International Social Survey Programme: Religion I - ISSP 1991

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 about religion and religious identity.<br>Personal estimation of happiness; assessment of responsibility
of the state regarding job creation and income leveling; stronger
punishment and the death penalty as measures to combat crime; attitude
to pre-marital sexual intercourse and affairs; attitude to
homosexuality and abortion; judgement on role distribution in marriage
and attitude to working women; honesty in paying taxes and attitude to
honesty of citizens with the state; trust in institutions such as the
Federal Parliament, business, industry, authorities, churches,
judiciary and schools; attitude to non-religious politicians and
office-holders; influence on voters as well as government through
church leaders; judgement on the power of churches and religious
organizations; doubt or firm belief in God; perceived nearness to God;
development of personal belief in God; belief in a life after death;
belief in the devil, heaven, hell and miracles; conviction regarding
the Bible; fatalism; the meaning of life and Christian interpretation
of life; contact with the dead; religious ties at a turning point point
in life; religious affiliation of father, mother and spouse/partner;
frequency of church attendance of father and of mother; personal
direction of belief and frequency of church attendance in adolescence;
frequency of prayer and participation in religious activities;
self-classification of personal religiousness; attitude to school
prayer; personal conscience, social rules or God´s laws as basis for
deciding between right and wrong; attitudes to prohibition of religious
criticism in literature and films; superstition; belief in lucky
charms, fortune tellers, wonder doctors, signs of the zodiac and
horoscopes; conversion of faith after crucial experience; idea of God;
judgement on world and people as good or bad; living together with
partner; type and temporal extent of vocational employment; private or
public employer; professional independence and number of employees;
superior function and span of control; number of colleagues; union
membership; unemployment; party inclination and behavior at the polls;
self-classification on a left-right continuum; religious affiliation;
religiousness; self-classification of social class affiliation;
residential status; training and employment of spouse/partner as well
as parents; size of household; household income.

Also encoded was: region; rural or urban area; city size; ethnic
identification.