Content of Module Pages

On the ISSP module pages various context-information on ISSP data sets are provided. Apart from data set specific links to the data catalogue, module specific documents, such as the British English ISSP source questionnaire; Codebooks/ Variable Reports; Study Monitoring Reports, a report on the questionnaire development and an overview of variables, questions and replications in each ISSP modules are available.

Additionally, a table provides information on participating countries for the specific module, their sample sizes and fieldwork times as well as access to national fieldwork questionnaires and documentation forms on ISSP background variables (from 2004 onwards). The news section on each module pages gives information on recent data updates. Access to the module pages is available by Topic, by Module Year, or for cumulated modules via the Data Cumulation.

Countries' Participation in ISSP Modules

To get an overview on ISSP member-countries participating in the various ISSP modules, you can download an

Excel file (ISSP Countries' Participation.xlsx) (401 kB)

including two comprehensive tables with information on countries’ participation, corresponding sample sizes, and years of fieldwork. If available, the table also provides the information whether the ISSP survey has been administered together with a national survey. Whereas the first table includes countries that are already integrated in the international ISSP data files, the countries in the second table are not (yet) integrated for various reasons.

Since both tables can be filtered, you are free to adjust them according to your own needs.

Three examples for filter queries

Here are three examples for a better understanding:

To gain information about the participating countries of a special module, filter the column 'Module' by means of the small arrow visible in the Excel file by a certain ISSP module, such as 'Role of Government I' and you achieve the following results (extract):

Country	Year	Module	Sample size	Year of fieldwork
Australia	1985	Role of Government I	1528	1986/1987
Austria	1985	Role of Government I	987	1986
Germany	1985	Role of Government I	1048 (West)	1985
Great Britain	1985	Role of Government I	1530	1985
Italy	1985	Role of Government I	1580	1985
United States of America	1985	Role of Government I	677	1985

If you are interested in which modules a particular country has participated, filter the column 'Country' by choosing a country, such as 'Australia' and the table will look like this (extract):

Country	Year	Module	Sample size	Year of fieldwork
Australia	1985	Role of Government I	1528	1986/1987
Australia	1986	Social Networks I	1250	1987
Australia	1987	Social Inequality I	1663	1987/1988
Australia	1988	Family and Changing Gender Roles I	4513	1989/1990
Australia	1990	Role of Government II	2398	1990
Australia	1991	Religion I	2203	1993

To find out whether a country has participated in a particular module and its replications, filter the two columns 'Country' and 'Module' (extract):

Country	Year	Module	Sample size	Year of fieldwork
Australia	1985	Role of Government I	1528	1986/1987
Australia	1990	Role of Government II	2398	1990
Australia	1996	Role of Government III	2151	1996
Australia	2006	Role of Government IV	2781	2007