National Social Science Survey, 1995/96

This file is the eighth in the National Social Science Survey (NSSS) series and repeats many of the questions asked in previous rounds. The survey includes questions asked as part of the International Social Survey Programme. Comparative data from all countries in the Programme are processed and distributed by the Zentralarchiv fur Empirische Sozialforschung (ZA) at the University of Cologne (National Identity). The survey also includes questions asked as a part of Reshaping Australian Institutions. The data file contains a wide range of attitudinal questions. Sections cover attitudes to government policies; trade unionism; attitudes to political leaders, parties and election issues; voting and party identification; feeling thermometer ratings of political leaders, groups and institutions; courtship and marriage; religious beliefs and behaviours; and life satisfaction. The National Identity module covers attitudes to national identity; Australian citzenship; international relations and immigration. Reshaping Australian Institutions includes questions covering opinions on public institutions; politics and participation; the political system; immigrants and citizenship; the role of the media; national parks and the environment; the legal system; and the workplace. Background variables include respondents' occupation, education and qualifications; income, assets and standard of living; trade union membership, political orientation and religion; birthplace of parents; and education, political orientation and trade union membership of spouse.