German General Social Survey - ALLBUScompact 2021

ALLBUScompact is offered as an alternative to the structurally more
complex full version of ALLBUS. It addresses the needs of newcomers to
data analysis by providing a simplified demography module containing an
easily manageable group of the most important demographic indicators.
All topical question modules not containing sensitive data are retained
as in the ALLBUS full version (scientific use file,
<a href=https://search.gesis.org/research_data/ZA5282 target=_self>Study No. 5282 </a>).<br>Topics:

1.) Use of media: Frequency and average total time of watching tv, frequency of watching news programs on public and commercial tv, frequency of reading a daily newspaper per week, frequency of reading books / e-books; internet use: frequency and type of device, frequency of using social media for political information, trustworthiness of different news sources with regard to crime and public safety.

2.) Social Inequality: Self-assessment of social class, fair share in standard of living, assessment of access to education, attitudes towards social inequality and the welfare state.

3.) Ethnocentrism and minorities: Attitude towards the influx of various groups of immigrants, attitudes towards the foreigners living in Germany, contacts with foreigners, antisemitic stereotypes and prejudices, attitudes towards Islam (Islamophobia), perceived risks and chances with respect to refugees.

4.) Family and gender roles: Attitudes towards working fathers and mothers, division of labor regarding house and family work., importance of educational goals.

5.) Values: Work orientations, attitudes towards legalizing abortion, materialism / postmaterialism (importance of law and order, fighting rising prices, free expression of opinions and influence on governmental decisions).

6.) Political attitudes: Pride in being a German, confidence in public institutions and organizations (public health service, federal constitutional court, federal parliament (Bundestag), city or municipal administration, churches, judiciary, television, newspapers, universities, federal government, the police, political parties, European Commission, European Parliament); identification with own community, the Federal Republic of Germany and the EU, preference for lower taxes or more social spending, stance on extension or reduction in social services, perceived strength of conflicts between social groups, political interest, self-placement on left-right continuum, satisfaction with democracy in Germany, voting intention (Sonntagsfrage).

7.) Deviant behavior and sanctions: Assessment of adequacy of court decisions, development of crime rate, moral assessment of deviant acts, crime-specific desire for sanctions (punitivity), desire to prohibit specific behaviors, attitude towards the death penalty, self-reported deviant behavior (past and future), perceived risk of being caught committing various crimes, victimisation (theft, any crime), respect of the law (norm), deterring crime through punishment, purpose of punishment, self-control (Grasmick), fear of crime, feeling of safety in living environment.
8.) Health: Self-assessment of overall health, physical and mental health during the last four weeks, acceptance of state powers to control epidemics.

9.) Religion: Self-assessment of religiousness, denomination, frequency of church attendance / attending a house of God.

10.) Other topics: Assessment of the present and future economic situation in Germany, assessment of present and future personal economic situation, social pessimism and orientation towards the future (anomia), interpersonal trust, reciprocity, authoritarianism, overall life satisfaction.

11.) ALLBUS-Demography:
Details about the respondent: age, gender, marital status, citizenship (nationality), school education, vocational training, employment status, affiliation to public service, working hours per week (primary and secondary job), supervisory functions, fear of unemployment, length of unemployment, status of non-employment, date of termination of full-time employment, current or former membership in a trade union, membership in a political party, respondent´s income.
Place of residence (self-description, size of municipality), duration of residence (in Germany and at current place of residence), distance to previous place of residence, mobility.
Details about respondent´s current spouse: age, school education, vocational training, employment status, affiliation to public service, status of non-employment.
Details about respondent´s steady partner: age, school education, vocational training, employment status, affiliation to public service, status of non-employment, common household with respondent.
Details about respondent´s parents: cohabitation with respondent as adolescent, school education of mother and father, vocational training of mother and father.
Description of household: size of household, household income, number of persons older than 17 in household (reduced size of household).

12.) Data on the interview (paradata) : Study number, digital object identifier, release, respondent id, mode of data collection.

13.) Added value: Inglehart-Index, Standard International Occupational Prestige Scale (SIOPS, according to Ganzeboom), International Socio-economic Index of Occupational Status (ISEI, according to Ganzeboom), European Socio-Economic Groups (ESeG), International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 1997 and 2011, living arrangement and family situation, transformation weight for analyses on household level, east-west design weight.