General Social Survey with Arts Module, United States, 2016

Since 1972, the General Social Survey (GSS) has been monitoring societal change and studying the growing complexity of American society. The GSS aims to gather data on contemporary American society in order to monitor and explain trends and constants in attitudes, behaviors, and attributes; to examine the structure and functioning of society in general as well as the role played by relevant subgroups; to compare the United States to other societies in order to place American society in comparative perspective and develop cross-national models of human society; and to make high-quality data easily accessible to scholars, students, policy makers, and others, with minimal cost and waiting. GSS questions include such items as national spending priorities, marijuana use, crime and punishment, race relations, quality of life, and confidence in institutions. Since 1988, the GSS has also collected data on sexual behavior including number of sex partners, frequency of intercourse, extramarital relationships, and sex with prostitutes. In 1985 the GSS co-founded the International Social Survey Program (ISSP). The ISSP has conducted an annual cross-national survey each year since then and has involved 58 countries and interviewed over one million respondents. The ISSP asks an identical battery of questions in all countries; the U.S. version of these questions is incorporated into the GSS. The 2016 GSS added in new variables covering information regarding social media use, suicide, hope and optimism, arts and culture, racial/ethnic identity, flexibility of work, spouses work and occupation, home cohabitation, and health. The arts and culture module was funded by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). These data are an extract from the General Social Survey, 1972-2016 [Cumulative File], (ICPSR 36797).

自1972年起，综合社会调查（GSS）便持续监测社会变迁，并研究美国社会的日益复杂性。GSS旨在收集当代美国社会的数据，以监控和解释态度、行为和属性中的趋势与恒常；审视社会的整体结构与功能，以及相关子群体所扮演的角色；将美国与其他社会进行比较，以便从比较视角定位美国社会，并构建跨国家的人类社会模型；同时，以最低的成本和最短的时间，将高质量数据便捷地提供给学者、学生、政策制定者及其他人士。GSS的调查内容涵盖诸如国家支出优先事项、大麻使用、犯罪与惩罚、种族关系、生活质量以及机构信心等问题。自1988年起，GSS还收集了有关性行为的数据，包括性伴侣数量、性行为频率、婚外关系以及与妓女的性行为。1985年，GSS共同创立了国际社会调查计划（ISSP）。自那时起，ISSP每年都进行一次年度跨国调查，涉及58个国家，并采访超过一百万受访者。ISSP在所有国家提出相同的问题序列；这些问题的美国版本被纳入GSS。2016年的GSS增加了关于社交媒体使用、自杀、希望与乐观、艺术与文化、种族/民族认同、工作灵活性、配偶的工作与职业、家庭同居以及健康等方面的新变量。艺术与文化模块由国家艺术基金会（NEA）资助。这些数据是1972-2016年综合社会调查（GSS）[累积文件]，（ICPSR 36797）的提取。