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ZA4580: German General Social Survey (ALLBUS) - Cumulation 1980-2012

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  • ZA4580_variable-list.txt (Other Document) 93 KBytes
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Bibliographic Citation

Citation Citation GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (2014): German General Social Survey (ALLBUS) - Cumulation 1980-2012. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA4580 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.11952
Study No.ZA4580
TitleGerman General Social Survey (ALLBUS) - Cumulation 1980-2012
Current Version1.0.0, 2014-4-15, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.11952
Date of Collection01.1980 - 09.2012
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution
  • Allerbeck, Klaus - Universität Frankfurt
  • Allmendinger, Jutta - Universität München
  • Andreß, Hans-Jürgen - Universität Köln
  • Bürklin, Wilhelm - Universität Potsdam
  • Diekmann, Andreas - ETH Zürich
  • Feger, Hubert - Freie Universität Berlin
  • Fetchenhauer, Detlef - Universität Köln
  • Huinink, Johannes - Universität Bremen
  • Kiefer, Marie Luise - Universität Wien
  • Kreuter, Frauke - LMU München
  • Kühnel, Steffen - Universität Göttingen
  • Kurz, Karin - Universität Göttingen
  • Lepsius, M. Rainer - Universität Heidelberg
  • Liebig, Stefan - Universität Bielefeld
  • Mayer, Karl Ulrich - Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin
  • Meulemann, Heiner - Universität Köln
  • Müller, Walter - Universität Mannheim
  • Opp, Karl-Dieter - Universität Leipzig
  • Pappi, Franz Urban - Universität Mannheim
  • Scheuch, Erwin K. - Universität Köln
  • Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger - Universität Mannheim
  • Solga, Heike - Universität Göttingen
  • Trappe, Heike - Universität Rostock
  • Wagner, Michael - Universität Köln
  • Westle, Bettina - Universität Marburg
  • Ziegler, Rolf - Universität München

Content

AbstractCumulated ALLBUS/GGSS 1980-2012 is an English translation of the original German survey Cumulated ALLBUS 1980-2012. For a comprehensive study description please compare Study No. 4578 (Cumulated ALLBUS 1980-2012).
Categories Categories
  • Society, Culture
  • Political Attitudes and Behavior
  • Economic Policy, National Economic Situation
  • Social Policy
  • Person, Personality, Role
  • Family
  • Medicine
  • Communication, Public Opinion, Media
  • Religion and Weltanschauung
  • Natural Environment, Nature
Topics Topics
  • 17.4 Economic conditions and indicators
  • 11.6 Government, political systems and organisation
  • 11.5 Mass political behaviour, attitudes/opinion
  • 13.5 Equality and inequality
  • 5.4 Cultural and national identity
  • 13.8 Minorities
  • 13.3 Family life and marriage
  • 7.7 Childbearing, family planning and abortion
  • 7.8 Specific diseases and medical conditions
  • 5.6 Social conditions and indicators
  • 5.1 Leisure, tourism and sport
  • 9.2 Mass media
  • 5.5 Religion and values
  • 16 Natural environment
  • 6.2 Crime

Methodology

Geographic Coverage
  • Germany (DE), (until 1990 only former West Germany, including West Berlin)
Analysis Unit Analysis Unit
  • Individual
Sampling Procedure Sampling Procedure
  • Probability: Stratified: Disproportional
  • Probability: Multistage
Mode of Collection Mode of Collection
  • Face-to-face interview: Computer-assisted (CAPI/CAMI)
  • Face-to-face interview: Paper-and-pencil (PAPI)
  • Self-administered questionnaire: Computer-assisted (CASI)
  • Self-administered questionnaire: Paper
Time Method Time Method
  • Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section
Kind of Data Kind of Data
  • Numeric
Date of Collection
  • 01.1980 - 02.1980
  • 02.1982 - 05.1982
  • 03.1984 - 06.1984
  • 03.1986 - 05.1986
  • 04.1988 - 07.1988
  • 03.1990 - 05.1990
  • 05.1991 - 07.1991
  • 05.1992 - 06.1992
  • 02.1994 - 05.1994
  • 03.1996 - 06.1996
  • 03.1998 - 07.1998
  • 01.2000 - 07.2000
  • 02.2002 - 08.2002
  • 03.2004 - 07.2004
  • 03.2006 - 08.2006
  • 03.2008 - 08.2008
  • 05.2010 - 11.2010
  • 04.2012 - 09.2012

Errata & Versions

VersionDate, Name, DOI
1.0.0 (current version)2014-4-15 first archive edition https://doi.org/10.4232/1.11952
Errata in current version
DateSubjectDescription
2016-2-25V475The cartegorized BMI-data needs to be corrected for 9 cases. Value Labels for this variable need to be amended so as to reflect the correct, non-overlapping categories. To correct these errata, please use the patch ZA4580_BMI_patch_v1-0-0.
2016-4-8Stata: V1739, V1741, V1742, V1743, V1744Respondents with missing information on weighting variables have to be assigned to missing value (.a). For correction of the Stata dataset a patch was provided together with the Stata dataset. Please download ZA4580_v1-0-0.dta.zip.
2016-4-8Stata: V474, V476, V489, V695, V697, V705, V726, V728, V736, V748, V750, V785, V787, V957, V959, V967, V987, V989, V1015, V1017, V1068, V1070, V1078, V1093, V1095, V1126, V1128, V1136, V1164, V1166, V1174, V1695, V1699, V1702Unlabeled missing values with decimal places have to be recoded to integer values and labels have to be added. For correction of the Stata dataset a patch was provided together with the Stata dataset. Please download ZA4580_v1-0-0.dta.zip.
Version changes

Further Remarks

Number of Units: 57723
Number of Variables: 1744
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata

Publications

Publications
  • Bens, Arno 2006: Zur Auswertung haushaltsbezogener Merkmale mit dem ALLBUS 2004, in: ZA-Information 59: 143 - 156.
  • Koch, Achim and Martina Wasmer 2004: Der ALLBUS als Instrument zur Untersuchung sozialen Wandels: Eine Zwischenbilanz nach 20 Jahren, in: Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Martina Wasmer and Achim Koch (eds.), Sozialer und politischer Wandel in Deutschland. Analysen mit ALLBUS-Daten aus zwei Jahrzehnten, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften: 13 - 42.
  • Terwey, Michael 2000: ALLBUS: A German General Social Survey, in: Schmollers Jahrbuch 120: 151 - 158.
  • Terwey, Michael 2003: Zum aktuellen Wandel im Zugriff auf ALLBUS-Materialien und zur ALLBUS-Nutzung in Publikationen, in: ZA-Information 53: 195 - 202.
  • Terwey, Michael 2013: Oversamples, Units of Analysis, and the Topic of Data Transformation, in: Michael Terwey and Horst Baumann: Variable Report ALLBUS / German General Social Survey Cumulation 1980-2010. Study-No. 4576. Cologne: GESIS, GESIS - Variable Reports; No. 2013/2: x – xvii.
  • Terwey, Michael, Horst Baumann and Michael Blohm 2011: Forschungsdatenzentrum ALLBUS Jahresbericht 2010, Berichtszeitraum 01.01.2010-31.12.2010. GESIS-Technical Reports 2011/03, Bonn: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften.
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Groups

Research Data Centre
Groups
  •  ALLBUS
     The German General Social Survey (ALLBUS) collects up-to-date data on attitudes, behavior, and social structure in Germany. Every two years since 1980 a representative cross section of the population is surveyed using both constant and variable questions. The ALLBUS data become available to interested parties for research and teaching as soon as they are processed and documented.