International Social Survey Programme: National Identity & Citizenship - ISSP 2023

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National identity: Most important characteristics for national identity (to have been born in the country, to have (country nationality) citizenship, to be a (religion), to respect (country nationality) political institutions and laws, to feel (country nationality), to have (country nationality) ancestry); agreement/ disagreement with the following statements (I would rather be a citizen ( country) than of any other country in the world, there are some things about (country) today that make me feel ashamed of (country), the world would be a better place if people from other countries were more like the (country nationality), generally speaking, (country) is a better country than most other countries, people should support their country, even if the country is in the wrong); agreement/ disagreement with the following statement: It would be best if every nation hat its own country where it could make its own decisions; it is possible to become truly (nationality) if a person makes an effort vs. A person has to be born (nationality) to be truly (nationality); how proud of the country in each of the following (the way democracy works, its political influence in the world, its economic achievements, its achievements in sports, its achievements in the arts and literature, its history); agreement/ disagreement with different statement about relations between the country and other countries (country should limit the import of foreign products in order to protect its national economy, for certain problems, like environmental pollution, international bodies should have the right to enforce solutions, the country should follow its own interests, even if this leads to conflicts with other nations, foreigners should not be allowed to buy land in the country, country’s television should give preference to country films and programs, large international companies are doing more and more damage to local businesses in the country); attitude towards immigrants (immigrants increase crime rates, immigrants are generally good for country’s economy, immigrants take jobs away from people who were born in the country, immigrants improve society by bringing new ideas and cultures , people born in the country should be given preference over immigrants when it comes to jobs, housing, or health care); opinion on the number of immigrants to the country (should be increased a lot/ a little, remain the same as it is, should be reduced a little/ a lot); opinion on immigrants and their culture (immigrants should retain their culture of origin and not adopt country’s culture/ should retain their culture and also adopt country’s culture or immigrants should give up their culture and adopt country’s culture). 2. Citizenship: Importance of different qualities of a good citizen (never to try to evade taxes, always to obey laws and regulations, to keep watch on the actions of government, to help people in the country having a lower standard of living, to be willing to serve in the military at a time of need); assessment of how democracy is working today, ten years ago, and ten years from now; importance of different people’s rights in a democracy (that all citizens have an adequate standard of living, that government authorities respect and protect the rights of minorities, that people be given more opportunities to participate in public decision making, that citizens may engage in acts of civil disobedience when they oppose government actions); agreement with the statement it should be the government’s responsibility to reduce income differences between the rich and the poor; left-right self-placement; political efficacy (people like me don’t have any say about what the government does, I don’t think the government cares much what people like me think); rating of commitment to serve people in public service; extent of corruption in public service; agreement/ disagreement with the following statements (the people, and not politicians, should make our most important policy decisions, politicians talk too much and take too little action, there is a conflict between the ordinary people and those in power, business leaders make their money at the expense of ordinary people, it is better to rely on the opinions of experts than the experiences of ordinary people); frequency of media use to get political news or information; agreement/ disagreement with the following statement: media coverage about politics in the country is biased; estimation of people’s fairness; general trust in people; citizen of the country; agreement/ disagreement with the following statement: It would be best if all nations lived in their own countries so there are no minorities or immigrants. Optional questions: Awareness of the European Union (or the appropriate association for the continent/ subcontinent); country generally benefits or does not benefit from EU-membership non-members: country generally would benefit or would not benefit from EU-membership (or the appropriate association for the continent/ subcontinent); country should follow European Union (or the appropriate association) decisions, even if it does not agree with them; the European Union (or the appropriate association) should have much more, more, as much, less, or much less power than the national government of its member states; prospective European union members (or the appropriate association) only: the respondent would vote in favour of membership vs. would vote against membership; current European Union members (or the appropriate association) only: the respondent would vote in favour of remaining vs. would vote against remaining;. Demography: Sex; year of birth; age; years of fulltime schooling; education (country specific): highest completed degree of education (ISCED 2011); currently, formerly or never in paid work (work status); hours worked weekly; employment relationship; supervise other employees; number of other employees supervised; type of organization: for-profit vs. non-profit, and public vs. private; occupation (ISCO 2008); main status; living in steady partnership; trade union membership; religious affiliation or denomination (country specific); comparative groups of religious affiliations; attendance of religious services; top-bottom self-placement; respondent voted in last general election; country specific party the respondent voted for in last general election; left-right placement of country specific party the respondent voted for in last general election; self-assessed affiliation of ethnic group 1 and 2 (country specific); size of household; number of adults in household; number of children above school entry age in household; number of children below school entry age in household; personal income (country specific); household income (country specific); legal partnership status; father´s and mother´s country of birth; place of living: urban – rural; region (country specific). Information about spouse/partner on: currently, formerly or never in paid work (work status); hours worked weekly; employment relationship; supervises other employees; occupation (ISCO 2008); main status. Additionally encoded: respondent ID; case substitution flag; Date of interview: year of interview, month of interview, and day of interview; language of interview; weighting factors; administrative mode of data collection; flag variable indicating partially completed interviews. The International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) is a continuous programme of cross-national collaboration running annual surveys on topics important for the social sciences. The programme started in 1984 with four founding members - Australia, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States – and has now grown to almost 50 member countries from all over the world. As the surveys are designed for replication, they can be used for both, cross-national and cross-time comparisons. Each ISSP module focuses on a specific topic, which is repeated in regular time intervals. Please, consult the documentation for details on how the national ISSP surveys are fielded. The present study focuses on questions relating to National identity: national consciousness and national identity, and Citizenship: citizenship and society.