Citation  | ISSP Research Group (1992): International Social Survey Programme: Role of Government II - ISSP 1990. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA1950 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.1950 |
| Study No. | ZA1950 |
| Title | International Social Survey Programme: Role of Government II - ISSP 1990 |
| Current Version | 1.0.0, 2010-4-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.1950 (Publication Year 1992) |
| Date of Collection | 02.1990 - 12.1991 |
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| Abstract | Functions and tasks of the state. Topics: 1. Citizen rights: attitude to law-abidingness and to selected forms of protest against the government; attitude to freedom of speech and freedom of the press even for revolutionaries and racists; attitude to police intervention in the private sphere to prevent crimes; attitude to the principle of rule by law, in doubt for the accused; attitude to participants in demonstrations, racists and revolutionaries. 2. Government intervention: attitude to tax progression and to income re-distribution by the government; attitude to government measures regarding control of wages, salaries and prices as well as the reduction of government expenditures; attitude to government job creation measures, measures to stimulate the economy and subsidies; preference for reduced government economic control; attitude to reduction in working hours for the purpose of creating new jobs; preference for an increase or reduction in government expenditures, applied to selected political areas; priority for fighting inflation or fighting unemployment; evaluation of the influence of trade unions, industry and government; evaluation of the position of the government in electricity supply, the steel industry as well as banking and insurance; attitude to a government job guarantee, to price control, to national health care, to maintenance of an appropriate standard of living for old people and the unemployed, to reduction in income differences, to support of students from poorer families and to providing housing opportunities for the poor; interest in politics. 3. Demography: time worked each week; employment in the civil service; span of control; company size; union membership; times of unemployment; self-classification on a left-right continuum; party inclination and party preference; behavior at the polls in the last national election; religiousness; self-assessment of social class; number of children; residential status. Additionally encoded were: city size; willingness of respondent to cooperate or response time of the questionnaire; ethnic, cultural or national affiliation or origins. |
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| Universe | Lower age cut-off between 14 and 18 years. For details see further remarks. |
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The sampling procedure and the survey methods are different in the individual countries. For details see further remarks.
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Oral, written or mail survey with standardized questionnaire
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| Data Collector | NSSS, Research School of Social Sciences, Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, in conjunction with Datacol; INFAS; National Opinion Research Center (NORC), University of Chicago; TARKI, Budapest; EURISCO, Mailand; Norwegian Social Science Data Services, Norway; |
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International Social Survey Programme (ISSP)