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ZA1680: International Social Survey Programme: Social Inequality I - ISSP 1987

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Bibliographic Citation

Citation Citation ISSP Research Group (1989): International Social Survey Programme: Social Inequality I - ISSP 1987. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA1680 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.1680
Study No.ZA1680
TitleInternational Social Survey Programme: Social Inequality I - ISSP 1987
Current Version1.0.0, 2010-4-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.1680 (Publication Year 1989)
Date of Collection02.1987 - 01.1988
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution
  • Kelley, Jonathan - Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra
  • Bean, Clive - Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra
  • Evans, Mariah D. R. - Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra
  • Haller, Max - Institut für Soziologie, Universität Graz
  • Höllinger, Max - Institut für Soziologie, Universität Graz
  • Mohler, Peter P. - ZUMA, Mannheim
  • Braun, Michael - ZUMA, Mannheim
  • Anselmi, Paolo - Eurisko, Milano
  • Calvi, Gabriele - Eurisko, Milano
  • Cito Filomarino, Beatrice - Eurisko, Milano
  • Jowell, Roger - Social and Community Planning Research, London
  • Brook, Lindsay - Social and Community Planning Research, London
  • Witherspoon, Sharon - Social and Community Planning Research, London
  • Smith, Tom W. - National Opinion Research Center (NORC), University of Chicago
  • Kolosi, Tamas - TARKI, Budapest
  • Szanto, Janos - TARKI, Budapest
  • Robert, Peter - TARKI, Budapest
  • Becker, Jos - Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau, Rijswijk
  • Praag, Carlo van - Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau, Rijswijk
  • Soziologisches Institut, Universität Zürich
  • Mach, Bogdan W. - Institute of Political Study, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw

Content

AbstractJudgement on social inequality in the country. Topics: most important reasons for social advancement (scale); judgement on equal opportunities in the Federal Republic; attitude to the necessity for significant wage differences; attitude to social differences (scale); estimated gross income of selected occupational groups and personal ideas about a fair gross income for these occupational groups; attitude to the country´s income differences and to various duties of the welfare state (scale); judgement on the current tax burden for different income classes; attitude to a higher tax burden for higher income groups; judgement on strength of contrasts or conflicts between various social groups in the country; self-assessment of social class (scale and 5-layer class division); social origins; time worked each week; position as a superior; union membership; employment and occupation of spouse; sex as well as month and year of birth of all members of the household; party preference.
Categories Categories
  • Society, Culture
Topics Topics
  • 1.5 Employment
  • 13 Social stratification and groupings
  • 13.10 Social and occupational mobility

Methodology

Geographic Coverage
  • Germany (DE)
  • Great Britain (GB-GBN)
  • United States of America (US)
  • Italy (IT)
  • Austria (AT)
  • Australia (AU)
  • Hungary (HU)
  • Netherlands (NL)
  • Switzerland (CH)
  • Poland (PL)
UniverseIn the FRG: persons 18 years old and older In Great Britain: persons 18 years old and older In the USA: persons 18 years old and older, with a supplementary sample of the black population (black oversample) In Italy: persons 18 years old and older In Austria: persons from 16 to 69 years old In Australia: persons 18 years old and older In Hungary: persons 18 years old and older In the Netherlands: persons from 16 to 80 years old In Switzerland: persons 16 years old and older In Poland: persons from 21 to 65 years old
Analysis Unit Analysis Unit
  • Individual
Sampling Procedure Sampling Procedure
  • Probability
In the FRG: multi-stage stratified random sample In Great Britain: multi-stage random sample In the USA: multi-stage stratified random sample In Italy: random sample In Austria: multi-stage random sample In Australia: random sample In Hungary: random sample In the Netherlands: multi-stage stratified random sample In Switzerland: multi-stage stratified random sample In Poland: multi-stage stratified random sample
Mode of Collection Mode of Collection
  • Interview
  • Self-administered questionnaire
Mail, written and oral interviews with a standardized questionnaire
Time Method Time Method
  • Cross-section
Kind of Data Kind of Data
  • Numeric
Data CollectorResearch School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra; GFM-GETAS, Hamburg; 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; Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau, Rijswijk; Soziologisches Institut, Universität Zürich; CBOS, Warsaw
Date of Collection
  • 02.1987 - 01.1988 (FRG: 26. September - 26. October 1987 Great Britain: March - July 1987 USA: February - April 1987 Italy: March - April 1987 Austria: June - July 1988 Australia: November 1987 Hungary: April - May 1987 Netherlands: 15. September - 31. December 1987 Switzerland: 1. October - 15. December 1987 Poland: November 1987 - January 1988)

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/10.4232/1.1680 (Publication Year unknown)
Errata in current version
DateSubjectDescription
1996-3-4Poland: Identical respondent id numbersA user of ISSP data informed us about some identical respondent ID numbers. We publish the list of these cases and leave it to your decision whether these should be excluded from analyses. #1205724: two cases, equal responses
2015-1-26V100 (Subjective Social Class) - Switzerland: Data errorDue to a coding error in the original data of Switzerland, V100 (Subjecitive Social Class) needs to be recoded as follows: Do if V3=11. Recode V100 (4=5) (5=4) (else=copy). End if. Exe. Category 4 ‘Middle class’ covers 544 cases and category 5 ‘Upper middle class’ 161 cases.
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: FRG: written interview, 1397 respondents. Great Britain: written interview, 1212 respondents. USA: written and oral interview, 1285 respondents in the representative sample and 279 respondents in the ´black oversample´. Italy: oral interview, 1027 respondents. The survey took place at the same time as the ISSP-survey 1986. Austria: oral interview, 972 respondents. The survey took place at the same time as interviews for topics for the ISSP 1988. Australia: 1574 written interviews and 89 telephone interviews. Hungary: oral interview, 2606 respondents. Netherlands: written interview, 1638 respondents. Switzerland: mail interview, 987 respondents. Poland: personal interview, 3943 respondents. The written interviews took place most often as ´drop-offs´ after conclusion of an oral interview. Further ISSP-surveys are archived under ZA Study Nos. 1490 and 1620. Ireland: The dataset was not integrated into the international file. For detailed information see under the ZA-study-Nr. 1306.
Number of Units: 17009
Number of Variables: 108
Data Type: -
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata

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 Inequality
    ‘Social Inequality’ is one of the eleven ISSP topic modules. Central themes are issues, such as attitudes towards income inequality, views on earnings and incomes, legitimation of inequality, career advancement by means of family background and networks, social cleavages and conflict among groups, and the current and past social position.