Social and Cultural Developments in the Netherlands 2019

<p>National survey on social cohesion and modernization in the Netherlands.</p><p>This survey builds on earlier waves of the Religion in Dutch society survey, which have been conducted in the winters of 1979/1980, 1985/1986, 1990/1991, 1995/1996, 2000/2001, 2005/2006, 2011/2012, and the Social and Cultural Developments in the Netherlands survey 2017 and 2018.</p><p>They are part of a long-standing research program, aimed at longitudinal research with a strong (a) substantial multi-disciplinary focus on religiosity, values, in-group solidarity and out-group derogation as well as a strong (b) methodological focus on high quality data, valid measurements and innovative data-collection designs.</p><p>The most recent data collection for 2019 improves possibilities to test hypotheses on processes of secularization and individualization, spanning a period of forty years.</p><p>DANS Data Guide 19 available (open access); dataset SOCON 2019 available as of August 2021 (restricted access).</p>