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Description & Citation--Study No. 20501

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:20501
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR20501
 
Title:Polish General Social Survey, 1992-2002
 
Principal Investigator(s):Bogdan Cichomski, University of Warsaw. Institute for Social Studies
 
  Tomasz Jerzynski, University of Warsaw. Institute for Social Studies
 
  Marcin Zielinski, University of Warsaw. Institute for Social Studies
 
Series:Polish General Social Survey (PGSS) Series
 
Funding Agency:National Committee for Scientific Research, Komitet Badan Naukowych (KBN), Poland
 
Bibliographic Citation:Cichomski, Bogdan, Tomasz Jerzynski, and Marcin Zielinski. POLISH GENERAL SOCIAL SURVEY, 1992-2002 [Computer file]. Conducted by Public Opinion Research Center, Centrum Badania Opinii Spolecznej (CBOS), Poland. ICPSR20501-v1. Warsaw, Poland: University of Warsaw, Institute for Social Studies [producer], 2004. Warsaw, Poland: University of Warsaw, Institute for Social Studies/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributors], 2007-10-23.
 

Scope of Study

Summary:The Polish General Social Survey (PGSS), conducted annually since 1992 through 1995 and later biennially, is designed to measure opinions and social characteristics of the Polish society. PGSS core variables include socioeconomic and demographic items with an emphasis on stratification measures (occupation, labor force status, education, income) of respondents and their spouses and parents. In addition, there are attitudinal variables concerning politics and ideology, national spending, religious beliefs, social inequality, job and occupational values, tolerance, educational values, other countries, traditional sex roles, family issues, abortion, and homosexuality. Other variables gauge subjective well-being, social class identification, satisfaction with different spheres of life, and confidence in public institutions. Respondents were also queried about their voting behavior, social interactions, religiosity, health, smoking, and drinking. Each year, additional topical modules of questions from the International Social Survey Program have been added: "Social Inequality" (1992 and 1999), "Environment" (1993), "Family and Changing Gender Roles" (1994 and 2002), "Sexual Behavior" (1994), "National Identity" (1995), "Work Orientations II" (1997), and "Social Relations and Support Systems" (2002). This study is a continuation of the POLISH GENERAL SOCIAL SURVEY, 1992-1999 (ICPSR 3487).
 
Subject Term(s):abortion, attitudes, children, child rearing, civil rights, drinking, durable goods, education, employment, environmental attitudes, family relationships, family work relationship, foreign languages, friendships, gender roles, government spending, health, health behavior, homosexuality, household composition, income, job history, job satisfaction, job skills, labor (work), life satisfaction, marriage, mass media, memberships, men, morality, news media, occupations, political attitudes, political ideology, public opinion, religious attitudes, religious behavior, self evaluation, sexual behavior, smoking, social attitudes, social behavior, social change, social indicators, social inequality, social issues, social support, socioeconomic status, taxes, tolerance, trust in government, values, voting behavior, work attitudes, working women
 
Geographic Coverage:Poland
 
Time Period:1992 - 2002, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, and 2002
 
Date(s) of Collection:1992 - 2002, May and June of 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995, November and December of 1997 and 1999, February and March of 1998 (approximately 20 percent of interviews from the PGSS 1997), April of 2002
 
Unit of Observation:individual
 
Universe:Members of Polish households aged 18 and older.
 
Data Type:survey data
 
Data Collection Notes:(1) A split ballot was used for one or more questions in this survey. The variable BALLOT defines the separate groups. Other variables associated with split ballot include PGSS_BAL and FORM. (2) Two filter variables are present in the data: ISSP and SUPPLEM.
 

Methodology

Sample:Random multistage area sampling.
 
Weight:Two weights are present in the data: WEIGHT and WEIG_BAL. For further information about the weights, please review Appendix A in the codebook.
 
Data Source:personal interview
 
Response Rates:1992: 82.3 percent, 1993: 82.4 percent, 1994: 80.4 percent, 1995: 80.1 percent, 1997: 75.1 percent, 1999: 67.0 percent, 2002: 61.7 percent
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:2007-10-23
 

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