Summary information
Study title
International Social Survey Programme: Religion I-IV Cumulation
Creator
Scholz, Kathrin (Austria)
Bean, Clive (Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia)
Haller, Max (Institut für Soziologie, Universität Graz, Austria)
Höllinger, Franz (Institut für Soziologie, Universität Graz, Austria)
Kelley, Jonathan (International Survey Centre, Canberra, Australia)
Evans, Mariah (International Survey Centre, Canberra, Australia)
Evans, Ann (The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia)
Dimova, Lilia (Agency for Social Analyses (ASA), Sofia, Bulgaria)
Segovia, Carolina (Centro de Estudios Públicos (CEP), Santiago, Chile)
Lehmann, Carla (Centro de Estudios Públicos (CEP), Santiago, Chile)
Valenzuela, Paulina (Centro de Estudios Públicos (CEP), Santiago, Chile)
Papageorgiou, Bambos (Center of Applied Research, Cyprus College, Nicosia, Cyprus )
Hamplová, Dana (Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic)
Torpe, Lars (Aalborg University, Denmark)
Andersen, Johannes (Aalborg University, Denmark)
Clement, Sanne L. (Department of Economics, Politics and Public Administration, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark)
Andersen, Jørgen G. (Department of Economics, Politics and Public Administration, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark)
Harrits, Gitte S. (Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark)
Mouritzen, Poul E. (University of Odense, Denmark)
Borre, Ole (University of Aarhus, Denmark)
Togeby, Lise (University of Aarhus, Denmark)
Jæger, Mads (The Danish National Institute of Social Research, Copenhagen, Denmark)
Fridberg, Torben (The Danish National Institute of Social Research, Copenhagen, Denmark)
Lüchau, Peter (Institute of Philosophy, Education and Study of Religions, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark)
Kjær, Ulrik (Department of Political Science, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark)
Andersen, Bjarne H. (Copenhagen University, Denmark)
Gundelach, Peter (Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark)
Nielsen, Hans J. (Copenhagen University, Denmark)
Taylor, Bridget (Social and Community Planning Research (SCPR), London, Great Britain)
Prior, Gillian (Social and Community Planning Research (SCPR), London, Great Britain)
Brook, Lindsay (Social and Community Planning Research (SCPR), London, Great Britain)
Stratford, Nina (Social and Community Planning Research (SCPR), London, Great Britain)
Bromley, Catherine (Social and Community Planning Research (SCPR), London, Great Britain)
Jarvis, Lindsey (Social and Community Planning Research (SCPR), London, Great Britain)
Thomson, Katarina (Social and Community Planning Research (SCPR), London, Great Britain)
Jowell, Roger (Social and Community Planning Research (SCPR), London, Great Britain)
Bréchon, Pierre (FRANCE-ISSP Association Laboratoire de Sociologie Quantitative, Malakoff, France)
Lemel, Yannick (FRANCE-ISSP (Centre de Recherche en Economie et Statistique, Laboratoire de Sociologie Quantitative), Malakoff, France)
Forsé, Michel (FRANCE-ISSP (Centre de Recherche en Economie et Statistique, Laboratoire de Sociologie Quantitative), Malakoff, France)
Braun, Michael (ZUMA, Mannheim)
Harkness, Janet (ZUMA, Mannheim, Germany)
Beckmann, Petra (ZUMA, Mannheim)
Mohler, Peter Ph. (GESIS, Germany)
Park, Alison (National Centre for Social Research (NatCen), London, Great Britain)
Robert, Peter (TÁRKI Social Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary)
Yuchtman-Yaar, Eppie (Israel)
Lewin-Epstein, Noah L. (B.I. and Lucille Cohen, Institute for public opinion research, Tel Aviv, Israel)
Meraviglia, Cinzia (Department of Social Research, University of Eastern Piedmont, Alessandria, Italy)
Whelan, Brendan (Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland)
Ward, Conor (Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland)
Bernini, Elena (EURISKO, Milan, Italy)
Fiaschi, Susanna (EURISKO, Milan, Italy)
Calvi, Gabriele (EURISKO, Milan, Italy)
Savoldelli, Rosanna (EURISKO, Milan, Italy)
Accornero, Laura (Department of Social Research, University of Eastern Piedmont, Alessandria, Italy)
Onodera, Noriko (NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan)
Ghiolla, Máire N. (Social Science Research Centre, University College Dublin, Ireland)
Hara, Miwako (NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan)
Koroleva, Ilze (Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Latvia, Latvia)
Tabuns, Aivars (Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Latvia, Latvia)
Aramaki, Hiroshi (NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan)
Nishi, Kumiko (NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan)
Becker, Jos (Social and Cultural Planning Office (SCP), Rijswijk, Netherlands)
Ganzeboom, Harry B.G. (Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Research Methodology, Free University Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Gendall, Philip (Department of Communication, Journalism and Marketing, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand)
Dowds, Lizanne (Centre for Social Research, Belfast, Northern Ireland)
Devine, Paula (ARK, School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Queen`s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland)
Lundby, Knut (Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo, Norway)
Repstad, Pål (University of Agder, Norway)
Magnussen, May-Linda (Agder Research, Norway)
Schmidt, Ulla (Stiftelsen Kirkeforskning (KIFO), Norway)
Aagedal, Olaf (Stiftelsen Kirkeforskning (KIFO), Norway)
Botvar, Pål K. (Stiftelsen Kirkeforskning (KIFO), Norway)
Selle, Per (Norwegian Centre in Organization and Management, Norway)
Stenvoll, Dag (Norwegian Centre in Organization and Management, Norway)
Skjåk, Knut K. (Norwegian Social Science Data Services, Bergen, Norway)
Social Weather Stations, Quezon City, Philippines
Vala, Jorge (Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
Cabral Villaverde, Manuel (Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
Ramos, Alice (Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
Cichomski, Bogdan (Institute of Social Studies, Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland )
Petrenko, E. (Russia)
Khakhulina, Ludmilla (Levada-Center, Moscow, Russia)
Piscova, Magdalena (Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakian Republic)
Institute for Sociology of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Hafner-Fink, Mitja (Public Opinion and Mass Communication Research Centre (CJMMK), University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Malnar, Brina (Public Opinion and Mass Communication Research Centre (CJMMK), University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Stebe, Janez (Public Opinion and Mass Communication Research Centre, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Toš, Niko (Public Opinion and Mass Communication Research Centre (CJMMK), University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Méndez, Mónica (Center of Sociological Research (CIS), Madrid, Spain)
García-Pardo, Natalia (Center of Sociological Research (CIS), Madrid, Spain)
Edlund, Jonas (Department of Sociology, Umea University, Umea, Sweden)
Svallfors, Stefan (Department of Sociology, Umea University, Umea, Sweden)
Research team from the Institut d´éthique Social de la Fédération des Eglises protestants de la Suisse (´IES de la FEPS´), Lausanne, Switzerland
FORS, c/o University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Davis, James A. (National Opinion Research Center (NORC), Chicago, USA )
Smith, Tom W. (National Opinion Research Center (NORC), Chicago, USA)
Greeley, Andrew (National Opinion Research Center (NORC), Chicago, USA )
Marsden, Peter V. (National Opinion Research Center (NORC), Chicago, USA)
Muckenhuber, Johanna (Department of Sociology, University of Graz, Austria)
Hadler, Markus (Department of Sociology, University of Graz, Austria)
Steinmetz, Stephanie (FORS, c/o University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
Sapin, Marlène (FORS, c/o University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
Joye, Dominique (FORS, c/o University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
Gonzalez, Ricardo (Centro de Estudios Públicos (CEP), Santiago de Chile, Chile)
Krejčí, Jindřich (Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic)
Wolf, Christof (GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany)
Clement, Sanne L. (Department of Political Science, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark)
Cuesta, María (Center of Sociological Research (CIS), Madrid, Spain)
Melin, Harri (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland)
Blom, Raimo (Finnish Social Science Data Archive, University of Tampere, Finland)
Borg, Sami (Faculty of Management and Business, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland)
Gonthier, Frédéric (School of Political Studies, PACTE/CNRS, Grenoble Alpes University, Grenoble, France)
Zmerli, Sonja (School of Political Studies, PACTE/CNRS, Grenoble Alpes University, Grenoble, France)
Phillips, Miranda (National Centre for Social Research (NatCen), London, Great Britain)
Marinović Jerolimov, Dinka (Institute for Social Research, Zagreb, Croatia)
Kolosi, Tamás (TÁRKI Social Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary)
Kobayashi, Toshiyuki (NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Tokyo, Japan)
Murata, Hiroko (NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Tokyo, Japan)
Kim, Jibum (Department of Sociology, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea)
Karlsen, Gry (Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD), Bergen, Norway)
Kalgraff Skjåk, Knut (Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD), Bergen, Norway)
Milne, Barry (The University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Bulbulia, Joseph (The University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Randow, Martin von (The University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Guerrero, Linda Luz (Social Weather Stations, Quezon City, Philippines)
Olga, Karaeva (Levada-Center, Moscow, Russia)
Bahna, Miloslav (Institute for Sociology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia)
Krivý, Vladimír (Institute for Sociology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia)
Zagrapan, Jozef (Institute for Sociology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia)
Klobucký, Robert (Institute for Sociology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia)
Chang, Ying-hwa (Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan)
Fu, Yang-chih (Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taipei City, Taiwan)
Bautista, Rene (National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago, Chicago, USA)
Pedrazzani, Andrea (University of Milan, Dept. Social and Political Sciences, Milan, Italy)
Vegetti, Federico (University of Milan, Dept. Social and Political Sciences, Milan, Italy)
Struwig, Jare (Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria, South Africa)
Roberts, Benjamin (Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria, South Africa)
Ngungu, Mercy (Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria, South Africa)
Gordon, Steven (Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria, South Africa)
Saflianto, Muhammad (TNS Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia)
Omondi, Paul (The Steadman Group, Nairobi, Kenya)
Thavaraja, Joseph (Social Indicator-Centre for Policy Alternatives, Colombo)
Smith, Tom W. (Lembaga Survei Indonesia (LSI), Jakarta, Indonesia)
Mitullah, Winnie (Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya)
Peiris, Pradeep (Social Scientists’ Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka)
Study number / PID
ZA8792, Version 2.0.0 (GESIS)
10.4232/1.14482 (DOI)
Data access
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Abstract
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 religion and religious identity.Assessment of personal happiness; responsibility of government for providing jobs and reduction of the difference between rich and poor; attitudes towards sexual relations before marriage; attitudes towards sexual relations with someone other than spouse; attitudes towards homosexual relationships between adults; attitudes towards abortion in case of serious disability or illness of the baby or low income of the family; attitudes towards gender roles in marriage (husband earns money, wife’s job is family, family life suffers if women works fulltime); attitude towards tax fraud and incorrect information to get benefits from government; trust in institutions (parliament, business and industry, churches and religious organizations, courts and legal system, schools and educational system); attitudes towards the influence of religious leaders on vote and government; judgement on the power of churches and religious organizations; doubt or firm belief in God (deism, scale); belief in a life after death, in heaven, in hell, in religious miracles, in reincarnation, in Nirvana, and in supernatural powers of deceased ancestors; attitudes towards the Bible (or appropriate holy book); attitudes towards a higher truth and towards meaning of life...
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Methodology
Data collection period
04/1990 - 18/12/2019
Country
Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Chile, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Hungary, United States of America, Poland, Norway, Indonesia, Kenya, Sri Lanka
Time dimension
Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section
Analysis unit
Not availableUniverse
Not availableSampling procedure
Probability
Probability: Simple random
Probability: Systematic random
Probability: Stratified
Probability: Multistage
Non-probability: Quota
ZA-Study-Nr. 2150 Religion I (ISSP 1991):
Australia: simple random sample of persons 18 years old and older.
Austria: multi-stage stratified random sample of persons in private households 16 years old and older.
Germany: multi-stage stratified random sample of persons in private households 18 years old and older.
Great Britain: multi-stage stratified random sample of persons in private households 18 years old and older.
Northern Ireland:.
Hungary: multi-stage random sample from the adult population.
Ireland: random selection according to RANSAM system.
Israel: Area probability sample.
Italy: random selection of persons between the ages of 14 and 74 years.
New Zealand: simple random selection of persons over 18 years old from the election register.
Netherlands: simple random selection of persons from a mail register.
Norway: simple random selection of persons between the ages of 16 and 79 years from the central register.
Philippines: multi-stage stratified random sample of persons 18 years old and older.
Poland: multi-stage stratified random sample of persons in private households between the ages of 15 and 65 years.
Russia: multi-stage stratified random sample of persons 16 years old and older.
Slovenia: multi-stage stratified random sample of persons between the ages of 18 and 70 years.
USA: three-stage NORC master sampling.
ZA-Study-Nr. 3190 Religion II (ISSP 1998):
Multi-stage stratified random sample of respondents 18 years old and older
ZA-Study-Nr. 4950 Religion III (ISSP 2008):
Sampling procedures differ for the individual countries: Partly simple, partly multi-stage stratified random sample of respondents 18 years old and older, exclusion: Japan (16), Russia (16) and Sweden (17)
ZA7570 Religion IV (ISSP 2018):
Sampling procedures differ for the individual countries: Partly Simple Random Sample, partly Systematic Random Sample, partly Stratified Sample and partly Multi-stage Random Sample of respondents 18 years old and older, Exception: Denmark (18 to 79 years), Finland (15 to 74 years), Norway (18 to 79 years), New Zealand (18 to 75 years), Sweden (18 to 79 years) and South Africa (16 years and older)
ZA5690: Religion Around the World Study of the 2008 International Social Survey Program (ISSP):
Kenya, Tanzania: Systematic PPS Sampling with implicit stratification with Wards as the sampled units;
Indonesia: Stratified Random Sample; Sri Lanka: Simple Random Sample
ZA7630: Based on ISSP 2018: A Cross-national and Comparative Study of Religion of Additional 14 Countries:
Sri Lanka: Quota Sample
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Face-to-face interview
Face-to-face interview: Computer-assisted (CAPI/CAMI)
Face-to-face interview: Paper-and-pencil (PAPI)
Self-administered questionnaire: Paper
Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)
Self-administered questionnaire: Computer-assisted (CASI)
Telephone interview
Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI)
ZA-Study-Nr. 2150 Religion I (ISSP 1991):Face-to-face survey, written survey and mail survey with standardized questionnaireZA-Study-Nr. 3190 Religion II (ISSP 1998): Mail, written, face-to-face or telephone interview with standardized questionnaireZA-Study-Nr. 4950 Religion III (ISSP 2008): Fieldwork methods: face-to-face interviews with standardized questionnaire (partly CAPI) with standardized questionnaire, postal survey or self-completion questionnaire and telephone interviews depending on the country.ZA7570 Religion IV (ISSP 2018): Face-to-face interview, Face-to-face interview: Computer-assisted (CAPI/CAMI), Face-to-face interview: Paper-and-pencil (PAPI), Self-administered questionnaire: Paper, Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI), Self-administered questionnaire: Computer-assisted (CASI), Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI)ZA5690: Religion Around the World Study of the 2008 International Social Survey Programme (ISSP):Face-to-face interview with standardized questionnaire, Face-to-face, paper and pencil interview with standardized questionnaireZA7630: Based on ISSP 2018: A Cross-national and Comparative Study of Religion of Additional 14 Countries:Face-to-face interview
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Publisher
GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences
Publication year
2025
Terms of data access
A - Data and documents are released for academic research and teaching.
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