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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). ALLBUS/GGSS 2008 focuses on "Political Participation, Political Culture and Social Capital.” The main module includes questions on political attitudes, knowledge, participation and support, media use, interpersonal political communication as well as questions on trust and on social ties. Other topics are, for example, social inequality, gender roles, and national pride. Also included are the ISSP modules "Leisure and Sport" and "Religion III1. Economy: assessment of the present and future economic situation in Germany; assessment of present and future personal economic situation; assessment of government responsibility for economic situation. 2. Use of media: frequency and overall time of watching television; frequency of watching news programs on public and private channels respectively; frequency of reading a daily newspaper per week; frequency of private Internet use; frequency of using the Internet for political information. 3. Political attitudes political participation: support for more adaptation of immigrants to German customs and practices, less government interference in the economy, stricter measures for environmental protection, legalization of same-sex marriages, equal opportunities for men...