Study title

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. ALLBUS/GGSS 1980-2018 compiles all of the time series in the ALLBUS program (i.e. it contains data for all questions that have been surveyed in at least two of the so far 21 cross-sectional surveys).1.) Economy: assessment of the present and future economic situation in Germany and in one´s own federal state, assessment of present and future personal economic situation. 2.) Politics: satisfaction with the federal and state government, with German democracy and with the performance of the German political system (political support); basic political attitudes: self-placement on left-right continuum, placement of political parties on a left-right-continuum, political interest, party inclination; voting intention (Sonntagsfrage), participation in last federal elections, recall of vote in last federal elections, party-sympathy-scales, likelihood of voting for different political parties; political participation: personal participation or willingness to participate in selected forms of protest and other political activities, norms for political participation; frequency of discussing politics with friends, acquaintances, strangers, and family; political issues: attitudes towards nuclear energy, the death penalty for terrorists, towards the privatization of publicly owned companies; support for less government interference in...