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ALLBUS (GGSS - the German General Social Survey) is a biennial trend survey based on random samples of the German population. Established in 1980, its mission is to monitor attitudes, behavior, and social change in Germany. Each ALLBUS cross-sectional survey consists of one or two main question modules covering changing topics, a range of supplementary questions and a core module providing detailed demographic information. Additionally, data on the interview and the interviewers are provided as well. Key topics generally follow a 10-year replication cycle, many individual indicators and item batteries are replicated at shorter intervals. Since the mid-1980ies ALLBUS also regularly hosts one or two modules of the ISSP (International Social Survey Programme). The main topic of ALLBUS/GGSS 2006 is attitudes towards different ethnic groups in Germany (with questions on attitudes towards and contacts with foreigners, acceptance of immigration, perception of discrimination, social distance towards ethnic groups, and anti-Semitism). Other topics are, for example, marriage and family, abortion, political attitudes, and attitudes towards the process of German unification. In addition, the ISSP modules "Work Orientations III" and "Role of Government IV" are included.1. Attitudes towards abortion: abortion because of health risks for mother or child; abortion because married woman does not want more children; abortion after rape, due to financial situation or by single women not wanting to marry; permitting abortion without restriction. 2. Acceptance of immigration, of ethnic minorities, and of Jews in Germany: attitude towards the influx of various groups of immigrants; scale of attitudes towards foreigners; contacts with foreigners within the family, at work, in the neighborhood, or among friends; perceived consequences of presence of foreigners in Germany; perception and evaluation of discriminatory behavior towards foreigners; assumed social evaluation statements...