General Social Survey, 1972-2012 [Cumulative File]

The General Social Surveys (GSS) were designed as part of a data diffusion project in 1972. The GSS replicated questionnaire items and wording in order to facilitate time-trend studies. The latest survey, GSS 2012, includes a cumulative file that merges all 29 General Social Surveys into a single file containing data from 1972 to 2012. The items appearing in the surveys are one of three types: Permanent questions that occur on each survey, rotating questions that appear on two out of every three surveys (1973, 1974, and 1976, or 1973, 1975, and 1976), and a few occasional questions such as split ballot experiments that occur in a single survey. The 2012 surveys included seven topic modules: Jewish identity, generosity, workplace violence, science, skin tone, and modules for experimental and miscellaneous questions. The International Social Survey Program (ISSP) module included in the 2012 survey was gender. The data also contain several variables describing the demographic characteristics of the respondents.

通用社会调查（GSS）自1972年起作为一项数据扩散项目的一部分而设计。该调查通过复现问卷项目及其措辞，旨在促进时间序列研究。最新一轮的GSS 2012调查包含一个累积文件，将自1972年至2012年的全部29次通用社会调查合并为单一文件。调查中出现的项目分为三类：永久性问题，这些问题在每一次调查中都会出现；轮换性问题，这些问题出现在每三次调查中的两次（例如1973年、1974年和1976年，或1973年、1975年和1976年）；以及一些偶尔出现的问题，如单次调查中的分裂选票实验等。2012年的调查包括七个主题模块：犹太身份、慷慨、工作场所暴力、科学、肤色，以及实验性和杂项问题模块。2012年调查中包含的国际化社会调查计划（ISSP）模块为性别。数据中还包含多个变量，用以描述受访者的人口统计学特征。