Publications
A broad range of publications with findings of the ISSP data, but also about the study itself show the high impact of the International Social Survey Programme.
All kind of publications on ISSP data based on cross-national analysis are listed in the ISSP bibliography.
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To get an overview of the use of ISSP data, we kindly request users to inform us about publications that are based on ISSP data. In case of limited public access to your publication (e.g. conference papers), we would highly appreciate if you could send an electronic (PDF file) or printed copy of your publication to Tom Smith who maintains the ISSP bibliography.
All volumes on ISSP data listed below are dealing exclusively with ISSP data. Authors of the contributions analyze attitudes of citizens across nations, sometimes over a time-span of up to 30 years. Some cover a whole range of topics across the social sciences, while ISSP Data Reports focus on specific module topics. The latter are specifically designed to establish an understanding of the research value of ISSP data among social scientists on all educational levels. They present the module data and give basic information on the concepts behind them.
International Journal of Sociology (Vol.51, Iss.5, 2021). The ISSP Modules on Religion 1991-2018. |
International Journal of Sociology (Vol.50, Iss.2, 2020). The ISSP 2017 social networks and social resources module (2). |
International Journal of Sociology (Vol.50, Iss.1, 2020). The ISSP 2017 social networks and social resources module. |
International Journal of Sociology (Vol.49, Iss.3, 2019). The ISSP Role of Government survey 2016 (No. 2). |
International Journal of Sociology (Vol.49, Iss.2, 2019). The ISSP Role of Government survey 2016 (No. 1). |
International Journal of Sociology (Vol.48, Iss.2, 2018). The ISSP 2015 Work Orientations IV Module. |
International Journal of Sociology (Vol.47, Iss.1, 2017). ISSP and the ISSP 2014 Citizenship II Module. |
Edlund, Jonas, Insa Bechert and Markus Quandt, eds. 2017. Social Inequality in the Eyes of the Public. A Collection of Analyses Based on ISSP Data 1987-2009. GESIS Schriftenreihe 17. Cologne: GESIS. |
Audrone Telesiene and Matthias Gross, eds. 2016. Green European : Environmental Behaviour and Attitudes in Europe in a Historical and Cross-cultural Comparative Perspective. Abingdon, New York: Routledge. |
Bechert, Insa, and Markus Quandt, eds. 2013. ISSP data report: religious attitudes and religious change. GESIS Schriftenreihe 13. Cologne: GESIS. http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/37204. |
Bechert, Insa, and Markus Quandt. 2010. ISSP Data Report: Attitudes towards the Role of Government. GESIS Schriftenreihe Bd. 6. Bonn: GESIS. http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/20006. |
Max Haller, Roger Jowell, and Tom W. Smith, eds. 2009. Charting the Globe: The International Social Survey Programme, 1984-2009. London: Routledge. |
Niko Tos, Peter Ph. Mohler and Brina Malnar, eds. 1999. Modern Society and Values. A Comparative Analysis Based on ISSP Project. Ljubljana: FSS, University of Ljubljana; Mannheim: ZUMA. |
At the beginning of every survey project stands the decision for established - or the development of new suitable measurement instruments. In the ISSP each year an elected drafting group designs the module questionnaire. From now on reasoning reports on the development of these module questionnaires are going to be published and, thereby, made available for interested users.
ISSP Study Monitoring Reports offer detailed methodological information on how the survey was conducted in each country.
2019 | Social Inequality V Marlène Sapin, Dominique Joye, Karin Nisple, Maud Reveilhac, and Stephanie Steinmetz, ed. (2022): International Social Survey Programme: ISSP 2019 - Social Inequality V: Study Monitoring Report. Lausanne |
2018 | Religion IV Marlène Sapin, Dominique Joye, Karin Nisple, Maud Reveilhac, and Stephanie Steinmetz, ed. (2020): International Social Survey Programme: ISSP 2018 - Religion IV: Study Monitoring Report. Lausanne |
2017 | Social Networks and Social Resources Marlène Sapin, Dominique Joye, and Stéphanie Steinmetz, ed. (2019): International Social Survey Programme: ISSP 2017 - Social Networks and Social Resources: Study Monitoring Report. Lausanne |
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 |
2007 | Leisure Time and Sports |
2006 | Role of Government IV |
2005 | Work Orientations III |
2004 | Citizenship I |
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 |
For a sophisticated and correct use of the datasets, comprehensive documentation of the data is very useful. Therefore, almost all ISSP datasets are supplemented by codebooks. A few years ago, GESIS started a new codebook series, the Variable Reports. Variable Reports provide extensive documentations of data sets on variable level with frequency distributions and cross tabulations along with information on the surveys and further national materials. Gradually, the former codebooks have been replaced by Variable Reports.
GESIS, ed. 2023. ISSP 2020 - Environment IV, Variable Report: Documentation release 2023/08/25, related to the international dataset GESIS Study-No. ZA7650 Version 2.0.0., doi:10.4232/1.14153. Variable Reports 2023|06. Cologne: GESIS. |
GESIS, ed. 2022. ISSP 2019 - Social Inequality V, Variable Report: Documentation release 2022/10/14, related to the international dataset GESIS Study-No. ZA7600 Version 3.0.0., doi:10.4232/1.14009. Variable Reports 2022|09. Cologne: GESIS. |
GESIS, ed. 2021. ISSP 2006 - Role of Goverment IV, Variable Report: Documentation release 2021/05/26, related to the international dataset Archive-Study-No. ZA4700 Version 2.0.0., doi:10.4232/1.13707. Variable Reports 2021|01. Cologne: GESIS. |
GESIS, ed. 2020. ISSP 2018 - Religion IV, Variable Report: Documentation release 2020/12/01, related to the international dataset Archive-Study-No. ZA7570 Version 2.1.0., doi:10.4232/1.13629. Variable Reports 2020|14. Cologne: GESIS. |
GESIS, ed. 2019. ISSP 2017 - Social Networks and Social Resources, Variable Report: Documentation release 2019/08/19, related to the international dataset Archive-Study-No. ZA6980 Version 2.0.0., doi:10.4232/1.13322. Variable Reports 2019|13. Cologne: GESIS. |
GESIS, ed. 2019. ISSP 2010 - Environment III, Variable Report: Documentation release 2019/06/13 related to the international dataset Archive-Study-No. ZA5500 Version 3.0.0., doi:10.4232/1.13271. Variable Reports 2019|05. Cologne: GESIS. |
GESIS, ed. 2018. ISSP 2008 - Religion III, Variable Report: Documentation release 2018/10/26, related to the international dataset Archive-Study-No. ZA4950 Version 2.3.0., doi:10.4232/1.13161. Variable Reports 2018|17. Cologne: GESIS. |
GESIS, ed. 2018. ISSP 2016 - Role of Government V, Variable Report: Documentation release 2018/09/19, related to the international dataset Archive-Study-No. ZA6900 Version 2.0.0., doi:10.4232/1.13052. Variable Reports 2018|09. Cologne: GESIS. |
GESIS, ed. 2017. ISSP 2015 - Work Orientations IV, Variable Report: Documentation release 2017/08/30, related to the international dataset Archive-Study-No. ZA6770 Version 2.1.0., doi:10.4232/1.12848. Variable Reports 2017|23. Cologne: GESIS. |
GESIS, ed. 2017. ISSP 2009 - Social Inequality IV, Variable Report: Documentation release 2017/05/23, related to the international dataset Archive-Study-No. ZA5400 Version 4.0.0., doi:10.4232/1.12777. Variable Reports 2017|08. Cologne: GESIS. |
GESIS, ed. 2016. ISSP 2012 - Family and Changing Gender Roles IV, Variable Report: Documentation release 2016/11/23, related to the international dataset Archive-Study-No. ZA5900 Version 4.0.0., doi:10.4232/1.12661. Variable Reports 2016|12. Cologne: GESIS. |
GESIS, ed. 2016. ISSP 2014 - Citizenship II, Variable Report: Documentation release 2016/08/24, related to the international dataset Archive-Study-No. ZA6670 Version 2.0.0., doi:10.4232/1.12590. Variable Reports 2016|08. Cologne: GESIS. |
GESIS, ed. 2015. ISSP 2013 - National Identity III, Variable Report: Documentation release 2015/09/30, related to the international dataset Archive-Study-No. ZA5950 Version 2.0.0., doi: 10.4232/1.12312. Variable Reports 2015|35. Cologne: GESIS. |
GESIS, ed. 2014. ISSP 2012 - Family and Changing Gender Roles IV, Variable Report: Documentation release 2014/10/29, related to the international dataset Archive-Study-No. ZA5900 Version 2.0.0., doi:10.4232/1.12022. Variable Reports 2014|18. Cologne: GESIS. |
GESIS, ed. 2015. ISSP 2011 - Health and Health Care, Variable Report: Documentation release 2015/06/10, related to the international dataset Archive-Study-No. ZA5800 Version 3.0.0, doi:10.4232/1.12252. Variable Report 2015|26. Cologne: GESIS. |
GESIS, ed. 2012. ISSP 2009 - Social Inequality IV, Variable Report: Documentation release 2012/12/31, related to the international dataset Archive-Study-No. ZA5400 Version 3.0.0., doi:10.4232/1.11506. Variable Reports 2012|307. Cologne: GESIS. |
GESIS, ed. 2012. ISSP 2008 - Religion III, Variable Report: Documentation release 2012/04/23, related to the international dataset Archive-Study-No. ZA4950 Version 2.2.0., doi:10.4232/1.11334. Variable Reports 2012|53. Cologne: GESIS. |
GESIS, ed. 2013. Religion Around the World Study of the 2008 International Social Survey Programme (ISSP), Variable Report: Documentation release 2013/09/16, related to the Integrated Dataset Archive Study-No. ZA5690 Version 1.0.1, doi:10.4232/1.11762. Variable Reports 2013|28. Cologne: GESIS. |
GESIS, ed. 2013. ISSP 2005 - Work Orientations III, Variable Report: Documentation release 2013/07/22, related to the international dataset Archive-Study-No. ZA4350 Version 2.0.0, doi:10.4232/1.11648. Variable Reports 2013|23. Cologne: GESIS. |
GESIS, ed. 2012. ISSP 2004 - Citizenship I, Variable Report: Documentation release 2012/06/27, related to the international dataset Archive-Study-No. ZA3950 Version 1.3.0., doi:10.4232/1.11372. Variable Reports 2012|199. Cologne: GESIS. |
GESIS, ed. 2012. ISSP 2003 - National Identity II, Variable Report: Documentation release 2012/10/18, related to the international dataset Archive-Study-No. ZA3910 Version 2.1.0., doi:10.4232/1.11449. Variable Reports 2012|283. Cologne: GESIS. |
GESIS, ed. 2013. ISSP 2002 - Family and Changing Gender Roles III, Variable Report: Documentation release 2013/03/04, related to the international dataset Archive-Study-No. ZA3880 Version 1.1.0, doi:10.4232/1.11564. Variable Reports 2013|01. Cologne: GESIS. |