Citation  | ISSP Research Group (2018): International Social Survey Programme: Religion III - ISSP 2008. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA4950 Data file Version 2.3.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13161 |
| Study No. | ZA4950 |
| Title | International Social Survey Programme: Religion III - ISSP 2008 |
| Current Version | 2.3.0, 2018-10-26, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13161 |
| Date of Collection | 30.11.2007 - 09.07.2010 |
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| Abstract | Content: attitudes towards religious practices. Topics: assessment of personal happiness; attitudes towards pre-marital sexual intercourse; attitudes towards committed adultery; attitudes towards homosexual relationships between adults; attitudes towards abortion in case of serious disability or illness of the baby or low income of the family; attitudes towards gender roles in marriage; people can be trusted vs. can´t be too careful in dealing with people; trust in institutions (parliament, business and industry, churches and religious organizations, courts and the legal system, schools and the educational system); mobility; attitudes towards the influence of religious leaders on voters and government; attitudes towards the benefits of science and religion (scale: modern science does more harm than good, too much trust in science and not enough in religious faith, religions bring more conflicts than peace, intolerance of people with very strong religious beliefs); judgement on the power of churches and religious organizations; attitudes towards equal rights for all religious groups in the country and respect for all religions; acceptance of persons from a different religion or with different religious views in case of marrying a relative or being a candidate of the preferred political party (social distance); attitudes towards the allowance for religious extremists to hold public meetings and to publish books expressing their views (freedom of expression); doubt or firm belief in God (deism, scale); belief in: a life after death, heaven, hell, religious miracles, reincarnation, Nirvana, supernatural powers of deceased ancestors; attitudes towards a higher truth and towards meaning of life (scale: God is concerned with every human being personally, little that people can do to change the course of their lives (fatalism), life is meaningful only because God exists, life does not serve any purpose, life is only meaningful if someone provides the meaning himself, connection with God without churches or religious services); religious preference (affiliation) of mother, father and spouse/partner; religion respondent was raised in; frequency of church attendance (of attendance in religious services) of father and mother; personal frequency of church attendance when young; frequency of prayers and participation in religious activities; shrine, altar or a religious object in respondent’s home; frequency of visiting a holy place (shrine, temple, church or mosque) for religious reasons except regular religious services; self-classification of personal religiousness and spirituality; truth in one or in all religions; attitudes towards the profits of practicing a religion (scale: finding inner peace and happiness, making friends, gaining comfort in times of trouble and sorrow, meeting the right kind of people). Optional items (not stated in all countries): ´born-again´ Christian; attitudes towards the Bible (or appropriate holy book); questions generally applicable for all countries: conversion of faith after crucial experience; personal sacrifice as an expression of faith such as fasting or following a special diet during holy season such as Lent or Ramadan; concept of God (semantic differential scale: mother - father, master - spouse, judge - lover, friend - king); belief in lucky charms, fortune tellers, faith healers and horoscopes; decision criteria for personal actions (laws or religious principles); attitudes towards members of different religious groups (Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, Atheists or non-believers). Demography: sex; age; marital status; steady life partner; years of schooling; highest education level; country specific education and degree; current employment status (respondent and partner); hours worked weekly; occupation (ISCO 1988) (respondent and partner); supervising function at work; working for private or public sector or self-employed (respondent and partner); if self-employed: number of employees; trade union membership; earnings of respondent (country specific); family income (country specific); size of household; household composition; party affiliation (left-right); country specific party affiliation; participation in last election; religious denomination; religious main groups; attendance of religious services; self-placement on a top-bottom scale; region (country specific); size of community (country specific); type of community: urban-rural area; country of origin or ethnic group affiliation. Additionally coded: administrative mode of data-collection; weighting factor; case substitution. |
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| Universe | Persons aged 18 years and older Exceptions: Finland (15 to 74 years), Japan (16 years and over), Latvia (18 to 74 years), Norway (18 to 79 years), Russia (16 years and over), South Africa (16 years and over) and Sweden (17 to 79 years) |
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Sampling procedures differ for the individual countries:
Probability Sample: Simple Random Sample
Probability Sample: Multistage Sample
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Different modes of data collection depending on the country:
Face-to-face interview: PAPI (Paper and Pencil Interview)
Face-to-face interview: CAPI (Computer Assisted Personal Interview)
Self-administered questionnaire: Paper
Telephone interview
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| Data Collector | Fieldwork institutes: Austria: IFES-Institut, Vienna; Australia: Academic Surveys Australia, Black Rock, Melbourne; Belgium - Flanders: Significant GfK, Heverlee; Chile: ICCOM, Santiago; Croatia: Institute for Social Research, Zagreb; Cyprus: Center of Applied Research, Cyprus College, Nicosia; Czech Republic: Factum Invenio, s.r.o., Praha; Denmark: SFI SURVEY, Copenhagen; Dominican Republic: Asisa Research Group (ARG); Finland: Statistics Finland, Social Survey Unit, Helsinki; France: FRANCE-ISSP (Centre de Recherche en Economie et Statistique, Laboratoire de Sociologie Quantitative), Malakoff; Germany: TNS Infratest Sozialforschung, Munich; Great Britain: National Centre for Social Research (NatCen), London; Hungary: TÁRKI Social Research Institute, Budapest; Ireland: Amárach Field Research, Dublin; Israel: B.I. and Cucille Cohen, Institute for public opinion research, Tel Aviv; Italy: Doxa S.p.A., Milan; Japan: Central Research Services, Tokyo; Latvia: Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Latvia; Mexico: Instituto de Mercadotecnia y Opinión (IMO), Zapopan, Jalisco; Netherlands: Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Research Methodology, Free University Amsterdam; New Zealand: Department of Communication, Journalism and Marketing, Massey University, Palmerston North; Northern Ireland: Interviewing was carried out by social survey interviewers employed by the Central Survey Unit of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency; Norway: TNS Gallup, Oslo; Philippines: Social Weather Stations, Quezon City; Poland: Public Opinion Research Center (CBOS), Warsaw; Portugal: Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa; Russia: Levada-Center, Moscow; Slovakia: FOCUS, Bratislava; Slovenia: Public Opinion and Mass Communication Research Centre (CJMMK); University of Ljubljana; South Africa: Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria; South-Korea: Survey Research Center at Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul; Spain: Center of Sociological Research (CIS), Madrid; Sweden: SIFO Research and Consulting, Stockholm; Switzerland: MIS Trend, Lausanne; Taiwan: Center for Survey Research, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei; Turkey: Infakto Research Workshop, Istanbul; Ukraine: Kiev international institute of sociology (KIIS); Uruguay: Department of Economics – Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Uruguay; United States: National Opinion Research Center (NORC), Chicago; Venezuela: Instituto DELPHOS |
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International Social Survey Programme (ISSP)