ISSP2020: Environment IV

The seventh International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) survey by COMPASS Research Centre, University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau. More information on our surveys, including data visualisations, can be found at International Social Survey Programme - The University of Auckland. <br> A verbose rundown on topics covered follows. <br> Attitudes towards environmental protection. Preferred government measures for environmental protection. Responsibility of the government to reduce income differences among the citizens; highest and next highest priority in the own country; attitude to modern science (scale); attitude to the environment (scale). <br> Judgement on the contrast of environmental protection and economic growth; economic growth harms the environment; willingness to pay higher prices and higher taxes or to accept reductions in standard of living for the benefit of protection of the environment; self-classification of participation in environmental protection (scale); estimation of dangerousness of air pollution caused by cars for the environment, for the respondent and their family. <br> Classification of air pollution from industrial waste gases, pesticides and chemicals in agriculture, water pollution and a rise in the world´s temperature caused by the greenhouse effect, the modification of genes of certain crops as dangerous for the environment; preference for the regulation of environmental protection by the government, the population or the economy; estimation of the efforts of NZ to protect the world environment; more effort for the environment by business and industry, people in general or the government; attitude towards international agreements for environmental problems that each country should be made to follow; agreement with poorer countries to make less effort than richer countries to protect the environment; economic progress will slow down without better protection of the environment. <br> Trust in institutions; frequency of own efforts to sort glass or tins or plastic or newspapers for recycling; frequency of car trips and flights (unusual measurements during COVID); membership in an environmental protection organization; personal environmental political activities in the last five years through participation in signing petitions, giving donations to environmental groups as well as participating in demonstrations. <br> Observations of positive environmental changes during COVID lockdowns; concerns around environmental impacts of items specific to pandemic times; opinion on global changes that could be made in a post-COVID world. <br> Demography: age; sex; marital status; steady life-partner; years in school; current employment status; occupation (ISCO-08); sector of employment; nature of employment; number of employees; hours worked weekly; supervisor function; earnings of the respondent; family income; religious denomination; attendance of religious services; union membership; party affiliation (left-right); size of household; type of community: urban-rural; ethnic affiliation of respondent and household members.

本数据集为奥克兰大学（University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau）COMPASS研究中心主持的第七次国际社会调查项目（International Social Survey Programme, ISSP）调查数据。相关调查详情（含数据可视化内容）可查阅奥克兰大学官网的“国际社会调查项目”页面。
以下为本次调查涵盖的详细主题说明。
环境保护相关态度：受访者对环境保护的倾向态度、政府应采取的优选环保举措、政府缩小国民收入差距的责任认知（本国该事项的优先级排序）、对现代科学的态度（量表）、对环境的态度（量表）。
对环境保护与经济增长矛盾关系的判断：经济增长对环境的损害认知、为环境保护愿意支付更高价格、缴纳更高税费或接受生活水平下降的意愿、自身参与环境保护行为的自我归类（量表）、评估汽车尾气污染对环境、受访者本人及其家庭的危害程度。
环境危害评级与治理责任分配：对工业废气、农业农药与化学品造成的空气污染、水污染、温室效应引发的全球气温上升、特定农作物基因改造的环境危害程度评级；偏好政府、公众还是市场主导的环境保护监管；评估新西兰（New Zealand, NZ）为保护全球环境所付出的努力；认为企业与行业、普通民众还是政府应承担更多环保责任；对各国均应遵守的全球性环境治理协议的态度；认同较贫穷国家可相较富裕国家降低环保投入的观点；认为若不加强环境保护，经济增长将放缓。
个人环保行为与参与情况：对各类公共机构的信任度；自行分类回收玻璃、金属罐、塑料、报纸的频率；驾车出行与航班出行频次（新冠疫情期间的非常规统计项）；环境保护组织成员身份；过去五年内参与过的个人环保政治活动，包括签署环保相关请愿书、向环保组织捐赠、参与环保示威游行。
疫情相关环境议题：新冠疫情封控期间观测到的积极环境变化；对疫情特定物品的环境影响的担忧；对后疫情时代可推行的全球变革的看法。
人口统计学变量：年龄、性别、婚姻状况、稳定伴侣情况、受教育年限、当前就业状态、职业（ISCO-08标准）、就业行业、就业性质、雇员规模、周工作时长、管理职责、个人收入、家庭收入、宗教教派、宗教仪式参与频率、工会会员身份、党派倾向（左右翼）、家庭规模、城乡社区类型、受访者及家庭成员的族裔背景。