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

ISSP Research Group

doi:10.4232/1.1620

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

10.4232/1.1620

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

Society, Culture

5.8 Social behaviour and attitudes

13 Social stratification and groupings

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, doi:10.4232/1.1620
Study No.	ZA1620
Title	International Social Survey Programme: Social Networks and Support Systems - ISSP 1986
Current Version	1.0.0, 2010-4-13, doi:10.4232/1.1620 (Publication Year 1988)
Date of Collection	1986 - 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
Categories	Society, Culture
Topics	5.8 Social behaviour and attitudes 13 Social stratification and groupings

Abstract

Social 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.

Abstract

Methodology

Geographic Coverage

Universe

In 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

Selection Method

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 Data Collection

Mail, written and oral interview with standardized questionnaire

Data Collector

Research 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

Geographic Coverage	Austria (AT); Australia (AU); Germany (DE); Great Britain (GB-GBN); Hungary (HU); Italy (IT); United States (US)
Universe	In 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
Selection Method	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 Data Collection	Mail, written and oral interview with standardized questionnaire
Data Collector	Research 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 )

Dataset

Number of Units: 10746

Number of Variables: 105

Data Type: -

Analysis System(s): OSIRIS, SPSS

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ZA1620.dta (Dataset STATA) 1 MByte
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ZA1620_2006-04-12.sav (Dataset SPSS) 2 MBytes

ZA1620_bq.pdf Basic (source) Questionnaire (Questionnaire) 402 KBytes
ZA1620_q_at.pdf Austria (Questionnaire) 1 MByte
ZA1620_q_au.pdf Australia (Questionnaire) 193 KBytes
ZA1620_q_de.pdf West Germany (Questionnaire) 657 KBytes
ZA1620_q_gb.pdf Great Britain (Questionnaire) 1 MByte
ZA1620_q_hu.pdf Hungary (Questionnaire) 811 KBytes
ZA1620_q_ie.pdf Ireland (Questionnaire) 524 KBytes
ZA1620_q_it.pdf Italy (Questionnaire) 510 KBytes
ZA1620_q_us.pdf USA (Questionnaire) 476 KBytes

ZA1620_cdb.pdf (Codebook) 2 MBytes

ZA1490_all_Overview_Duplicated_Records.xlsx (Table) 204 KBytes

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Errata in current version

1996-3-4	V2 (Respondent ID Number) – Poland: Identical ID Numbers	Polish respondents with identical ID Numbers: #1205724: two cases, equal responses. We leave it to your decision whether these cases should be excluded from analyses.
2018-2-1	Information 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.

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2010-4-13 Version number created automatically (implementation of a uniform versioning policy) doi:10.4232/1.1620 (Publication Year 1988)

Notes

The 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.

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

International Social Survey Programme (ISSP)
The International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) is a continuing annual programme of cross-national collaboration on surveys covering topics important for social science research. Since 1984 it brings together pre-existing social science projects and co-ordinates research goals, thereby adding a cross-national, cross-cultural perspective to the individual national studies.
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- ZA1303 International Social Survey Programme 1986 (Ireland)
- ZA1306 International Social Survey Programme 1987 (Ireland)
- ZA1490 International Social Survey Programme: Role of Government I - ISSP 1985
- ZA1620 International Social Survey Programme: Social Networks and Support Systems - ISSP 1986
- ZA1680 International Social Survey Programme: Social Inequality I - ISSP 1987
- ZA1700 International Social Survey Programme: Family and Changing Gender Roles I - ISSP 1988
- ZA1784 International Social Survey Programme 1986 (Slovenia)
- ZA1840 International Social Survey Programme: Work Orientations I - ISSP 1989
- ZA1950 International Social Survey Programme: Role of Government II - ISSP 1990
- ZA1977 International Social Survey Programme 1988 (Australia)
- ZA2150 International Social Survey Programme: Religion I - ISSP 1991
- ZA2240 International Social Survey Programme: Role of Government I/II - ISSP 1985 - 1990
- ZA2310 International Social Survey Programme: Social Inequality II - ISSP 1992
- ZA2450 International Social Survey Programme: Environment I - ISSP 1993
- ZA2496 International Social Survey Programme 1992 (Spain)
- ZA2620 International Social Survey Programme: Family and Changing Gender Roles II - ISSP 1994
- ZA2793 International Social Survey Programme 1993 (Austria)
- ZA2880 International Social Survey Programme: National Identity I - ISSP 1995
- ZA2900 International Social Survey Programme: Role of Government III - ISSP 1996
- ZA3024 International Social Survey Programme 1993 (Switzerland)
- ZA3090 International Social Survey Programme: Work Orientations II - ISSP 1997
- ZA3190 International Social Survey Programme: Religion II - ISSP 1998
- ZA3293 International Social Survey Programme 1999 (Netherlands)
- ZA3297 International Social Survey Programme 1999 (Switzerland)
- ZA3351 International Social Survey Programme 1997 (Austria)
- ZA3375 International Social Survey Programme 2000 (Bangladesh)
- ZA3430 International Social Survey Programme: Social Inequality III - ISSP 1999
- ZA3440 International Social Survey Programme: Environment II - ISSP 2000
- ZA3558 International Social Survey Programme 1999 (Brazil)
- ZA3562 International Social Survey Programme 1999 (Denmark)
- ZA3612 International Social Survey Programme 1997 (Ireland)
- ZA3613 International Social Survey Programme 1999 (Ireland)
- ZA3680 International Social Survey Programme: Social Relations and Support Systems / Social Networks II - ISSP 2001
- ZA3880 International Social Survey Programme: Family and Changing Gender Roles III - ISSP 2002
- ZA3910 International Social Survey Programme: National Identity II - ISSP 2003
- ZA3916 International Social Survey Programme 2001 (Netherlands)
- ZA3950 International Social Survey Programme: Citizenship - ISSP 2004
- ZA4350 International Social Survey Programme: Work Orientation III - ISSP 2005
- ZA4656 International Social Survey Programme 2004 (Dominican Republic)
- ZA4674 International Social Survey Programme 1998 (Brazil)
- ZA4685 International Social Survey Programme 2006 (Argentina)
- ZA4700 International Social Survey Programme: Role of Government IV - ISSP 2006
- ZA4704 International Social Survey Programme 2006 (Northern Ireland)
- ZA4710 International Social Survey Programme 2006 (Slovakia)
- ZA4747 International Social Survey Programme: Role of Government I-IV - ISSP 1985-1990-1996-2006
- ZA4748 International Social Survey Programme: Role of Government I-IV ADD ON - ISSP 1985-1990-1996-2006
- ZA4831 International Social Survey Programme 2007 (Denmark)
- ZA4850 International Social Survey Programme: Leisure Time and Sports - ISSP 2007
- ZA4861 International Social Survey Programme 2007 (Netherlands)
- ZA4950 International Social Survey Programme: Religion III - ISSP 2008
- ZA4966 International Social Survey Programme 2008 (Canada)
- ZA5070 International Social Survey Programme: Religion I-III - ISSP 1991-1998-2008
- ZA5071 International Social Survey Programme: Religion I-III ADD ON - ISSP 1991-1998-2008
- ZA5389 International Social Survey Programme 2009 (Canada)
- ZA5400 International Social Survey Programme: Social Inequality IV - ISSP 2009
- ZA5500 International Social Survey Programme: Environment III - ISSP 2010
- ZA5512 International Social Survey Programme: Environment III - ISSP 2010 (Australia)
- ZA5513 International Social Survey Programme: Environment III - ISSP 2010 (Netherlands)
- ZA5515 International Social Survey Programme: Environment III - ISSP 2010 (Iceland)
- ZA5516 International Social Survey Programme: Environment III - ISSP 2010 (Portugal)
- ZA5517 International Social Survey Programme: National Identity III - ISSP 2013 (Netherlands)
- ZA5518 International Social Survey Programme 2014: Citizenship II - ISSP 2014 (Estonia)
- ZA5519 International Social Survey Programme 2014: Citizenship II - ISSP 2014 (New Zealand)
- ZA5520 International Social Survey Programme 2015: Work Orientations IV - ISSP 2015 (Turkey)
- ZA5618 International Social Survey Programme: Religion III - ISSP 2008 (Indonesia)
- ZA5619 International Social Survey Programme: Religion III - ISSP 2008 (Kenya)
- ZA5620 International Social Survey Programme: Religion III - ISSP 2008 (Sri Lanka)
- ZA5621 International Social Survey Programme: Religion III - ISSP 2008 (Tanzania)
- ZA5690 Religion Around the World Study of the 2008 International Social Survey Programme (ISSP)
- ZA5800 International Social Survey Programme: Health and Health Care - ISSP 2011
- ZA5890 International Social Survey Programme: Social Inequality I-IV - ISSP 1987-1992-1999-2009
- ZA5891 International Social Survey Programme: Social Inequality I-IV ADD ON - ISSP 1987-1992-1999-2009
- ZA5900 International Social Survey Programme: Family and Changing Gender Roles IV - ISSP 2012
- ZA5950 International Social Survey Programme: National Identity III - ISSP 2013
- ZA5995 International Social Survey Programme: Social Inequality IV - ISSP 2009 (Netherlands)
- ZA6670 International Social Survey Programme: Citizenship II - ISSP 2014
- ZA6770 International Social Survey Programme: Work Orientations IV - ISSP 2015
- ZA6900 International Social Survey Programme: Role of Government V - ISSP 2016
ISSP - Module Topic: Social Networks
‘Social Networks’ is one of the eleven ISSP topic modules. Central themes are issues, such as contacts between family members, number and nature of contact with close friends and questions on who the respondents would ask for support and help.
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- ZA1303 International Social Survey Programme 1986 (Ireland)
- ZA1620 International Social Survey Programme: Social Networks and Support Systems - ISSP 1986
- ZA1784 International Social Survey Programme 1986 (Slovenia)
- ZA3680 International Social Survey Programme: Social Relations and Support Systems / Social Networks II - ISSP 2001
- ZA3916 International Social Survey Programme 2001 (Netherlands)

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