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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. With few exceptions, the Cumulated ALLBUS 1980-1986 ALLBUS includes all data from ALLBUS 1980 (ZA1000), ALLBUS 1982 (ZA1160), and ALLBUS 1984 (ZA1340), as well as those variables from ALLBUS 1986 (ZA1500) that were also included at least once in previous ALLBUS surveys. As this data set contains extensive corrections in the data for 1980, 1982, and 1984, as well as a number of derived variables not available in the original data sets, we recommend using this integrated data set instead of the individual data sets for all cross-sectional analyses including the first three ALLBUS surveys.ALLBUS 1980: importance of life aspects and job characteristics; attitude towards and contacts with foreign guest-workers (Gastarbeiter); educational goals; data on friends; assessment of social conflicts in the Federal Republic; contacts with administration as well as attitudes towards administration, family, and the welfare state. ALLBUS 1982: importance of life aspects and job characteristics; educational goals; desired characteristics of children; role of women in the family; attitudes towards abortion; assessment of the economic situation and of social conflicts in the Federal Republic; religious attitudes and participation in church life. ALLBUS 1984: questions on occupational biography; relevance of personal characteristics to social...