Metadata record for International Social Justice Project, 1991 and 1996 Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research ICPSR metadata records are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License . 2013-05-18 International Social Justice Project, 1991 and 1996 6705 10.3886/ICPSR06705.v2 Wegener, Bernd Mason, David International Social Justice Project (ISJP) Academy of Sciences (Prague). Institute of Sociology Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Germany) Center for the Study of Democracy (Bulgaria). Vitosha Research Open Society Fund-Sofia (Bulgaria) Grant Number 1996 survey: WE 1019/9-1 Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research 1996-05-14 2010-03-04 2010-03-04 This study has been further processed and updated in connection with the data producer by the Central Archive for Empirical Social Research (GESIS(formerly ZA)). While exact changes to the 1991 survey are unavailable, this update includes the 1996 survey data as well. Wegener, Bernd, David Mason, and International Social Justice Project (ISJP). International Social Justice Project, 1991 and 1996. ICPSR06705-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-03-04. doi:10.3886/ICPSR06705.v2 cultural attitudes discrimination education employment employment history fathers government services household composition income income distribution income estimates industry job satisfaction job training life satisfaction moral judgement occupational categories occupational status political affiliation political attitudes political participation quality of life race religious affiliation social attitudes social inequality social issues social justice social status trust in government voting behavior workers ICPSR.XVI.A ICPSR.XVI.B The International Social Justice Project is a collaborative effort among 13 countries to conduct a comparative study of popular perceptions of economic and social justice in advanced industrialized nations. Countries which participated in the 1991 and 1996 survey included Bulgaria, East Germany, Estonia, Great Britain, Hungary, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, the United States, and the Czech Republic and Slovakia (formerly known as Czechoslovakia in the 1991 survey). West Germany and East Germany, during its transition to a democracy, were surveyed in 1991. The survey, which employed standardized survey procedures and data collection instruments across all countries, focused on normative social justice concepts such as entitlement, equality of economic opportunity, and reward distribution. The study design provides analysis of normative justice at a micro level, involving respondents' evaluation of justice or rewards received by individuals and small groups, and at a macro level, through the evaluation of fairness of reward distribution at the aggregate or societal level. Variables in the dataset include demographic characteristics of the respondent, such as age, sex, marital status, education, employment, and occupation. In the 1991 survey, occupation has been classified utilizing the following coding schemes: the International Standard Classification of Occupations and Goldthorpe's Class Categories, with the addition of the English-language version of the German "Berufsstellungen" in the 1996 survey. Respondents were also queried about actual and desired income, what factors respondents believe determine level of pay and their fairness, dependence on pension or social welfare programs, satisfaction with the sociopolitical system, perceived and/or preferred role of the government in job allocation, and standard of living. 1991-03 1997-01 1991-03 1997-01 Bulgaria Czech Republic Estonia Germany Global Great Britain Hungary Japan Netherlands Poland Russia Slovakia Slovenia United States individual Citizens aged 18 and older in the following countries: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany (in 1991 West Germany and East Germany), Great Britain, Hungary, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and the United States. Please see the "Methodology of the 1991 ISJP Survey" and "Methodology of the 1996 ISJP Survey" sections of the ICPSR codebook for further information in regard to universe. survey data As sampling procedures vary by country, please refer to the "Methodology of the 1991 ISJP Survey" and "Methodology of the 1996 ISJP Survey" sections of this ICPSR codebook for information in regard to sampling. face-to-face interview , telephone interview Please see the "Methodology of the 1991 ISJP Survey" and "Methodology of the 1996 ISJP Survey" sections of this ICPSR codebook for information in regard to weighting.

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