ISSP - International Social Survey Programme

Umeå University, Department of Sociology

The International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) is a continuing annual programme of cross-national collaboration on surveys covering topics important for social science research. It brings together pre-existing national social science projects and coordinates research goals, thereby adding a cross-national, cross-cultural perspective to the individual, national studies. Formed in 1983, the group develops topical modules dealing with important areas of social science as supplements to regular national surveys. Every survey includes questions about general attitudes toward various social issues such as the legal system, sex, and the economy. Special topics have included the environment, the role of government, social inequality, social support, family and gender issues, work orientation, the impact of religious background, behaviour, and beliefs on social and political preferences, and national identity. Participating countries vary for each topical module. The merging of the data into a cross-national dataset is performed by the Zentralarchiv für Empirische Sozialforschung, University of Colog

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The International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) is a continuing annual programme of cross-national collaboration on surveys covering topics important for social science research. It brings together pre-existing national social science projects and coordinates research goals, thereby adding a cross-national, cross-cultural perspective to the individual, national studies. Formed in 1983, the group develops topical modules dealing with important areas of social science as supplements to regular national surveys. Every survey includes questions about general attitudes toward various social issues such as the legal system, sex, and the economy. Special topics have included the environment, the role of government, social inequality, social support, family and gender issues, work orientation, the impact of religious background, behaviour, and beliefs on social and political preferences, and national identity. Participating countries vary for each topical module. The merging of the data into a cross-national dataset is performed by the Zentralarchiv für Empirische Sozialforschung, University of Cologne.

Currently 48 countries are members of the ISSP. Show less..

interpersonal relations, families, personal contact, sociability, social activities (leisure), political attitudes, social networks, peer-group relationships, public sector, employment, cultural identity, religious attendance, public expenditure, political extremism, voting, political interest, public services, taxation, political participation, marital status ... Show more..

interpersonal relations, families, personal contact, sociability, social activities (leisure), political attitudes, social networks, peer-group relationships, public sector, employment, cultural identity, religious attendance, public expenditure, political extremism, voting, political interest, public services, taxation, political participation, marital status, education, religious affiliation, corruption, public administration, households, national security, counterterrorism, occupations, wages, discrimination, family life, labour and employment, workplace, labour market, career development, businesses, workplace relations, career, hours of work, citizenship, citizenship skills, political action, civil and political rights, freedom of expression, political influence, protest movements, social sciences, citizen participation, suffrage, population migration, international relations, national identity, community identification, immigrants, national cultures, trade policy, minority groups, children, housework, child care, income, parental leave, one-parent families, parents, house husbands, housewives, health, happiness, drinking behaviour, medical care, ill health, diseases, smoking, mental health, medical history, health care costs, health services, health professionals, public finance, health policy, state health services, economics, social welfare, religion, ethics, religious beliefs, gender role, leisure time, physical activities, sport, leisure time activities, interest (cognitive processes), fiscal policy, trust, social security, government role, internal politics, opposition parties, job satisfaction, wage determination, unemployment, women's role, marriage, divorce, parental role, domestic responsibilities, quality of life, environment, environmental changes, environmental degradation, science, pollution, genetic engineering, environmental conservation, regionalism, culture, premarital sex, sexual behavior, working mothers, married women workers, groups, income distribution, income tax, interpersonal conflict, social inequality, social structure Show less..