Citation  | ISSP Research Group (2015): International Social Survey Programme: Health and Health Care - ISSP 2011. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5800 Data file Version 3.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12252 |
| Study No. | ZA5800 |
| Title | International Social Survey Programme: Health and Health Care - ISSP 2011 |
| Current Version | 3.0.0, 2015-6-10, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12252 |
| Date of Collection | 28.02.2011 - 25.04.2013 |
| Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution |
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| Abstract | Evaluation of health care system in the country. Personal health. Health insurance. Themes: satisfaction with life (happiness); confidence in the educational system and the health system of the country; changes of health care system is needed; justification of better medical supply and better education for people with higher incomes; assessment of the health care system of the country (scale: estimation of improvement of the health care system, usage of health care services more than necessary, government should provide only basic health care services, inefficient health care system); willingness to pay higher taxes to improve the level of health care for all people in the country; attitude towards public funding of: preventive medical checkups, treatment of HIV/AIDS, programs to prevent obesity and conduct organ transplants; attitude towards the access to publicly funded health care for people without citizenship of the country and even if they behave in ways that damage their health; estimated part of people without access to the health care system; causes of severe health problems (behavior that damages health, environment, genes, poverty); evaluation of patients for smoking habits, age and the presence of young children for a needed heart operation; attitude towards alternative (traditional or folk) medicine (provides better solutions for health problems than conventional medicine, promises more than it is able to deliver); assessment of doctors in general in the country (scale: doctors can be trusted, discuss all treatment options with their patients, poor medical skills, more care about their earnings than about their patients, openness in dealing with mistakes during treatment); frequency of difficulties with work or household activities because of health problems, bodily aches or pains, unhappiness and depression, loss of self-confidence and insuperable problems in the past four weeks; frequency of doctor visits and of visiting an alternative (traditional/folk) health care practitioner during the past twelve months; stay in hospital or a clinic as an in-patient overnight during the last year; reasons why the respondent did not receive needed medical treatment (could not pay for it, could not take the time off work or because of other commitments, needed treatment was not available at the place of residence, too long waiting list); likelihood of getting the best treatment available in the country in the case of seriously illness and of treatment from the doctor of own choice; satisfaction with the health care system in the country; satisfaction with treatment at the last visit to a doctor, when attending alternative health care practitioner and with the last hospital stay; number of smoked cigarettes per day; frequency of drinking four or more alcoholic drinks on the same day, strenuous physical activity and of eating fresh fruit or vegetables; assessment of personal health; respondent has a long-standing illness, a chronic condition or a disability; height and weight of respondent; kind of personal health insurance; only respondents with health insurance: assessment of personal health insurance coverage. Optional items: personal health insurance covers the prescribed drugs, dental health care and in-patient health care in hospital; need of a referral from the family doctor before visiting a medical specialist; limitation of social activities with family or friends because of health problems. Demography: Sex; age; year of birth; years in school; education (country specific); highest completed degree; work status; hours worked weekly; employment relationship; number of employees; supervision of employees; number of supervised employees; type of organization: for-profit vs. non profit and public vs. private; occupation (ISCO-88); main employment status; living in steady partnership; union membership; religious affiliation or denomination (country specific); groups of religious denominations; attendance of religious services; top-bottom self-placement; vote in last general election; country specific party voted in last general election; party voted (left-right); ethnicity (country specific); number of children; number of toddlers; size of household; earnings of respondent (country specific); family income (country specific); marital status; place of living: urban – rural; region (country specific). Information about spouse and about partner on: work status; hours worked weekly; employment relationship: supervises other employees, occupation (ISCO-88); main employment status. Additionally encoded: date of interview; case substitution flag; mode of data collection; weight. |
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| Universe | Age: 18 years old and older Exceptions: Denmark (18-79), Finland (15-74), Italy (16 years old and older), Japan (16 years old and older), Norway (19-78), Sweden (18-80), South Africa (16 years old and older) |
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| Sampling Procedure |
Sampling procedures differ for the individual countries: partly simple,
partly multi-stage stratified random samples
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| Mode of Collection |
Mode of interview differs for the individual countries: partly
face-to-face interviews (partly CAPI) with standardized questionnaire,
partly paper and pencil and postal survey and partly web survey
Australia: Self-completion, paper and pencil, mailed to, mailed back by
respondent
Belgium - Flanders: ISSP-module: drop-off questionnaire. Background variables were asked face-to-face (CAPI)
Belgium - Wallonia: postal survey
Bulgaria: Face-to-face (PAPI)
Switzerland: CAPI
Chile: Face-to-face
China: Face-to-face (PAPI)
Czech Republic: Face-to-face
Denmark: Web based (self-completion). A postal introduction letter containing
a link was mailed to all respondents
Spain: Face-to-face (PAPI)
Finland: Postal (both directions), self-completion, paper & pencil OR internet
France: Mail
Germany: Self-completion questionnaire (CASI), interviewer in attendance.
Background variables were asked face-to-face (CAPI).
Great Britain: Self-completion questionnaire,
completed by the respondent after the main face-to-face interview and
collected by the interviewer or posted by the respondent.
Croatia: Face-to-face
Israel: Face-to-face
Italy: Self completion, paper and pencil; questionnaire delivered by
interviewer, returned by mail and self completion, web questionnaire
Japan: Self-completion
Lithuania: Face to face interview/paper and pencil interview (PAPI), with
visuals
Korea (South): Face-to-face
Norway: Combined mail survey and web survey
Philippines: Face-to-face interviews with visuals
Poland: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)
Portugal: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)
Russia: Face-to-face interview
Sweden: Postal survey
Slovakia: CAPI with visuals (visuals displayed on screen)
Slovenia: Personal interviews (pencil and paper with visuals)
South Africa: Face-to-face
Taiwan: Face-to-face interview (pencil and paper & CAPI)
Turkey: Face-to-Face interviews with visuals
USA: Face-to-face (CAPI)
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| Data Collector | Australia: Academic Surveys Australia, Black Rock, Melbourne; Belgium - Flanders: Significant GfK, Heverlee; Belgium - Wallonia: Institut Wallon de l’évaluation, de la Prospective et de la Statistique (IWEPS); Bulgaria: ESI Center; Switzerland: M.I.S. Trend SA, Institut de recherches sociales et économiques, Lausanne; Chile: ICCOM, Santiago; China: The National Survey Research Center, Renmin University of China, Beijing; Czech Republic: MEDIAN research age; Denmark: Rambøll Denmark A/S, Copenhagen; Spain: Center of Sociological Research (CIS); Finland: Statistics Finland, Social Survey Unit, Helsinki; France: Centre de Recherche en Economie et Statistique, Laboratoire de Sociologie Quantitative), Malakoff; Germany: TNS Infratest; Great Britain: National Centre for Social Research (NatCen), London; Croatia: Hendal market research; Israel: B.I. and Lucille Cohen, Institute for public opinion research, Tel Aviv; Italy: Marker S.r.l., Mestre (Venice); Japan: Central Research Services, Inc., Tokyo; Lithuania: Baltic surveys Ltd., Vilnius; Poland: Public Opinion Research Center (CBOS), Warsaw; Portugal: CESOP, Centro de Estudos e Sondagens de Opinião; South Korea: Survey Research Center at Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul; Norway: TNS Gallup, Oslo (contact and paper questionnaire administration) and NSD, Bergen (web questionnaire administration); Philippines: Social Weather Stations, Quezon City; Russia: Analytic Levada-Center, Moscow; Slovakia: TNS Slovakia, Bratislava; Sweden: TNS SIFO, Stockholm; Slovenia: Public Opinion and Mass Communication Research Centre (CJMMK), University of Ljubljana; Taiwan: Center for Survey Research, RCHSS, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei; USA: National Opinion Research Center (NORC), Chicago; South Africa: Human Science Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria; Netherlands: VU University Amsterdam |
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International Social Survey Programme (ISSP)