fur Empirische Sozialforschung, Universitat zu Koln, from whom a printed codebook (ZA-No. 1620) may be obtained. Records for Great Britain, West Germany, Italy, Austria, and Hungary have a weight variable that must be used in all analyses. No weighting was done for the United States. 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:1989-08-02
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: International Social Science Program: Social Networks and Support Systems, 1986
 

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