Korean General Social Survey (KGSS) Series

The Korean General Social Survey (KGSS) is the Korean version of the General Social Survey (GSS), closely replicating the original GSS of the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago.

The KGSS comprises five parts:

• The first part includes core questions covering key aspects of Korean society.
• The second part is the International Social Survey Program (ISSP) module, a cross-national survey conducted in 45 countries.
• The third part is the East Asian Social Survey (EASS) module, a joint GSS-type survey of Korea, Japan, China, and Taiwan.
• The fourth part is the European Social Survey (ESS) module, a cross-national survey conducted across Europe.
• The last part contains modules proposed by researchers.

This data collection is the cumulative version of the previous 22 years of survey data from 2003 to 2025. The survey was conducted annually from 2003 to 2014 and biennially from 2016 onward (excluding 2015, 2017, 2020, and 2022). Due to COVID-19, the 2020 survey was skipped and conducted in 2021 instead.

Respondents were asked for their opinions about Korean society, economic conditions, government performance, politics and political conditions. Additional questions include the healthcare system, health behaviors, human rights, attitudes toward aging and the elderly, household composition, income, education, occupation, environmental issues, international migration and so on. Demographic data collected includes age, sex, education level, household income, employment status, religious preference, political party affiliation, and political philosophy.

The Korean General Social Survey (KGSS) is the Korean version of the General Social Survey (GSS) , closely replicating the original GSS of the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago.

The KGSS comprises four parts:

• The first part includes replicating core questions that cover the core content of Korean society.
• The second part is the International Social Survey Program (ISSP) module, which is a cross-national survey of 43 countries from all over the world.
• The third part is the East Asian Social Survey (EASS) module. The EASS is a joint survey of four East Asian countries (Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan) conducting a GSS-type social survey.
• The last part contains modules proposed by researchers.

This data collection is the cumulative version of the previous 18 years of survey data from 2003 to 2021 (not including 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020). This dataset contains a total of 20,841 cases across 3,215 variables.

Respondents were asked for their opinions about Korean society, economic conditions, government performance, politics and political conditions. Additional questions were asked regarding the health care system, respondents' health behaviors, human rights, attitudes toward aging and the elderly, household composition, household income, education, occupation, environmental issues, international migration and so on. Demographic information collected includes age, sex, education level, household income, employment status, religious preference, political party affiliation, and political philosophy.

The Korean General Social Survey (KGSS) is the Korean version of the General Social Survey (GSS), closely replicating the original GSS of the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago.

The KGSS comprises four parts:

• The first part includes replicating core questions that cover the core content of Korean society.
• The second part is the International Social Survey Program (ISSP) module, which is a cross-national survey of 43 countries from all over the world.
• The third part is the East Asian Social Survey (EASS) module. The EASS is a joint survey of four East Asian countries (Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan) conducting a GSS-type social survey.
• The last part contains modules proposed by researchers.

This data collection is the cumulative version of the previous 15 years of survey data from 2003 to 2018 (not including 2015 and 2017). This dataset contains a total of 19,636 cases across 3,044 variables.

Respondents were asked for their opinions about Korean society, economic conditions, government performance, politics and political conditions. Additional questions were asked regarding the health care system, respondents' health behaviors, human rights, attitudes toward aging and the elderly, household composition, household income, education, occupation, environmental issues, international migration and so on. Demographic information collected includes age, sex, education level, household income, employment status, religious preference, political party affiliation, and political philosophy.