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ZA1620: International Social Survey Programme: Social Networks and Support Systems - ISSP 1986

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  • ZA1490_all_Overview_Duplicated_Records.xlsx (Table) 204 KBytes
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Bibliographic Citation

Citation Citation ISSP Research Group (1988): International Social Survey Programme: Social Networks and Support Systems - ISSP 1986. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA1620 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.1620
Study No.ZA1620
TitleInternational Social Survey Programme: Social Networks and Support Systems - ISSP 1986
Current Version1.0.0, 2010-4-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.1620 (Publication Year 1988)
Date of Collection1986 - 1987
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution
  • Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra
  • Institut für Soziologie, Universität Graz
  • ZUMA, Mannheim
  • Eurisko, Milano
  • Social and Community Planning Research, London
  • National Opinion Research Center (NORC), University of Chicago, Ill.
  • TARKI, Budapest

Content

AbstractSocial relations and assistance. Topics: The following questions were asked in regard to all immediate relatives of the respondent: frequency of mutual visits; commuting time; frequency of non-personal contacts (telephone and letter); married or living together with a steady partner; number of close friends among colleagues at work and in the neighborhood; best friend´s sex; frequency of mutual visits and commuting time; frequency of non-personal contacts with this friend; specification of persons who are available or could be asked for help of various sorts; contact person for partnership problems and depression; sources of advice in crucial decisions; frequency of occurrence of problem situations. Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; religious denomination; frequency of church attendance; number of years of school; school education; occupation; occupation of father; employment; employment in public or private sector; weekly working hours; area of business of company; leadership responsibility; household income; monthly net income of respondent; size of household; respondent is head of household; residential status; party preference (Sunday question); behavior at the polls in the last election (party); behavior at the polls in the last election (left-right continuum); self-assessment on a left-right continuum; self-assessment of social class; local residency; length of residence in residence; degree of urbanization; state and region; union membership.
Categories Categories
  • Society, Culture
Topics Topics
  • 5.8 Social behaviour and attitudes
  • 13 Social stratification and groupings

Methodology

Geographic Coverage
  • Germany (DE)
  • Great Britain (GB-GBN)
  • United States of America (US)
  • Italy (IT)
  • Austria (AT)
  • Australia (AU)
  • Hungary (HU)
UniverseIn the FRG, Great Britain, USA: persons 18 years old and older In Italy: persons from 18 to 74 years old In Austria: persons 16 years old and older In Australia: not specified In Hungary: persons 18 years old and older in the first part of the survey and from 18 to 39 years old in the second part
Analysis Unit Analysis Unit
  • Individual
Sampling Procedure Sampling Procedure
  • Probability
In the FRG, Great Britain, USA: multi-stage stratified random sample In Italy: random sample In Austria: multi-stage stratified random sample In Australia: follow-up survey of those persons who participated in the ISSP survey 1985 In Hungary: multi-stage stratified random sample
Mode of Collection Mode of Collection
  • Interview
  • Self-administered questionnaire
Mail, written and oral interview with standardized questionnaire
Time Method Time Method
  • Cross-section
Kind of Data Kind of Data
  • Numeric
Data CollectorResearch School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberrra; INFRATEST, Muenchen; Eurisko, Milano; Social and Community Planning Research, London; National Opinion Research Center (NORC), University of Chicago, Ill.; IFES, Institut fuer empirische Sozialforschung, Wien; Dr. Fessel & GfK, Institut fuer Marktforschung, Wien; TARKI, Budapest;
Date of Collection
  • 1986 - 1987 (FRG: March - May 1986 Great Britain: April - July 1986 USA: February - April 1986 Italy: March - April 1987 Austria: May - June 1986 Australia: June - September 1987 Hungary: October 1986 )

Errata & Versions

VersionDate, Name, DOI
1.0.0 (current version)2010-4-13 Version number created automatically (implementation of a uniform versioning policy) https://doi.org/10.4232/1.1620 (Publication Year unknown)
Errata in current version
DateSubjectDescription
1996-3-4V2 (Respondent ID Number) – Poland: Identical ID NumbersPolish respondents with identical ID Numbers: #1205724: two cases, equal responses. We leave it to your decision whether these cases should be excluded from analyses.
2018-2-1Information on identified duplicated records in ISSP datasets:Please, check in document ‘ZA1490_All_Overview_Duplicated Records.xlsx’ in tab ‘Data & Documents’, subtab ’Other Documents’, whether the dataset at hand contains any identified duplicated records. The document also offers recommendations for treatment.
Version changes

Further Remarks

NotesThe survey procedure as well as number of units are organized as follows: Federal Republic of Germany: written interview, 2809 respondents. Great Britain: written interview, 1416 respondents. USA: written interview, 1470 respondents. Italy: oral interview, 1027 respondents. The survey took place at the same time as the ISSP survey 1987. Austria: oral interview, 1027 respondents. The survey took place at the same time as the ISSP survey 1985. Australia: mail interview, 1250 respondents. Hungary: 1747 respondents. The data set is composed of a number of individual surveys: representative sample, 912 respondents; age group sample, 835 respondents.
Number of Units: 10746
Number of Variables: 105
Data Type: -
Analysis System(s): OSIRIS, SPSS

Publications

Publications
  • Rohrbach-Schmidt, Daniela: Leistung und Zuschreibung in der Wissensgesellschaft. In: Beckers, Tilo; Birkelbach, Klaus; Hagenah, Jörg; Rosar, Ulrich (Hrsg.): Komparative empirische Sozialforschung. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 2010, S. 285-305
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Groups

Research Data Centre
Groups
  •  International Social Survey Programme (ISSP)
     The International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) is a continuing annual program of cross-national survey collaboration, covering a wide range of topics important for social science research. Since 1985 the ISSP provides international data sets, enabling cross-cultural and cross-temporal research.
  • ISSP - Module Topic: Social Networks
    ‘Social Networks’ is one of the eleven ISSP topic modules. ISSP Social Networks modules essentially deal with issues, such as nature and contacts with family members and friends, participation in associations and groups, duties and rights in social networks and social trust. Since the thematic focus has changed across years and these modules only share the basic idea of measuring social networks, they are not being regarded as replicated ISSP modules.