Research Catalog

Title

General social surveys, 1972-2004 [electronic resource].

Author

Davis, James A. (James Allan), 1929-2016.

Publication

Ann Arbor, MI : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributors], 2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Smith, Tom W. (Tom William), 1949-
• Roper Public Opinion Research Center.
• National Opinion Research Center.
• National Science Foundation (U.S.)
• National Data Program for the Social Sciences.
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Summary

The General Social Surveys (GSS) were designed as part of a data diffusion project in 1972. The GSS replicated questionnaire items and wording in order to facilitate time-trend studies. This data collection includes a cumulative file that merges all data collected as part of the General Social Surveys from 1972 to 2004. The 2004 survey was composed of permanent questions that appeared on each previous survey, rotating questions that appeared on two out of every three surveys (e.g. 1973, 1974, 1976), and a small number of occasional questions that occurred in a single survey. The GSS included 12 topical modules: computer and internet use, negative life events, religious transformations, daily religious experiences, an experiment on measuring immigration status, altruism, an experiment on measuring alcohol consumption, attitudes towards guns, social networks and group memberships, sexual behavior and genetic testing and the role of heredity, stress and violence in the workplace. The International Social Survey Program (ISSP) modules included in the 2004 survey were: national identity and globalization, and citizenship. The national identity and globalization module was based upon the 1995 ISSP national identity module. The citizenship module was new for the 2004 data. It included questions regarding civic and political participation, social welfare policies, efficacy, misanthropy, international organizations, political parties, political corruption, and the working of democracy. Additional questions sought the respondent's opinion on topics such as the environment, foreign relations, society, the economy, leisure activities, familial relations, health care, and personal philosophy. The GSS also included several questions intended to obtain demographic information from the respondents.

Series Statement

• General social survey series
• ICPSR ; 4295

Uniform Title

ICPSR (Series) ; 4295.

Subject

• Social surveys > United States > Statistics
• Public opinion > United States
• Abortion
• Citizen participation
• Civil rights
• Community participation
• Compensation
• Computer literacy
• Computer use
• Crime
• Environmental attitudes
• Ethnicity
• Families
• Family life
• Feminism
• Freedom
• Gender roles
• Government programs
• Health status
• Human rights
• Information literacy
• Information systems
• Law enforcement
• Life cycle
• Mental health
• Military strength
• Morale
• Morality
• National identity
• Occupational status
• Occupations
• Patients
• Physicians
• Political participation
• Politics
• Poverty
• Prejudice
• Race relations
• Racial attitudes
• Reactions to crime
• Religion
• Sex
• Social attitudes
• Social control
• Social indicators
• Social inequality
• Social issues
• Social justice
• Social mobility
• Social networks
• Social services
• Social values
• Socioeconomic status
• Wages and salaries
• Work
• Work attitudes

Genre/Form

• dataset.
• dataset – 1972-2004.

Note

• Codebook available in print and electronic format.
• Title from title screen (viewed on February 7, 2006).

Access (note)

• Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.

File Type (note)

• Extent of collection: 1 data file + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + SPSS setup file.

Event (note)

• Dates of collection: 1972-2004, February, March, and April of 1972-1978, 1980, 1982-1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, and 2004.
• Time period: 1972-2004.

Coverage (note)

• Geographic coverage: United States.

Cite As (note)

• Davis, James A., Tom W. Smith, and Peter V. Marsden. GENERAL SOCIAL SURVEYS, 1972-2004 [CUMULATIVE FILE] [Computer file]. ICPSR04295-v1. Chicago, IL: National Opinion Research Center [producer], 2005. Storrs, CT: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributors], 2005-09-02.

Funding (note)

• Funding agency: National Science Foundation.
• Grant number: SBR-96-17727.

System Details (note)

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Data format: Logical Record Length with SPSS setup files, and SPSS portable file.
• Extent of processing: CONCHK.PR/ DDEF.PR/ FREQ.PR/ MDATA.PR/ REFORM.DATA/ REFORM.DOC/ UNDOCCHK.PR.

OCLC

SCSB-1374200

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library