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The International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) is a continuous programme of cross-national collaboration running annual surveys on topics important for the social sciences. The programme started in 1984 with four founding members - Australia, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States – and has now grown to almost 50 member countries from all over the world. As the surveys are designed for replication, they can be used for both, cross-national and cross-time comparisons. Each ISSP module focuses on a specific topic, which is repeated in regular time intervals. Please, consult the documentation for details on how the national ISSP surveys are fielded. The present study focuses on questions about political attitudes and the role of government.The release of the cumulated ISSP ´Role of Government´ modules for the years 1985, 1990, 1996, 2006 and 2016 consists of two separate datasets: ZA4747 Role of Government I-V and ZA4748 Role of Government I-V Add On. ZA4747 contains all the cumulated variables, while the supplementary data file ZA4748 contains all those variables that could not be cumulated for various reasons. A comprehensive overview on the contents, the structure and basic coding rules of both data files are provided in the Variable Reports. Role of government I-V Add On: Country-specific variables (for countries included in the cumulated dataset): education (highest degree earned), party affiliation, party voted for in last general election, size of community, country-specific occupational codes (respondent and spouse), personal income, household income, country of origin or ethnic group, religious affili-ation or denomination; Slovakia 2006: political interest; New Zealand 2016: political interest. Module-specific variables: respondent´s religious affiliation or denomination 2006, employment status 2016 (respondent and spouse), living in steady partnership 2016, spouse: working hours 2016; spouse: supervise other employees 2016; parents´ country if...