Polish General Social Survey, 1992-2002 (ICPSR 20501)

Version Date: Oct 23, 2007

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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

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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR20501.v1

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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).

Citation

Cichomski, Bogdan, Jerzynski, Tomasz, and Zielinski, Marcin. Polish General Social Survey, 1992-2002. University of Warsaw, Institute for Social Studies [distributor], Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2007-10-23. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR20501.v1

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Funding

Komitet Badan Naukowych (Poland)

Subject Terms

abortion   attitudes   child rearing   children   civil rights   drinking behavior   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   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   voting behavior   work attitudes   working women

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Distributor(s)

University of Warsaw, Institute for Social Studies, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1992 -- 2002

Date 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 of2002)

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.

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Sample

Random multistage area sampling.

Universe

Members of Polish households aged 18 and older.

Unit(s) of Observation

individual

Data Source

personal interview

Data Type(s)

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

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Original Release Date

2007-10-23

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Cichomski, Bogdan, Tomasz Jerzynski, and Marcin Zielinski. Polish General Social Survey, 1992-2002. ICPSR20501-v1. Warsaw, Poland: University of Warsaw, Institute for Social Studies/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributors], 2007-10-23. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR20501.v1
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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.

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Notes