This data collection has been deaccessioned; it is no longer distributed by ICPSR. These data are currently available at International Social Survey Program: Religion, 1991.
Additional information may be available in Collection Notes.
The variable locations and lengths indicated in the codebook do not exactly correspond to the variable locations and lengths indicated by the SPSS data definition statements and the raw data file. Users should consult the SPSS data definition statements for variable locations and lengths that match the raw data file.
Some code values may have country-specific meanings, which have been documented in the codebook.
All marginals in the codebook documentation are calculated from unweighted data.
Data for Austria, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, the Philippines, Poland, and Russia are weighted.
Summary
The International Social Survey Program (ISSP) is an ongoing program of crossnational collaboration. Formed in 1983, the group develops topical modules dealing with important areas of social science as supplements to regular national surveys. The 1991 "Religion" module includes data from Austria, West Germany, East Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Northern Ireland, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, and the United States. The module covers three main topic areas: (1) general attitudes toward various social issues such as the legal system, sex, and the economy (e.g., opinions of legal fairness and the economic climate), (2) religion (e.g., attitudes about God, heaven, hell, life after death, personal and family members' religious status, attendance at religious services, and religious commitment), and (3) demographics (e.g., marital status, age, sex, education, occupation, family composition, and political affiliations).
Subject Terms
Geographic Coverage
Restrictions
These data were supplied by the Zentralarchiv fuer empirische Sozialforschung in Koeln, Germany. To provide funding agencies with essential information about the use of archival resources, and to facilitate the exchange of information about research activities based on the Zentralarchiv's holdings, each user is expected to send two copies of each completed manuscript to the Zentralarchiv. All manuscripts utilizing data made available through the Zentralarchiv should acknowledge that fact.
Time Period(s)
1991
Data Collection Notes
The variable locations and lengths indicated in the codebook do not exactly correspond to the variable locations and lengths indicated by the SPSS data definition statements and the raw data file. Users should consult the SPSS data definition statements for variable locations and lengths that match the raw data file.
Some code values may have country-specific meanings, which have been documented in the codebook.
All marginals in the codebook documentation are calculated from unweighted data.
Data for Austria, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, the Philippines, Poland, and Russia are weighted.
Sample
Multistage stratified random/probability samples (some sampling variations by country).
Universe
Persons aged 18 years and older from Austria, West Germany, East Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Northern Ireland, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, and the United States (some age variations by country).
Data Source
personal interviews and self-enumerated questionnaires
survey data
Original Release Date
1994-10-19Version Date
2013-09-18