International Social Survey Programme: National Identity II - ISSP 2003

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 national consciousness and national identity.<br>Identification with the town, the city, the region, the nation
and with the respective continent; most important characteristics for
national identity; identification with one´s own nation and national
pride (scale); perceived pride in the democracy of the country, the
political influence of the country in the world, the economic
achievement, the social security system, the scientific achievements,
the achievements in sports, the achievements in arts or literature, the
armed forces, the history and equal rights of all social groups in
society; preference for protective duty to support the national
economy; attitude to the right of international institutions to enforce
solutions to be accepted nationally; attitude to enforcing national
interests regardless of evoking conflicts with other countries;
rejection of acquisition of land by foreigners in one´s country;
preference for national films in national television stations; damage
done by large international companies to the local business; attitude
to free trade; attitude to follow the decisions of international
organisations even if the local government does not agree with them;
international organisations take away too much power from the country;
availability of worldwide information as a benefit of the internet;
importance of sharing national customs and traditions to achieve full
nationality; attitude to government support of national minorities to
preserve their customs and habits; preference for assimilation of
minorities or retention of their identity; hostility to foreigners and
prejudices against immigrants (scale); attitude to a reduction of
immigration of foreigners; respondents citizenship; citizenship of
parents at birth of respondent; birthplace or citizenship of parents
should allow naturalization of children; same rights for citizens and
legal immigrants; attitude towards stronger measures regarding illegal
immigrants; languages spoken at home; perceived ethnic affiliation and
strength of this feeling.

Additional questions in EU states: Advantageousness of membership of
the country in the EU; benefits from EU-membership; attitude towards a
powerful EU-government.

Demography: Sex; age; marital status; steady life-partner; years in
school, current employment status; current employment status of spouse;
hours worked weekly; occupation of respondent and spouse (ISCO-88);
respondent and spouse working for private, public sector or
self-employed; supervisor function; union membership; household size;
family income; respondents earnings; household composition;
self-placement on a left-right continuum; party preference; vote last
election; religious denomination; frequency of church attendance;
self-placement on a top-bottom scale; region; town size, rural or urban
region; ethnicity or nationality.

Additionally encoded: Mode of data-collection.