ISSP 2001 - "Social Networks II" - ZA No. 3680

Errata:

• A user alerted us to a deviation from the standard coding for the variable PARTY_LR (respondent's party affiliation recoded to a left-right scheme). In the case of Austria, the variable PARTY_LR is not based on the recoded party preference, but on the respondent's self placement on a left-right scale. This means that the labels of PARTY_LR are entirely misleading for Austria - do not use the PARTY_LR variable from the integrated data set for that country!


Users wishing to work with a recoded party preference (for comparison with PARTY_LR for other countries) can find the Austrian party preference data in variable A_PRTY and can construct their own left-right recoding of parties with that variable. Furthermore, the CD-ROM contains a separate Austrian country data set which has all involved variables in a technically correct form: A_PRTY, PARTY_LR in 5-point version of the left-right self placement scale and PARTYBIS with the original 10-point left-right self placement scale. Code 11 in PARTY_LR from the country data set is "don't know". Note that even PARTY_LR in the Austrian country data set does not contain left-right codes derived from the preferred party's left-right position, as ISSP standards would require.
(2005-2-22, edited 2005-3-10, MQ)

• The Russian original country questionnaire first offered here was incorrect. Russia has now provided a new version which can be downloaded above.
  (2005-6-17, MQ)

• Different versions of the integrated file on the distribution CD:
  The CD holds three different versions of the integrated ISSP data set as SPSS system files. Due to necessary updates very late in the production process, these files are not completely identical. Our Spanish colleagues who created the files indicated that one of the versions with English labels should be used (one named <ISSP2001.SAV>, the other named <ISSP2001_V2.SAV> and found in subdirectory \Data\ISSP2001\), while the version with Spanish labels (<ISSP2001E.SAV>) should be avoided. <ISSP2001_V2.SAV> does not contain the country data from Germany, Italy, and Denmark, and a reduced number of cases for Australia. Unfortunately, we have no complete information about other differences between the two English versions.
  (2005-7-7, edited 2005-9-23, MQ)

• Besides the integrated files, the CD-ROM also contains individual data files from the participating countries. In two cases, we know of problems with these files: 1. USA - the country file is from ISSP 1999, not from ISSP 2001. (The correct version was used for the integrated file.) 2. Australia - the country file is not the most recent version and has a reduced number of cases. (The correct version was used for the integrated file in <ISSP2001.SAV>.)
  If you purchased the ISSP 2001 CD at the Central Archive, you can request the correct versions of the two country data sets for free from us.
  (2005-7-7, MQ)

• The codebook information describing the categories of variables V38 and V39 is incorrect. Please refer to the value labels in the SPSS data set.

• Question 39 (V65) about frequency of political discussions was asked in a deviating formulation in Russia:
  ISSP standard was "How often do you discuss politics with your friends?", with categories "Almost all the time", "Most of the time", "Occasionally", "Almost never", "Can't choose".
  Russia used: “How often do you discuss politics with other people?” with categories: “Often”, “Sometimes”, “Seldom”, ”Never”, “Hard to answer”. Thanks to our user Markku Lonkila for alerting us to the problem and to Ludmila Khakhulina for providing the translation of the Russian question.
  These differences must be taken into account when including Russia in international comparisons of V65!
  (2005-9-23, MQ)

• For Germany, the income variables D_INCO (household income) and D_RINC (respondent's income) contain no data in the integrated file <ISSP2001.SAV>. Users who have the CD-ROM version can find the complete national data for Germany in the subdirectory \Data\Germany of the CD-ROM. It holds an SPSS system file for Germany which contains the missing information in variables INCOME and RINCOME. (Users who have obtained the integrated data set ZA3680 via the ZACAT download system, please contact us, you will receive the file via e-mail.) The data can be matched to the integrated file with V3 (country code) and V2 (respondent ID) as key variables.
  (2006-04-03, MQ)