German General Social Survey

The General Social Survey (ALLBUS ) is a national data generation program for the social monitoring ( social monitoring ) in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Project

Prototype for such a survey program is the " General Social Survey " (GSS ), which is carried out regularly in the United States since 1972. Basically a low-cost access to quality social science data should thus be possible without this self must use financial resources for collection, data processing and documentation as Principal Investigator for a broad range scientifically interested persons.

Implementation

Cooperating with a scientific advisory board (ALLBUS Committee), ALLBUS rises since 1980, generally every two years data on attitudes, behavior and social structure of the population of the Federal Republic of Germany. For each case a representative sample of the population of Germany is interviewed in person interviews (approximately 2800-3500 respondents). Immediately after the preparation and documentation of the surveys to all interested persons the records for analysis are offered.

All ALLBUS variables that are included more than once in the program, will be accumulated in a separate file and harmonized. Since 1986, the German part of the International Social Survey Programme ( ISSP) will be charged combined with ALLBUS. This additional subjects for analysis and access to international comparisons arise.

The Research Data Centre newly founded in 2009 ALLBUS at CSA - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences provides a regulated and user-friendly access to the entire survey program in cooperation with the RatSWD.

Topics

The major topics of the interviews are repeated cyclically. Addition, however, new issues if needed be included. Topics in ALLBUS (selection):

  • Questions about the economy
  • Deviant behavior and sanction
  • ALLBUS Demographics
  • Anomia and fear of crime
  • Data on the interview
  • German unification
  • Attitudes towards marriage, family and relationship
  • Settings and contacts with authorities
  • Attitudes to abortion
  • Activities
  • Health and health-related behavior
  • Immigrants
  • Media use
  • National and regional links
  • National pride
  • Political Attitudes and Participation
  • Religiosity and church
  • Social inequality and the welfare state
  • Technical progress and computer (digital divide)
  • Environment
  • Confidence in public institutions and organizations
  • Importance of different areas of life and selected occupational aspects
  • Derived indices and weights

The remuneration of the theoretical issues and the information required for each survey are shown for each ALLBUS survey methods in detailed reports.

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