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.

Official ISSP Bibliography

All kind of publications on ISSP data based on cross-national analysis are listed in the ISSP bibliography.

Kind request to serve the ISSP bibliography

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.

Volumes on ISSP Data

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.

Module Questionnaire Development Reports

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.

Hadler, Markus, and Markus Schweighardt (2023). ISSP 2020 - Environment IV: Report on Questionnaire Development. Graz.

Smith, Tom W., ed. (2020). A Compilation of Documents Used to Develop the 2018 Religion IV Questionnaire for the International Social Survey Program. Chicago

Joye, D., Sapin, M., & Wolf, C. (2019). Measuring Social Networks and Social Resources: An Exploratory ISSP Survey around the World. (GESIS-Schriftenreihe, 22). Köln: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. doi.org/10.21241/ssoar.62256

Edlund, Jonas, and Arvid Lindh, ed. (2018): ISSP 2016 - Role of Government V: Questionnaire Development Report. Umea.

Jutz, Regina; Scholz, Evi; Braun, Michael; GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, ed. (2017): ISSP 2015 - Work Orientations IV: Questionnaire Development. Köln.

Jon Pammett, ed. (2016): ISSP 2014 - Citizenship II: Questionnaire development report. Ottawa.

Smith, Tom W., and Benjamin Schapiro, ed. (2015). A Compilation of Documents Used to Develop the National Identity III Questionnaire for the International Social Survey Program in 2014. Chicago.

Scholz, Evi; Jutz, Regina; Edlund, Jonas; Öun, Ida, Braun, Michael; GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, ed. (2014): ISSP 2012 - family and changing gender roles IV: Questionnaire Development. Mannheim.

Study Monitoring Reports

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 Dominique Joye and Marlène Sapin, ed. (2018): International Social Survey Programme: ISSP 2016 - Role of Government V: Study Monitoring Report. Lausanne.
2015	Work Orientations IV Dominique Joye and Marlène Sapin, ed. (2017): International Social Survey Programme: ISSP 2015 - Work Orientations IV: Study Monitoring Report. Lausanne.
2014	Citizenship II Dominique Joye and Marlène Sapin, ed. (2017): International Social Survey Programme: ISSP 2014 - Citizenship II: Study Monitoring Report. Lausanne.
2013	National Identity III ISSP Study Monitoring 2013: Report to the ISSP General Assembly on monitoring work undertaken for the ISSP by the Methodology Committee, January 2016, Dominique Joye and Marlène Sapin, Switzerland
2012	Family and Changing Gender Roles IV ISSP Study Monitoring 2012: Report to the ISSP General Assembly on monitoring work undertaken for the ISSP by the Methodology Committee, October 2016, Phil Gendall, Dominique Joye and Marlène Sapin, Switzerland
2011	Health and Health Care ISSP Study Monitoring 2011: Report to the ISSP General Assembly on monitoring work undertaken for the ISSP by the Methodology Committee, September 2013, Phil Gendall, New Zealand
2010	Environment III ISSP Study Monitoring 2010: Report to the ISSP General Assembly on monitoring work undertaken for the ISSP by the Methodology Committee, July 2012, Phil Gendall, New Zealand
2009	Social Inequality IV ISSP Study Monitoring 2009: Report to the ISSP General Assembly on monitoring work undertaken for the ISSP by the Methodology Committee, July 2011, Phil Gendall, New Zealand
2008	Religion III ISSP Study Monitoring 2008: Report to the ISSP General Assembly on monitoring work undertaken for the ISSP by the Methodology Committee, June 2010, Phil Gendall, New Zealand
2007	Leisure Time and Sports ISSP Study Monitoring 2007: Report to the ISSP General Assembly on monitoring work undertaken for the ISSP by GESIS, Germany, GESIS-Technical Reports Nr. 2009/05, Evi Scholz and Marleen Heller.
2006	Role of Government IV ISSP Study Monitoring 2006: Report to the ISSP General Assembly on monitoring work undertaken for the ISSP by GESIS-ZUMA, Germany, GESIS-Methodenberichte Nr. 11/2008, Evi Scholz, Timo Faaß, Janet Harkness, and Marleen Heller
2005	Work Orientations III ISSP Study Monitoring 2005: Report to the ISSP General Assembly on monitoring work undertaken for the ISSP by GESIS-ZUMA, Germany, GESIS-Methodenberichte Nr. 4/2008, Evi Scholz, Janet Harkness and Timo Faaß
2004	Citizenship I ISSP Study Monitoring 2004: Report to the ISSP General Assembly on monitoring work undertaken for the ISSP by GESIS-ZUMA, Germany, GESIS-Methodenberichte Nr. 2/2008, Evi Scholz, Janet Harkness and Timo Faaß.
2003	National Identity II ISSP Study Monitoring 2003: Report to the ISSP General Assembly on monitoring work undertaken for the ISSP by ZUMA, ZUMA-Methodenbericht 2005/08, Evi Scholz, Janet Harkness, and Timo Faaß.
2002	Family and Changing Gender Roles III ISSP Study Monitoring 2002: Report to the ISSP General Assembly on monitoring work undertaken for the ISSP by ZUMA, ZUMA-Methodenbericht 2004/10, Sabine Klein and Janet Harkness.
2001	Social Relations and Support Systems ISSP Study Monitoring 2001: Report to the ISSP General Assembly on monitoring work undertaken for the ISSP by ZUMA, ZUMA-Methodenbericht 2003/14, Sabine Klein and Janet Harkness.
2000	Environment II ISSP Study Monitoring 2000: Report to the ISSP General Assembly on monitoring work undertaken for the ISSP by ZUMA, ZUMA-Methodenbericht 2003/06, Sabine Klein and Janet Harkness.
1999	Social Inequality III ISSP Study Monitoring 1999: Report to the ISSP General Assembly on monitoring work undertaken for the ISSP by ZUMA, ZUMA-Methodenbericht 2003/3, Janet Harkness, Sabine Klein, and Evi Scholz.
1998	Religion II ISSP Study Monitoring 1998, Report to the ISSP General Assembly on monitoring work undertaken for the ISSP by ZUMA, Germany, Janet Harkness, Bettina Langfeldt and Evi Scholz.
1997	Work Orientations II ISSP Study Monitoring 1997, Report to the ISSP General Assembly on monitoring work undertaken for the ISSP by ZUMA, Germany, Janet Harkness, Bettina Langfeldt and Evi Scholz.
1996	Role of Government III ISSP Study Monitoring 1996, Report to the ISSP General Assembly on monitoring work undertaken for the ISSP by ZUMA, Germany, Janet Harkness, Bettina Langfeldt and Evi Scholz.
1995	National Identity I Consistencies and differences in a cross-national survey, Appendix 2 to ISSP 1995 codebook, Alison Park and Roger Jowell.

Variable Reports

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.