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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 goal of the first ALLBUS/GGSS survey in 1980 was to develop a baseline of indicators for the purpose of monitoring attitudes, behavior, and societal change in West Germany. Therefore, the survey covers a wide spectrum of topics ranging from politics, government, and the economy to social norms, individual values, and social capital.1.) Importance of life aspects and job characteristics: family and children, work and occupation, free time and recreation, friends and acquaintances, kinship, religion and church, politics and public life; preferred job characteristics (security, income, responsibility, etc.). 2.) Attitudes towards marriage, family, and partnership: family as prerequisite for happiness; marriage in case of steady partnership; ideal number of children; importance of educational goals. 3.) Attitudes towards and contacts with the administration: detailed determination of contacts with the administration; personal experiences with the administration and assessment of treatment by the administration; attitudes towards privatization of public services, bureaucratization, and the welfare state. 4.) Perception of social conflicts: perceived strength of conflicts or contradictions (split)...