Data and Documentation
ISSP Modules by Topic
| Aspects of citizenship like citizen rights and obligations, participation, tolerance, group membership, trust, empowerment, political interest, evaluation of institutions, satisfaction with democracy and global vs. national citizenship | ||
| Attitudes towards environment related issues, environmental protection, respondents' behavior and respondents' preferences regarding governmental measures on environmental protection | ||
Attitudes towards women’s employment, marriage, children and financial support, household management and partnership | ||
| Health and well-being, experiences with health care, trust in the health care system, importance of various health care fields, conventional vs. alternative medicine, and satisfaction with health care services | ||
| Leisure time activities, the subjective meaning of leisure time, and its relation to work and other spheres of life, sociological aspects of sports, social determinants, and consequences of leisure | ||
| Respondents’ global, national or ethnic identification, aspects of national pride and support for their own nation, attitudes towards national and international issues, attitudes towards foreigners and foreign cultures | ||
1991, 1998, 2008, 2018 | Religious attitudes and beliefs, religious socialization, past and current religious practices, religion and governmental connections and aspects of secularization | |
| Attitudes towards government responsibilities and government spending, state intervention in the economy, civil liberties, political interest, trust and efficacy | ||
| Attitudes towards income inequality, views on earnings and incomes, legitimation of inequality, career advancement by means of family background and networks, social cleavages and conflict, and current and past social position | ||
| Contacts with family members and friends, participation in associations and groups, duties and rights in social networks and social trust | ||
| Employment arrangements, job characteristics, subjective experience of job, outcome of work, work-life balance, work centrality, and solidarity and conflict in work relations |
Modules by year
2021 Health and Health Care II
2020 Environment IV
2019 Social Inequality V
2018 Religion IV (-> Non-ISSP countries)
2017 Social Networks and Social Resources
2016 Role of Government V
2015 Work Orientations IV
2014 Citizenship II
2013 National Identity III
2012 Family and Changing Gender Roles IV
2011 Health and Health Care
2010 Environment III
2009 Social Inequality IV
2008 Religion III (-> Non-ISSP countries)
2007 Leisure Time and Sports
2006 Role of Government IV
2005 Work Orientations III
2004 Citizenship
2003 National Identity II
2002 Family and Changing Gender Roles III
2001 Social Relations and Support Systems
2000 Environment II
1999 Social Inequality III
1998 Religion II
1997 Work Orientations II
1996 Role of Government III
1995 National Identity I
1994 Family and Changing Gender Roles II
1993 Environment I
1992 Social Inequality II
1991 Religion I
1990 Role of Government II
1989 Work Orientations I
1988 Family and Changing Gender Roles I
1987 Social Inequality I
1986 Social Networks and Support Systems
1985 Role of Government I
2022 Family and Changing Gender Roles V (see questionnaire). First partial data release expected in spring 2025, final release in summer 2025.
2023 National Identity & Citizenship (see questionnaire). First partial data release expected in winter 2025, final release in spring 2026.
2024 Digital Societies (see questionnaire). First partial data release expected in spring 2026, final release in summer 2026.
2025 Work Orientation V
2026 Role of Government VI
2027 Social Networks and Social Resources II