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2010-04-30:

Partial Release of the ISSP 2008 on Religion III (v1.0.0)

The integrated international file of the ISSP 2008 on Religion III is available for analysis and download via ZACAT as of 2010-04-30. The partial release covers 35 countries across the world. A list of participating countries is available at the ISSP 2008 module page.

2009-11-05:

Final Release of the ISSP 2007 Leisure Time and Sports (v2.0.0)

The integrated international file of the ISSP 2007, Leisure Time and Sports, is available for analysis and download via ZACAT as of 2009-11-05. The final release covers 34 countries across the world. A list of participating countries is available at the ISSP 2007 module page.

2009-04-27:

ISSP 2007 Leisure Time and Sports (v1.0) released

The integrated international file of the ISSP 2007, Leisure Time and Sports, is available for analysis and download via ZACAT as of 2009-04-25. The partly release of the integrated file covers 24 countries across the world. A list of participating countries is available at the ISSP 2007 module page.

2009-02-19:

for ISSP members: ISSP 2009 "Social Inequality IV" setup files are released. The standard setup files for the ISSP module of 2009 are now available.

2009-02-17:

for ISSP members: the ISSP 2008 "Religion III" setup is updated. The standard setup files of the second version are now available.

 

2008-10-20

ISSP 'Role of Government I-IV' cumulation (version 1.0) released

The ISSP 'Role of Government I-IV' cumulation is now available for online analysis and download on ZACAT. It consists of two separate datasets: ZA4747 and ZA4748. ZA4747 contains all the cumulated variables, while ZA4748 is a supplementary data file, which contains all those, mainly national specific variables, that could not be cumulated for various reasons. However, the variables can be matched easily to the cumulated file if necessary. The data files cover 22 countries across the world. A list of participating countries and complimentary information are available at the ISSP Cumulation module page.

2008-09-11:

ISSP 2006 Role of Government IV (v1.0) released

The integrated international file of ISSP 2006, Role of Government IV, is available for analysis and download via ZACAT as of 2008-09-09. The Role of Government IV module collects extensive information on the respondents' attitudes toward the law; functions and responsibilities of the national state; government performance; subjective efficacy in dealing with politics; and perceived and experienced corruption of government officials. The integrated file covers 33 countries across the world. The list of participating countries and complimentary information are available at the ISSP 2006 module page.

 

2008-08-04:

In preparation of ISSP 2009, Social Inequality IV, ISSP members may want to prepare the coding of the numerous variables with ISCO 88 occupational titles which are contained in the upcoming module. Hands-on instructions for performing proper coding (or recoding) have kindly been provided by the Dutch ISSP colleague Harry Ganzeboom and can be downloaded here.

2008-05-16:

The ISSP web pages at GESIS have a new structure. ISSP modules and the related documentation for secondary analysis are now listed in an area 'Modules - Study Overview'. ISSP members find material relevant for data depositing etc. in a separate Members Area.

2008-02-02:

for ISSP members: ISSP 2008 "Religion III" setup files released. The standard setup files for the ISSP module of 2008 are now available.


The ISSP In Brief

The International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) is a continuous programme of cross-national collaboration running annual surveys on topics important for the social sciences. The programme started in 1984 with four founding members - Australia, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States – and has grown to 45 member countries from all over the world in 2008. For more details on the ISSP history, please click here. 

The ISSP is unique in a number of ways:

First, the cross-national collaboration is not ad hoc or intermittent, but continuous. Thus, the ISSP makes cross-national research a basic part of the national research agenda of each participating country. Second, the programme is based on voluntary co-operation. Major decisions on modules or questionnaires, on membership or membership obligations are taken by the ISSP in common, by votes in the ISSP’s general assembly. For more details on the organisational structure, please click here. Third, each ISSP member funds its own survey, there are no central funds. Fourth, the ISSP is also one of the few cross-national studies to conduct and publish study monitoring reports of the annual studies. Finally, ISSP surveys are designed to serve as replications. Hence, the ISSP offers two powerful research strategies to study societal processes - by combining a cross-time with a cross-national perspective. 

Implementation and archiving of modules are carried out in accordance with the ISSP Working Principles and the requirements for data and background variables.

For more information on the ISSP, please visit the ISSP web site, maintained by the current ISSP secretariat, the B.I. and Lucille Cohen Institute for Public Opinion Research. Publications on ISSP data are listed in the ISSP bibliography which can be downloaded.

 

Synopsis of ISSP Modules by Year

Documentation on ISSP data sets is provided on so called profile pages. On each module profile page you will find:

  • An overview of variables, questions and replications in each ISSP modules (from 1995 on);
  • An overview of participating countries, with sample size and year of fieldwork;
  • English ISSP source questionnaire;
  • National field questionnaires;
  • Documentation on ISSP background variables (from 2004 onwards);
  • Links to online data analysis & download;
  • Codebooks (until 2004);
  • Full text search in codebooks & questionnaires;
  • Study Monitoring Reports;
  • Comments and errata.

 

GESIS staff is available to answer technical and methodological questions around the ISSP data and data collection, please see the Contacts page.

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