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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 social inequality.The release of the cumulated ISSP ´Social Inequality´ modules for the years 1987, 1992, 1999 and 2009 consists of two separate datasets: ZA5890 and ZA5891. This documentation deals with the supplementary dataset ZA5891. This dataset contains in addition to some only apparently cumulated substantial variables all those national specific background variables that could not be cumulated for various reasons, or in case of the miscellaneous variables differ from the cumulation standard. However, the variables of this dataset can be matched easily to the cumulated file if necessary. A comprehensive overview on the contents, the structure and basic coding rules of both data files can be found in the following guide: Guide for the ISSP ´Social Inequality´ cumulation of the years 1987,1992, 1999 and 2009 Social Inequality I-IV - Add On: Substantial variables on ideas of real and appropriate earnings of different professions for all countries and modules if available. Country specific background variables on respondent’s education, respondent’s income, family income, party affiliation, party vote last general election, size of community, ethnic identity and on national occupations for respondent, spouse/ partner, father and mother if deviating from...