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General information:
The data sets contain information on how often materials of studies available through GESIS: Data Archive for the Social Sciences were downloaded and/or ordered through one of the archive´s plattforms/services between 2004 and 2018.
Sources and plattforms:
Study materials are accessible through various GESIS plattforms and services: Data Catalogue (DBK), histat, datorium, data service (and others).
Years available:
- Data Catalogue: 2012-2018
- data service: 2006-2018
- datorium: 2014-2018
- histat: 2004-2018
Data sets:
Data set ZA6899_Datasets_only_all_sources contains information on how often data files such as those with dta- (Stata) or sav- (SPSS) extension have been downloaded. Identification of data files is handled semi-automatically (depending on the plattform/serice). Multiple downloads of one file by the same user (identified through IP-address or username for registered users) on the same days are only counted as one download.
Data set ZA6899_Doc_and_Data_all_sources contains information on how often study materials have been downloaded. Multiple downloads of any file of the same study by the same user (identified through IP-address or username for registered users) on the same days are only counted as one download.
Both data sets are available in three formats: csv (quoted, semicolon-separated), dta (Stata v13, labeled) and sav (SPSS, labeled). All formats contain identical information.
Variables:
Variables/columns in both data sets are identical.
za_nr ´Archive study number´
version ´GESIS Archiv Version´
doi ´Digital Object Identifier´
StudyNo ´Study number of respective study´
Title ´English study title´
Title_DE ´German study title´
Access ´Access category (0, A, B, C, D, E)´
PubYear ´Publication year of last version of the study´
inZACAT ´Study is currently also available via ZACAT´
inHISTAT ´Study is currently also available via HISTAT´
inDownloads ´There are currently data files available for download for this study...
Many but not all metadata providers use ELSST Thesaurus for their keywords.
Keywords
Not available
Terminology used is generally based on DDI controlled vocabularies: Time Method, Analysis Unit, Sampling Procedure and Mode of Collection, available at CESSDA Vocabulary Service.
Methodology
Data collection period
01/01/2004 - 31/12/2018
Country
Germany
Time dimension
Not available
Analysis unit
Not available
Universe
Not available
Sampling procedure
Total universe/Complete enumeration
Kind of data
Not available
Data collection mode
Aggregation
Access
Publisher
GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences
Publication year
2019
Terms of data access
0 - Data and documents are released for everybody.