Polish General Social Survey 1992-1999

Trends and consequences of the social change; individual
attitudes, values, orientations and social behavior. Cumulative data
set.
Topics: Job status; labor situation; social prestige; socio-economic
position (scale); place of work characterized in terms of ownership,
branch of industry and size; experiences and periods of unemployment;
job status of his/her spouse and parents; occupational
intergenerational mobility; first job, evaluation of the place of work
and occupation within one's own value system, job security; satisfaction
with the job; education of parents and spouse; perception of the role of
education; school ownership (state/private) and place; degrees and
occupational titles obtained; social background; geographical mobility;
marriage and family structure; attitudes towards family and the
situation of women; socialization; one's own economic situation and that
of the family; individual and household income; dwelling situation;
position of household goods; debt and savings of the household;
satisfaction with individual income and the economic situation of the
family; current state of changes of the economic situation in Poland;
economic distributive justice; distribution of incomes; acceptance of
economic inequalities among different occupations and social strata;
social position and its changes; encompassing class-strata
identification; one's own present and past social position;
self-evaluation of occupational, economic and educational status in
comparison to that of the parents; judgment on social structure, social
inequalities and systemic changes in Poland; assessment of factors
determining success in life; perception of mechanisms creating social
inequalities and determining levels of poverty and wealth; voting
behavior and preferences; participation in presidential elections of
1990 1991, 1993, 1995 and in 1997 parliamentary elections and
constitutional referendum; vote intention 1999; efficacy of the
political
system and democracy; trust in main social and political institutions;
criteria for governing distribution of budgetary funds for different
public goals; political and ideological orientations; interest in
politics and public life; preferred political goals; postulated role of
government in economy and public life; opinions on communism and
socialism;
self-identification on a left-right scale, tolerance toward communists,
atheists and militarists; threats to Poland's independence from other
countries; religious denomination and frequency of religious practices;
strength of belief; belief in a life after death; trust in the Catholic
Church, evaluation of the church and denominational organization
influence on public life; tolerance toward atheists; attitudes toward
contemporary ethical dilemmas (abortion, divorce, euthanasia, capital
punishment) and law-abidance; satisfaction with one's own life in
society; satisfaction with different domains of life (family, marriage,
social, economic and professional situation) and their importance to the
individual; measures of painful and joyful experiences; the will to
live; joyfulness and happiness; trust in other people; state of health;
smoking and alcohol consumption. In addition separate modules from the
international comparative research project ISSP are included in the
cumulative data set: Social Inequalities (1992), Environmental
Protection (1993), Family and Social Roles of Women (1994), Sexual
Experiences suplement (1994), National Identity (1995), Work
Orientations II (split A in 1997) and Role of Government III (split B in
1997), Social Inequalities III (split A in 1999) and Religion (split B
in 1999).