International Social Survey Programme 2010: Environment III (ISSP 2010)

Attitudes to environmental protection. Preferred government measuresfor environmental protection. Topics: Most important issues for the own country; privateentrepreneurs as best possibility to solve economic problems;government´s responsibility to reduce income differences among thecitizens; postmaterialism scale; trust in people; estimation of peopleas fair; trust in people in government doing what is right; politicianstend to profit from their position; personal concern aboutenvironmental issues; most important environmental problem for the owncountry; most affecting environmental problem for respondent and hisfamily; estimation of own knowledge about the causes of environmentalproblems and about the solutions to these environmental problems;attitudes to modern science and to the environment; attitudes toenvironmental protection and economic or population growth; willingnessto pay higher prices and higher taxes or to accept reductions instandard of living in order to protect the environment;self-classification of participation in environmental protection;classification of dangerous effects from air pollution caused by cars,from industry, from chemicals in agriculture, from water pollution,from a rise in the world´s temperature caused by the climate change(greenhouse effect), from the modification of genes of certain cropsand nuclear power stations; preference for the regulation ofenvironmental protection by the government, the citizens or theeconomy; estimation of the efforts of the own country to protect theworld environment; preferred way of getting national business as wellas the citizen to protect the environment; which energy source shouldbe given national priority to meet future energy needs; attitudestowards international agreements for environmental problems; agreementwith poorer countries to make less effort than richer countries toprotect the environment; economic progress will slow down withoutbetter protection of the environment; frequency of special efforts tosort glass or tins or plastic or newspapers for recycling; frequency ofspecial efforts to buy fruit and vegetables grown without pesticides orchemicals; frequency of special efforts in cutting back on driving acar, reducing energy at home and saving water for environmentalreasons, avoid buying products for environmental reasons; membership inan environmental protection organization; personal environmentalpolitical activities in the last five years through participation insigning petitions, giving donations to environmental groups as well asparticipating in demonstrations;Optional items - not in all countries: knowledge test: a hole in theearth´s atmosphere causes the climate change; knowledge about therelationship between the use of fossil fuels and climate change.Demography: Sex; birth; age; years in school; country specificeducation; highest completed degree; work status; hours worked weekly;employment relationship; number of employees; supervise otheremployees; number of employees supervised; type of organization:for-profit vs. non profit and public vs. private; occupation (ISCO1988); main employment status; living in steady partnership.Information about spouse and about partner on: work status, hoursworked weekly, employment relationship, supervise other employees,occupation (ISCO 1988), main employment status. Union membership; country specific religious affiliation ordenomination, groups of religious denominations, attendance ofreligious services; Top-Bottom self-placement; country specific partyaffiliation; party affiliation (left-right); vote in last generalelection; country specific ethnicity; number of children; number oftoddlers; size of household; earnings of respondent (country specific);family income (country specific); marital status; place of living:urban – rural; region (country specific); year, month and day ofinterview.Additionally encoded: Case substitution flag, mode of data collection,weight.