Transcript A Generation of Data: The General Social Surveys, 1972

The General Social Survey and the International Social Survey Program:
Monitoring America across Time and in Comparative Perspective
October, 2011
Tom W. Smith,
NORC/University of Chicago
Table 1-1. Overall Design Features
Year
1972
1973
1974
1975
Sample
Size
1613
1504
1484
1490
Sample
Type
BQ
BQ
BQ
1/2 BQ
1/2 FP
1/2 BQ
1/2 FP
FP
Response
Rate
------------75.6%
---75.1%
76.5%
Item
Rotation
None
AS
AS
AS
Experimental
Forms
None
Two Forms
Two Forms
Split Sample
Reinterviews
Two Waves
Three Waves
Three Waves
None
Topical
Modules
None
None
None
None
International
Modules
None
None
None
None
1976
1499
AS
Two Forms+
Split Sample
None
None
None
None
1977
1530
None
None
None
None
None
None
AS
AS
Two Waves
Three Forms
Two Forms
Two Forms
Two Forms+
Split Sample
Three Forms
Two Forms
Race, Abortion None
Feminism
None
None
None
None
Military
ZUMA
Military
ZUMA
None
ZUMA
1978
1980
1982
1982B
1983
1532
1468
1506
354
1599
1984
1985
1473
1534
FP
FP
FP
FP
70FP
80FP
FP
FP
73.5%
75.9%
77.5%
71.7%
79.4%
AS
AS
AS
AS
AS
78.6%
78.7%
1986
1470
FP
75.6%
AS
Two Forms
None
1987
1466
FP
75.4%
AS
Three Forms
1987B
353
FP
79.9%
AS
Three Forms
Political
Tolerance
Political
AS
None
None
None
Social
Networks
Welfare+
Vignettes
Political
Participation
Political
ZUMA
ISSP
ISSP
ISSP
ISSP
Table 1-2. Overall Design Features
Year Sample
Size
1988 1481
1989 1537
Sample
Type
FP
FP
Response
Rate
77.3%
77.6%
Item
Rotation
SB
SB
1990 1372
FP
73.6%
SB
1991 1517
FP
77.8%
SB
1993 1606
1994 2992
FP
FP
82.4%
77.8%
SB
DSB
1996 2904
FP
76.1%
DSB
1998 2832
FP
75.6%
DSB
Experimental Reinterviews Topical
Forms
Modules
Two Forms
Cognitive
Religion
Two Formsa Methods/
Occupational
Healthb
Prestige
Two Forms
Health
Intergroup
Relations
Two Forms
1992 ISSP Work
Organizations
Two Forms
None
Culture
Two Forms
None
Fam. Mobility
Multiculturalism
Two Forms+ Parents of
Mental Health
Vignettes
Students
Emotions
Gender
Market Exchange
Two Forms+ Health Use & Religion
Vignettes
Knowledge Job Experiences
Health &
Mental Health
Medical Ethics
Culture
Inter-racial
Friendships
International
Modules
ISSP
ISSP
ISSP
ISSP
ISSP
ISSP
ISSP
ISSP
Table 1-3. Overall Design Features
Year
Sample Sample Response
Size
Type
Rate
2000 2817
FP
70.0%
Item
Experimental
Rotation Forms
DSB
Two Forms
Reinterviews
2002 2765
FP
70.1%
DSB
Two Forms
Worker Health &Medical Care
Productivity
Altruism
Empathy
Computers
Prejudice
Work
Adulthood
Mental Health
ISSP
2004 2812
FP
70.4%
DSB
Two Forms
None
ISSP
Internet
Topical
Modules
Religion
Computers
Multi-Ethnic
Health Status
Freedom
Religion
Religious Change
Social Networks/Groups
Altruism
Work
Alcohol Use
Internet
Negative Life Events
Genetics
International
Modules
ISSP
Table 1-4. Overall Design Features
Year
Sample Sample Response Item
Experimental Reinterviews
Size
Type
Rate
Rotation Forms
2006 4510
FP
71.2%
DSB
Two Forms
Systematic
Inventory of
Change
Topical
Modules
Work
Firearms
Shared capitalism
Disability
Language
Mental health replication
People Known
Science
Religion
2008 3559
Science
ISSP
Jewish Identity
Self Employment
Firearms
Sexual Orientation
Clergy and Sex
Social Inequality
Terrorism Preparedness
Global Economics
FP-CS 70.4
FP-Ret 80
Two Forms
Two Forms
2006 GSS
International
Modules
ISSP
Mental health
stigma
Table 2-1. Topical Modules
1989
Theme
Extending scales on Race, Abortion,
and Feminism
Attitudes on the Military and Military
Recruitment
Attitudes on the Military and Military
Recruitment
Social Networks
Factorial Vignettes on Welfare
Socio-Political Participation (Partial
replication of 1967 Verba-Nie Study
of Political Participation)
Religion
Occupational Prestige (Partial
Replication of 1963-1965 NORC
Prestige Study)
1990
1991
1993
1994
1994
Intergroup Relations
Work Organizations
Culture
Family Mobility
Multiculturalism
1996
Emotions
1996
Mental Health
Market Exchange/Giving &
Volunteering
Year
1977
1982
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1996
1996
Gender
1996
Layoffs
1996/2000 Religious Identification
Development Committee/ Pis
Arthur Stinchcombe
James Davis
James Davis
Ronald Burt
Peter Rossi, Richard Berk, Gregory Duncan, Karen Mason
David Knoke, Thomas Guterbock, Lawrence Bobo
Duane Alwin, Andrew Greeley, Wade Clark Roof
Robert Hodge, Judith Treas, Keiko Nakao
Lawrence Bobo, Mary Jackman, James Kluegel, John Shelton Reed, Howard
Schuman, A. Wade Smith
James Kluegel, Arne Kalleberg, David Knoke, Peter Marsden, Joe Spaeth
Judith Blau, Paul DiMaggio, Pete Peterson, Peter Marsden, and Ann Swidler
Robert Hauser and Robert Mare
David Sears and Jack Citrin
Lynn-Smith Lovin, Theodore Kemper, Catherine Ross, John Mirowsky, Robert Sutton,
Wendy Rahn, and Gerald Clore
Bruce Link, Bernice Pescosolido, Carol Boyer, William Gronfein, Pamela Braboy
Jackson, John Monahan, Jo Phelan, Brian Powell, Ann Stueve, and Ralph Swindle
Paul DiMaggio, Glenn Firebaugh, Mark Granovetter, Daniel Kahneman, Viviana
Zelizer, and Tom W. Smith
Karen Campbell, Peter Marsden, Kathleen Gerson, Mary Jackman, Michael Kimmel,
Barbara Reskin, and Lynn Smith-Lovin
Fredrick Engelstad
Christian Smith, David Sikkink
Table 2-2. Topical Modules
Year
Theme
1998/2000 Medical Care
1998
Medical Ethics
1998
Religion
1998
1998
1998
1998
1998
Religion and Health
Culture
Job Experiences
Inter-racial Friendships
Social Security
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2002
2002
2002
2002
2002
2002
2002
2002
2002
Multi-Ethnic United States
Information Society
Freedom
Religion
Health Status
Child Stigma
Quality of Working Life
Employee Compensation
Participation in the Arts
Altruism
Prejudice
Doctors and Patients
Transition to Adulthood
Information Society
2002
Child Mental Health Stigma
Development Committee/ Pis
Bernice Pescosolido, Carol Boyer, Thomas Croghan, Catherine Melfi, Michael Morgan,
Fred Hafferty, John Kasten, Keri Lubell, Peter Marsden, David Mechanic, Mark
Schlesinger
Bernice Pescosolido, David Phillips, Carol Boyer, Roger Dworkin, Meg Gaffney, Greg
Gramalspacher, Peter Marsden, David Smith, Frank Vilardo
Michael Hout, Mark Chaves, Tom W. Smith, Christopher Ellison, Robert Wuthnow,
Michele Dillon, Christian Smith, Larry Iannaccone, Dan Olson
David Williams, Christopher Ellison, Linda George, Ellen Idler, Neal Krause, Jeff Levin,
Kenneth Pargament, Lynda Powell
Peter Marsden, Robert Wuthnow
Tony Tam, Peter Marsden, Stanley Presser, Arne Kalleberg, Tom W. Smith
Tom W. Smith, Ken Rasinski
Tom W. Smith
Richard Alba, Larry Bobo, Jennifer Hochschild, Mary Jackman, Barbara Reskin,
Rueben Rumbaut, Tom W. Smith
John Robinson, Paul DiMaggio, Peter Marsden
Orlando Patterson, Peter Marsden
Andrew M. Greeley, Michael Emerson, David Sikkink, Rodney Stark, Dean R. Hoge
Bernice Pescosolido
Bernice Pescosolido
National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health
John Blasi
Peter V. Marsden
Tom W. Smith, Kenneth A. Rasinski
Bernadette Park
Bernadette Park
Ruben Rumbaut, Frank Furstenberg, Connie Flanagan
John Robinson, Paul DiMaggio
Bernice Pescosolido, Jane McLead, Jack Mantin, Eric Wright, Tom Croghan, Andrewe
Swensen, Jason Schnittken, Peter Jensen
Table 2-3. Topical Modules
Year
2004
2004
2004
2004
2004
2004
2004
2004
2004
2004
2004
2006
2006
2006
2006
2006
2006
2006
2006
2006
2006
2006
2006
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
Theme
Information Society
Negative Life Events
Spiritual Transformations
Daily Spiritual Experiences
Genes vs. Environment
Worlplace Stress and Violence
Immigration Status Experiment
Alcohol Consumption Experiment
Altruism
Attitudes towards Guns
Social Networks and Voluntary Associations
Quality of Working Life
Science Knowledge and Attitudes
Disability
Shared Capitalism
Congregations
Mental Health Stigma Around the World
Mental Health Replication
Language Use/Internet
Regulation of Firearms
People Known
Trends
Religion
Development Committee/ Pis
John Robinson, Paul DiMaggio
Tom W. Smith
Tom W. Smith
Wayne Ramsey
Eleanor Singer
Paula Grubb
Judith Droitcour
Dean Gerstein
Tom W. Smith
Dan Kahan and Donald Braman
Miller McPherson, Lynn Smith-Lovin, Tom W. Smith
Lawrence Murphy
Robert Bell
Doug Kruse, James Schmeling
Joseph Blasi, Doug Kruse
Mark Chaves
Bernice Pescosolido, Jack Martin, Scott Long, Tom W. Smith
Bernice Pescosolido, Jack Martin, Bruce Link
John Robinson
Tom W. Smith
Tom DiPrete
GSS Pis/Board
Tom W. Smith
Regulation of Firearms
Tom W. Smith
Self-Employment
Tom W. Smith
Clergy and Sex
Mark Chaves and Diana Garland
Jewish Identity
Len Saxe
Terrorism Preparedness
Tom W. Smith, Linda Bourque, and Dennis Mileti
Global Economics
Julia Lane, Claire Brown, and Timothy Sturgeon
Sexual Orientation
Lee Badgett, Gary Gates
Firearms
Tom W. Smith
Social Inequality
Leslie McCall
ARCTIC
OCEAN
ARCTIC
OCEAN
Ust-Olenek
Khatanga
Barrow
Volochanka
GREENLAND
Alta
Dudinka
Antipayuta
Belaja Gora
Norilsk
Murmansk
Kiruna
Vorkuta
Arctic Circle
Batagay
Igarka
Arctic Circle
Fort Yukon
SWEDEN
Lulea
Port Radium
ICELAND
Fairbanks
Nome
RUSSIA
Skelleftea
Baker Lake
Vaasa
Torshavn
St. Petersburg
Tallinn
ESTONIA
Bear Lake
Dawson Creek
Grande Prairie
Prince Rupert
Novgorod
DENMARK
Thompson
Labrador City
Red Deer
Saskatoon
CANADA
Calgary
Brandon
Seattle
Paris
Grand Forks
Butte
Montreal
Ottawa
MilWawkee
Scottsbluff
Reno
Provo
Buffalo
Chicago
Porto
Washington D. C.
St. Louis
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Tucson
Albuquerque
Dallas
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Houston
Casablanca
ATLANTIC
Birmingham
San Diego
Rabat
MOROCCO
Ouargla
Tropic of Cancer
WESTERN
SAHARA
Balqash
Aralsk
Tehran
SYRIA
CHINA
AFGHANISTAN
Islamabad
Multan
Shiraz
KUWAIT
PAKISTAN
Riyadh
GUINEA
Caracas
VENEZUELA
Bogota
COSTA RICA
PANAMA
Conakry
Freetown
Georgetown
Paramaribo
BENIN
IVORY
COAST
Monrovia
Muscat
GHANA
TOGO
CENTRAL AFRICAN
REPUBLIC
CAMEROON
Equator
ECUADOR
Equator
Sao Tome
Belem
Manaus
Fortaleza
Talara
OCEAN
Lima
GABON
Brazzaville
Kinshasa
BOLIVIA
Luanda
Antofagasta
Curitiba
Asuncion
CHILE
Tropic of Capricorn
Rio De Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Walvis Bay
Mogadishu
Singapore
Cairns
Antananarivo
Broome
Cape Town
Mackay
Learmonth
Tropic of Capricorn
Alice Springs
Carnarvon
Tolanaro
NEW CALEDONIA
AUSTRALIA
Brisbane
Geraldton
Kalgoorlie
LESOTHO
Port Elizabeth
FIJI
Tennant Creek
Port Hedland
MADAGASCAR
Umtata
Montevideo
Port Moresby
MALAWI
SOUTH AFRICA
Buenos
Aires
PAPUA
NEW GUINEA
INDONESIA
Dili
EAST TIMOR
ZIMBABWE
Pretoria
Maputo
Mbabane
Bloemfontein
SWAZILAND
Rosario
Davao
BRUNEI
Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA
Equator
Porto Alegre
Santiago
Concepcion
PHILIPPINES
SRI LANKA
INDIAN
Jakarta
Harare
NAMIBIA
Windhoek
BOTSWANA
Gaborone
Luederitz
ARGENTINA
Manila
Ho Chi Minh City
TANZANIA
ZAMBIA
Lusaka
Belo Horizonte
Campinas
OCEAN
VIETNAM
CAMBODIA
Phnom Penh
COMOROS
ANGOLA
Goiania
Tropic of Capricorn
THAILAND
Bangkok
Cochin
Likasi
Cuiaba
Sucre
Vientiane
(Madras)
RWANDA
BURUNDI
Kananga
Huambo
Salvador
La Paz
TAIWAN
Hanoi
Dar es Salaam
OCEAN
Barreiras
BRAZIL
LAOS
Rangoon
Chennai
Tropic of Cancer
Shantou
Hong Kong
MYANMAR
Colombo
KENYA
Nairobi
Recife
Cachimbo
Porto Velho
Kampala
DEM. REP.
OF CONGO
ANGOLA
Sao Goncalo
PERU
Trujillo
Libreville
SOMALIA
UGANDA
CONGO
Taipei
Xiamen
Nagpur
Pune
INDIA
ETHIOPIA
Bangui
Yaounde
(Bombay)Mumbai
Sanaa
Waw
Porto Novo
Lome
Accra
Malabo
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
SAO TOME & PRINCIPE
Ningbo
Wenzhou
Fuzhou
Guiyang
Nanning
DJIBOUTI
Addis Abbaba
Huangshi
Yueyang
Dukou
Dhaka
YEMEN
ERITREA
Asmara
SUDAN
NÕDjamena
Hefei
(Calcutta)Kolkata
Surat
OMAN
Khartoum
CHAD
NIGERIA
Abuja
Abidjan
COLOMBIA
Quito
BHUTAN
PACIFIC
Tokyo
JAPAN
Shanghai
Zigong
NEPAL
Agra
Ahmadabad
BANGLADESH
NIGER
Niamey
Bamako
NICARAGUA
New Delhi
Jaipur
Allahabad
U. A. E.
Sendai
SOUTH KOREA
Chengdu
Bilma
MALI
Nouakchott
Dakar
GUATEMALA
EL SALVADOR
Qingdao
Kaifeng
Mianyang
QATAR
Aswan
NORTH KOREA
Pyongyang
Seoul
Dalian
Taiyuan
Lanzhou
IRAN
JORDAN
Cairo
EGYPT
Beijing
Yinchuan
Xining
Xian
Esfahan
Basra
Benxi
Baotou
Yumen
Kabul
Bakhtaran
Baghdad
Sapporo
Hami
Qiemo
Golmud
Sabhah
Araouane
Korla
Jixi
Jilin
Fuxin
Hotan
SAUDI ARABIA
MAURITANIA
Juzno Sachalinsk
Harbin
Kashi
TAJIKISTAN
Ashgabat
Ulhasnagar
DOM. REP.
JAMAICA
HAITI
BELIZE
HONDURAS
Qiqihar
Changchun
Dalandzadagad
Tashkent
TURKEY
ISRAEL
Al Jawf
Khabarovsk
MONGOLIA
Urumqi
KYRGYZSTAN
AZERBAIJAN
ARMENIA
TURKMENISTAN
LIBYA
Altay
Alma
Ata
Adana
Makkah (Mecca)
CUBA
Mexico City
Ulan Ude
Ulaanbaatar
Hovd
Karamay
Nicosia
CYPRUS
LEBANON
Djanet
(occupied by Morocco)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij
Irkutsk
Qaraghandy
Bishkek
Izmir
Athens
ALGERIA
Reggane
THE BAHAMAS
Astana
UZBEKISTAN
IRAQ
Tampa
Havana
Atbassar
KAZAKHSTAN
GEORGIA
GREECE
Tunis
TUNISIA
Tripoli
Novosibirsk
Krasnodar
Ankara
Naples
Algiers
Canary Islands
New Orleans
MEXICO
Rudnyy
Aktyubinsk
Frunze
Rome
Barcelona
Sevilla
Gibraltar
Charlotte
Memphis
Omsk
Saratov
Volgograd
Constanta
SPAIN
Lisbon
Ponta Delgada
Norfolk
Chelyabinsk
Kuybyshev
Voronez
Toulouse
Madrid
PORTUGAL
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Kansas City
U. S. A.
Bratsk
Krasnojarsk
Izevsk
Kazan
Kiev
Valladolid
Boston
Omaha
Denver
Oakland
San Francisco
Gorkiy
Tol Yatti
UKRAINE
MOLDOVA
ROMANIA
Bucharest
ITALY
Bodaybo
Sverdlovsk
Ufa
Lviv
SLOVAKIA
FRANCE
Bayonne
Detroit
Rostov
Orol
BELARUS
POLAND
Warsaw
GERMANY
Krakow
LUX.
CZECH
Nantes
Duluth
Minneapolis
Portland
Twin Falls
Berlin
BELGIUM
Amos
Timmins
Williston
Spokane
Perm
Jaroslavl
Moscow
Gdansk
NETH.
U. K.
London
Cork
Moosonee
Swift Current
Vancouver
Riga
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
Kaunas
Minsk
Dublin
IRELAND
Prince Albert
Kamloops
Copenhagen
Sunderland
Flin Flon
Prince George
Kirov
Vologda
Inukjuak
Unalaska
Nizhnevartovsk
Magadan
Stockholm
Churchill
Fort McMurray
PACIFIC
Syktyvkar
Helsinki
Oslo
Jakutsk
Mirnyj
NORWAY
Anchorage
Cordova
Fort Chipewyan
FINLAND
Ostersund
Reykjavik
Rankin Inlet
Juneau
Sangar
Archangelsk
Nuuk
OCEAN
Bourke
Cook
Perth
Adelaide
Sydney
Canberra
Melbourne
Auckland
Neuquen
Valdivia
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND
Comodoro Rivadavia
Dunedin
Port Stanley
Red=ISSP, Black=Former ISSP
1000 Km
Scale at Equator
Table 3-1. ISSP Modules
I SSP
Role of Socia l Socia l Fa mily/
Memb er s Count r ies
Govt . Sup p or t Eq ua lit y Gend er Wor k
RSSS
Australia
D86
D87
D88
D90
-IS
Austria
D86
D86
D88
D88
D89
BUP
Bangladesh
-----IUPERJ
Brazil
-----ASA
Bulgaria
-----SC
Canada
-----CES
Chile
-----CAR
Cyprus
-----ISCAS
Czech Republic
-----DEPPA
Denmark
-----FSD
Finland
-----CDA
Flanders
----France-ISSP France
-----ZUMA
Germany
D85
D86
D87
D88
D89
NCSR
Grt Britain
D85
D86
D87
D88
D89
Tarkai
Hungary
-D86
D87
D88
D93
SSRC
Ireland
-D89
D89
D89
D89
TAU
Israel
----D89
Eurisko/CENSIS
Italy
D85
D87
D87
D88
D89
BCRI
Japan
-----LAS/LSRC Latvia
-----CEO
Mexico
-----SCP
The Netherlands
--D87
D89
D89
MU
New Zealand
-----NSD
Norway
----D89
SWS
The Philippines
------
Role of
Socia l Envir on- Fa mily/
Govt . I I Relig ion Eq ua l. I I
ment Gend er I I
D90
D93
D93
D93
D94
-D93
D93
D95
D95
------------D93
D94
D95
--D92
D93
D94
------------D92
D93
D94
--------------------D90
D91
D92
D93
D94
D90
D91
D92
D93
D94
D94
D89
D90
D91
D92
D91
D91
-D93
D94
D91
D91
-D93
D94
D91
D91
D92
D93
D94
---D93
D94
-----------D91
-D93
D94
-D91
D92
D93
D94
D90
D91
D92
D93
D94
-D91
D92
D93
D94
Table 3-2. ISSP Modules
ISSP
Role of Socia l
Socia l Fa mily/
Memb ers Countries
Govt. Sup p ort Eq ua lity Gend er
SWS
The Philippines
----ISS
Poland
----ICS
Portugal
----VCIOM Russia
----IS -SAS Slovakia
----POMCRC Slovenia
----HSRC
South Africa
----CIS/ASEP Spain
----UU
Sweden
----SIDOS
Switzerland
--D87
-AS
Taiwan
----NORC
United States
D85
D86
D87
D88
LACSO Venezuela
----Others:
IFS
Poland
--D87
-BS
Lithuania
----D=Done P=Planned
Work
-----------D89
----
Role of
Socia l Environ- Fa mily/
Govt. II Relig ion Eq ua l. II ment Gend er II
-D91
D92
D93
D94
-D91
D92
D93
D94
------D91
D92
D93
D94
------D91
D92
D93
D93
-------D93
D94
D94
--D91
-D94
---D93
------D90
D91
D92
D93
D94
--------
---
---
---
-D94
Table 3-3. ISSP Modules
ISSP
National
Members Countries Identity
RSSS
Australia
D96
IS
Austria
D95
BUP
Bangladesh
-IUPERJ
Brazil
-ASA
Bulgaria
D95
SC
Canada
D95
CEP
Chile
-CAR
Cyprus
-ISCAS
Czech Republic D95
DEPPA
Denmark
-FSD
Finland
-CDA
Flanders
-FRANCE-ISSP
France
-ZUMA
Germany
D95
NCSR
Grt Britain
D95
Tarkai
Hungary
D95
SSRC
Ireland
D95
TAU
Israel
-Eurisko/CENSIS
Italy
D95
Role of
Govt. III
D98
---D97
D96
-D96
D96
---D97
D96
D96
D96
D96
D96
D96
Work
II
--D97
-D97
D99
-D97
D97
D97
--D98
D97
D97
D97
-D97
D97
Religion
Social EnvironII
Equal. III ment II
D98
D00
-D99
D00
D01
-----P00
D99
D99
D00
D99
D00
D00
D98
D00
D00
D98
D99
-D99
D99
D00
D98
-D01
--D01
---D98
D99
-D98
D00
D00
D98
D99
D00
D98
D98
-D98
-D02
D98
D99
D00
D99
---
Social
Family National
Support Gender II
ID II Citizanship
D01
D02
D03
P04
D01
D03
P03
P04
---P04
D01
D03
-P04
D01
D01
D03
P04
D02
-D03
P04
D01
D02
P04
P04
D01
D02
P03
P04
D01
D02
D03
P04
-D03
D03
P04
D01
D02
D03
P04
-D02
-P04
-D02
D03
P04
D02
D02
P04
P04
D01
D02
D03
P04
D01
D02
D03
P04
-D02
D03
P04
D01
D02
D03
P04
D02
--P04
Table 3-4. ISSP Modules
ISSP
Members
BCRI
SRC
LAS/LSRC
CEO
SCP
MU
NSD
SWS
ISS
ICS
VCIOM
IS -SAS
POMCRC
HSRC
CIS/ASEP
UU
SIDOS
AS
NORC
DE/SI
National
Countries Identity
Japan
D95
Korea
-Latvia
D95
Mexico
-The Netherlands D96
New Zealand D96
Norway
D95
The Philippines D95
Poland
D95
Portugal
-Russia
D96
Slovakia
D96
Slovenia
D95
South Africa
-Spain
D95
Sweden
D95
Switzerland
-Taiwan
-United States D96
Uruguay
--
Role of
Govt. III
D96
-D96
--D97
D96
D96
D97
-D97
-D95
-D96
D96
D98
-D96
--
Work
II
D97
-D97
-D98
D97
D97
D97
D97
D97
D98
-D97
-D97
D97
D98
-D98
--
Religion
Social
EnvironII
Equal. III ment II
D98
D99
D00
---D98
D99
D00
--D01
D98
-D00
D98
D99
D00
D98
D99
D00
D98
D99
D00
D99
D99
-D99
D99
D00
D98
D99
D00
D98
D01
-D98
D98
D00
---D98
D99
D00
D98
D99
D01
D99
D99
D02
---D98
D00
D00
----
Social
Family National
Support Gender II
ID II Citizanship
D01
D02
D03
P04
--P03
P04
D01
D03
D03
P04
-D03
P03
P04
-D03
-P04
D01
D02
D03
P04
D01
D02
D03
P04
D01
D02
D03
P04
D01
D02
-P04
-D03
P03
P04
D01
D02
D03
P04
-D02
D03
P04
D01
D03
P03
P04
--D03
P04
D01
D03
D03
P04
-D02
D03
P04
D01
D03
D03
P04
-D02
D03
P04
D02
D02
D04
P04
--D03
P04
Table 4. GSS Reinterviews
A. Methodological
1. Test/Retest Studies of Item Reliability and Stability: Conducted on 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1978 GSSs
2. Cognitive Study of Recall and Dating: Conducted on 1998 GSS
3. Study of Question Wording and Context: Conducted on 1990 GSS
B. Substantive
1. Study of Political Tolerance: Conducted on 1987 GSS
2. Tri-dimensional Personality Scale: Conducted on 1987 GSS
3. National Survey of Functional Health Status: Respondents from the 1989 and 1990 GSSs plus sample of
people 65+ from GSS households. Later, in 1994/95, respondents were again interviewed.
4. Social Inequality and Negative Life Events Study: Conducted on 1991 GSS
5. Parental Involvement in Schools Study: Parents of students in grades 1-8 on the 1996 GSS were
reinterviewed for Department of Education and Partnership for Family Involvement in Education
6. Study of the Role of the Behavioral and Social Science in Health Care: Conducted on 1998 GSS for the
Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research at the National Institutes of Health
7. Study of Internet Users: Conducted on 2000 GSS for John Robinson and Paul Dimaggio
8. National Health and Work Productivity Survey: Employed respondents on 2002 GSS were reinterviewed.
9. Panel Component of National Voluntary Associations Study on 2004 GSS
10. Systematic Inventory of Change: Conducted on 2006 GSS
Table 5. Auxiliary/Follow-Up Studies
1. National Organizations Study:
in 1991 employers of respondents and spouses were contacted as part of a NSF sponsored study of work organizations. Information
on employer policies (e.g. fringe benefits, promotion policies, etc.) was collected
2. Family Mobility Study:
in 1994 a random sibling was interviewed to study social mobility within sibsets
3. National Congregations Studies:
in 1998, 2000, and 2006 samples of respondents' congregations were created. In 1998, 2000, and 2006 a follow-up surveys of these
congregations was fielded. For the 2000 National Congregations Study there were follow-up surveys both of congregations and of
people attending services of these congregations. The former was the survey of Pastural leaders done for Duke University. The latter
was the Congressional life study done by Presbyterian church USA.
4. National Tragedy Study:
In September, 2001 an RDD survey measured people's reactions to the September 11th terrorist attacks using items from the GSS
as baseline readings. People were then reinterviewed in early 2002.
5. National Organizations Study:
in 2002-2003 employers of respondents were contacted as a study of work organization sponsored by the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health, the National Institute of Health, the Commonwealth Fund, and Harvard University.
6. National Voluntary Associations Study:
in 2004 a sample of voluntary associations was collected. They were followed up in 2006-2007.
Table 6
Most Frequently Used Data Sets in Leading Sociology Journals, 1991-2010
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Census/CPS/ACS, etc.
GSS/ISSP
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
Adolescent Health
Panel Survey of Income Dynamics
National Educational Longitudinal Survey
National Survey of Families and Households
National Election Studies
High School and Beyond
World Values Survey
281
248
63
53
48
36
36
18
16
16
• Based on American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, and
Social Forces.
Table 7
Rotating, Three-Wave Panel/Cross Section Design
Realized and Projected Sample Sizes, 2006-2014 Panels
Year
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2006
2000
1536
1276
-----
-----
-----
2008
-----
2023
1581
(1312)
-----
-----
2010
-----
-----
2044
(1533)
(1226)
-----
2012
-----
-----
-----
(2000)
(1500)
(1200)
2014
-----
-----
-----
-----
(2000)
(1500)
Panel
Numbers in parentheses (…) are projected future targets.
Trends of Free Speech, 1972-2010
100
90
80
%
A
l
l
o
w
i
n
g
70
60
50
40
30
20
Atheist
Communist
Racist
Militarist
Homosexual
Muslim Extremist
10
0
Year
Trends of Attitudes toward Sexual Behavior, 1973-2010
100
90
%
80
A
l
w
a
y
s
70
W
r
o
n
g
60
50
40
30
20
10
Extra-marital sex
Homosexual sex
Teenage sex
Pre-marital sex
0
1972 1973 1974 1975 1977 1978 1982 1983 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
Year
Trends of Approving of Gender Equality, 1974-2010
100
90
%
80
F E
o q
r u
a
G l
e i
n t
d y
e
r
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
Working mother OK for preschool children
Female working outside home?
Female in politics?
Working mother warm?
0
1974 1975 1977 1978 1982 1983 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
Year
60
%
W
i
t
h C
o
G n
r f
e i
a d
t e
n
D c
e e
a
l
50
Trends in Confidence in Executive Branch of Federal Government by Party
Identification, 1973-2010
Nixon (1969-1974)
Ford
(19741977)
Democratic
Republican
G.W. Bush (20012009)
G.H.W. Bush (19891993)
40
Carter (19771981)
Reagan (19811989)
Obama (2009- )
Clinton (1993-
30
20
10
o
f
0
1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
Year
50
Trends in Overall and Domestic Welfare Spending, 1973-2010
45
S
u
p
p
o
r
t
S
p
e
n
d
i
n
f
g
o
r
40
Overall Spending
35
30
Domestic Social Spending
25
20
15
10
5
0
Year
Table 1
Cohort Differences Regarding Abortion Attitudes
•
•
Before 1904- 1914- 1924- 1934- 1944- 1954- 1964- 1974- 1984+
1903 1913 1923 1933 1943 1953 1963 1973 1983
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
% for abortion for
rape victim
% for abortion for
birth defect
% for abortion for
mother’s health
% for abortion for
unmarried mother
% for abortion for
low-income mother
% for abortion for not
having more kids
% for abortion for
any reason
•
Source: GSS 1972-2006
•
•
Please tell me whether or not you think it should be possible for a pregnant woman to obtain a legal abortion . . .
READ EACH STATEMENT, AND CIRCLE ONE CODE FOR EACH.
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
a. If there is a strong chance of serious defect in the baby?
b. If she is married and does not want any more children?
c. If the woman’s own health is seriously endangered by the pregnancy?
d. If the family has a very low income and cannot afford any more children?
e. If she became pregnant as a result of rape?
f. If she is not married and does not want to marry the man?
g. If the woman wants it for any reason?
73.7 77.9 77.4 7 8.8 76.5
80.7 79.8 81.2 77.0 73.8
68.9 75.6
77.1 79.1
77.6
80.7 78.7 76.6 70.1
66.0
78.8 83.4
85.3 86.9
87.1
89.8 89.1 88.5 84.9
72.7
35.4 38.0
40.5 41.1
41.6
48.1 43.6 39.8
33.1 36.0
40.1 43.3
43.3 43.5
43.4
50.7
46.2 44.8
40.2 37.4
29.3 35.5
37.5 39.8 40.9
48.5
44.3 42.0
36.3 32.0
25.1 28.7
31.6 33.0 36.0
43.1
41.4 41.3
36.2 32.0
0
East Germany
Ireland
Czech Republic
Sweden
Japan
Poland
Norway
Denmark
Cyprus
West Germany
Great Britain
Bulgaria
Austria
Slovenia
Spain
Hungary
Russia
Israel
Northern Ireland
Switzterland
Philippines
Netherlands
France
Australia
Slovakia
Italy
New Zealand
45
Latvia
Canada
Chile
United States
% Experienced Turning Point
Incidence of Experience of Religious Turning Points
50
Question: Has there ever been a turning point in your life, w hen you made a new and personal commitment to
religion?
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
Questions Wordings
Domain-Specific National Pride
How proud are you of COUNTRY in each of the following?
Very Proud/Somewhat Proud/Not Very Proud/Not at All Proud
1. The way democracy works
2. Its political influence in the world
3. COUNTRY’S economic achievement
4. Its social security system
5. Its scientific and technological achievements
6. Its achievements in sports
7. Its achievement in the arts and literature
8. COUNTRY’S armed forces
9. Its history
10. Its fair and equal treatment of all groups in society
Overall Rank of Countries on Domain-Specific National Pride
Rank
Country
Average
Rank
Country
Average
1
United States
3.6
18
Japan
18.3
2
Venezuela
3.9
19
France
19.0
3
Ireland
6.9
20
Portugal
19.6
4
South Africa
7.8
21
Hungary
21.8
5
Australia
7.9
22
Bulgaria
21.9
6
Canada
9.6
23
Norway
22.0
7
The Philippines
9.7
24
Russia
22.2
8
Austria
10.4
25
Sweden
22.7
9
New Zealand
11.0
26
Slovenia
23.6
10
Chile
12.1
27
Germany (West)
23.6
11
Great Britain
13.7
28
Czech Republic
23.7
12
Israel
14.5
29
Taiwan
25.7
13
Uruguay
14.6
30
Latvia
26.6
14
Finland
16.0
31
Korea
27.0
15
Spain
16.7
32
Slovakia
27.1
16
Denmark
17.3
33
Poland
28.1
17
Switzerland
17.8
34
Germany (East)
28.4
National Pride Rankings Across Ten Domains
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
Demo
US A
AUSL
SA
DEN
VEN
SW I
URG
PH
CAN
AUS
GB
IRE
ISR
SP N
FIN
SW E
NOR
CHL
NZ
WG
JP
TW
LAT
FR
P ORT
SLVE
KOR
CZ
RUS
P OL
HUN
EG
BUL
SLVK
P oli
US A
VEN
SA
CHL
IRE
NZ
ISR
PH
CAN
SP N
GB
AUSL
FR
AUS
DEN
URG
WG
RUS
NOR
P ORT
FIN
SW I
JP
SW E
SLVE
TW
EG
P OL
LAT
CZ
HUN
KOR
SLVK
BUL
Eco
US A
IRE
CHL
VEN
SA
AUS
AUSL
NOR
PH
CAN
FIN
SP N
GB
NZ
SW I
DEN
TW
JP
WG
ISR
KOR
SLVE
URG
EG
LAT
SW E
HUN
P ORT
RUS
CZ
FR
SLVK
P OL
BUL
Soc
FR
AUS
DEN
FIN
CAN
SW I
SA
SP N
IRE
PH
NOR
US A
VEN
SW E
AUSL
WG
NZ
GB
ISR
CHL
URG
TW
JP
SLVE
CZ
EG
RUS
P ORT
KOR
HUN
P OL
LAT
BUL
SLVK
Sci
US A
ISR
AUSL
NZ
JP
VEN
CAN
FIN
HUN
AUS
SW I
GB
SA
IRE
PH
FR
SW E
CHL
RUS
WG
DEN
URG
SP N
EG
TW
KOR
CZ
BUL
NOR
P OL
SLVE
LAT
P ORT
SLVK
Sport s
VEN
NZ
AUSL
IRE
AUS
BUL
HUN
SA
US A
PH
LAT
CZ
P ORT
SLVK
JP
SW E
SLVE
CAN
KOR
URG
CHL
NOR
DEN
RUS
SP N
EG
SW I
GB
WG
P OL
FIN
FR
ISR
TW
Art s
VEN
IRE
HUN
CHL
US A
JP
NZ
URG
PH
P ORT
AUS
AUSL
BUL
SA
CZ
CAN
RUS
SLVK
FR
LAT
GB
SP N
ISR
SLVE
WG
EG
FIN
SW E
DEN
SW I
NOR
P OL
KOR
TW
Mil.
US A
ISR
GB
AUSL
VEN
NZ
IRE
CHL
SA
FIN
CAN
PH
SP N
RUS
P ORT
FR
URG
P OL
AUS
SLVK
SW I
JP
SLVE
DEN
BUL
CZ
KOR
LAT
TW
WG
NOR
HUN
SW E
EG
Hist .
VEN
US A
BUL
P ORT
ISR
IRE
URG
GB
PH
CHL
CAN
SA
FR
CZ
AUSL
RUS
FIN
AUS
SLVK
HUN
DEN
NZ
P OL
KOR
SLVE
SP N
JP
NOR
SW I
TW
SW E
LAT
WG
EG
Groups
VEN
CAN
US A
SA
URG
AUSL
PH
IRE
AUS
BUL
SW I
GB
NZ
SP N
CHL
FIN
DEN
TW
SLVE
P ORT
ISR
SW E
JP
NOR
FR
P OL
WG
HUN
RUS
CZ
EG
KOR
SLVK
LAT
National Pride Rankings Across Ten Domains
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
Demo
USA
AUSL
SA
DEN
VEN
SW I
URG
PH
CAN
AUS
GB
IRE
ISR
SP N
FIN
SW E
NOR
CHL
NZ
WG
JP
TW
LAT
FR
P ORT
SLVE
KOR
CZ
RUS
P OL
HUN
EG
BUL
SLVK
P oli
USA
VEN
SA
CHL
IRE
NZ
ISR
PH
CAN
SP N
GB
AUSL
FR
AUS
DEN
URG
WG
RUS
NOR
P ORT
FIN
SW I
JP
SW E
SLVE
TW
EG
P OL
LAT
CZ
HUN
KOR
SLVK
BUL
Eco
USA
IRE
CHL
VEN
SA
AUS
AUSL
NOR
PH
CAN
FIN
SP N
GB
NZ
SW I
DEN
TW
JP
WG
ISR
KOR
SLVE
URG
EG
LAT
SW E
HUN
P ORT
RUS
CZ
FR
SLVK
P OL
BUL
Soc
FR
AUS
DEN
FIN
CAN
SW I
SA
SP N
IRE
PH
NOR
USA
VEN
SW E
AUSL
WG
NZ
GB
ISR
CHL
URG
TW
JP
SLVE
CZ
EG
RUS
P ORT
KOR
HUN
P OL
LAT
BUL
SLVK
Sci
USA
ISR
AUSL
NZ
JP
VEN
CAN
FIN
HUN
AUS
SW I
GB
SA
IRE
PH
FR
SW E
CHL
RUS
WG
DEN
URG
SP N
EG
TW
KOR
CZ
BUL
NOR
P OL
SLVE
LAT
P ORT
SLVK
Sport s
VEN
NZ
AUSL
IRE
AUS
BUL
HUN
SA
USA
PH
LAT
CZ
P ORT
SLVK
JP
SW E
SLVE
CAN
KOR
URG
CHL
NOR
DEN
RUS
SP N
EG
SW I
GB
WG
P OL
FIN
FR
ISR
TW
Art s
VEN
IRE
HUN
CHL
USA
JP
NZ
URG
PH
P ORT
AUS
AUSL
BUL
SA
CZ
CAN
RUS
SLVK
FR
LAT
GB
SP N
ISR
SLVE
WG
EG
FIN
SW E
DEN
SW I
NOR
P OL
KOR
TW
Mil.
USA
ISR
GB
AUSL
VEN
NZ
IRE
CHL
SA
FIN
CAN
PH
SP N
RUS
P ORT
FR
URG
P OL
AUS
SLVK
SW I
JP
SLVE
DEN
BUL
CZ
KOR
LAT
TW
WG
NOR
HUN
SW E
EG
Hist .
VEN
USA
BUL
P ORT
ISR
IRE
URG
GB
PH
CHL
CAN
SA
FR
CZ
AUSL
RUS
FIN
AUS
SLVK
HUN
DEN
NZ
P OL
KOR
SLVE
SP N
JP
NOR
SW I
TW
SW E
LAT
WG
EG
Groups
VEN
CAN
USA
SA
URG
AUSL
PH
IRE
AUS
BUL
SW I
GB
NZ
SP N
CHL
FIN
DEN
TW
SLVE
P ORT
ISR
SW E
JP
NOR
FR
P OL
WG
HUN
RUS
CZ
EG
KOR
SLVK
LAT