Social attitudes and values
Biennial Media Consumption Survey 1998 - 2002
Data on the public's use of and attitudes toward, the Internet and traditional news outlets. Respondents are asked questions concerning their use of newspapers, television news, radio news, and news magazines.
British Social Attitudes Survey Series, 1983+
Began in 1983, and has been conducted every year since, except in 1988 and 1992. Designed to produce annual measures of attitudinal shifts.
Dynamics of Idealism: Volunteers for Civil Rights 1965-1982
Questionnaires administered to volunteers in the 1965 Summer Community Organization and Political Education (SCOPE) project of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) before and after a two and a half month voter registration effort in 1965 with a follow-up study in 1982. Topics covered include the volunteer's background, attitudes toward racial and political issues, commitment to social change, and prior experience with Blacks and activism.
Eurobarometer Question Search
Online search tool for finding whether and when a topic was covered on the Eurobarometer surveys The Eurobarometer Survey series is available through ICPSR.
Eurobarometer Survey Series. 1970+
Large set of surveys measuring public opinion in the countries of the European Union, on a wide variety of topics available through ICPSR.
General Social Survey 1972-2004
A long running survey of social, cultural and political indicators. In addition to the GSS, topic modules are administered. Examples include computer and Internet, racial and ethnic prejudice, and child mental-health stigma. A listing of modules performed through 2002 is available. For quick crosstabs and correlations use the SDA version which is available for free through University of California at Berkeley.
German Social Survey. 1980+
Monitors social trends in Germany. Each data collection focuses on special topics of investigation. Basic demographic and socioeconomic data also are collected on the respondents, who are German-speaking persons 18 years of age and older. Conducted biennially since 1980. Before 1991, respondents were chosen from the Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin only, and since 1991 from all of Germany.
International Social Survey Program
A crossnational collaborative program that develops topical modules dealing with important areas of social science as supplements to regular national surveys in more than 20 countries. Topics have included religion, family and gender roles, role of the government, social inequality, the environment, and work attitudes. A listing of modules is available.
Monitoring the Future. 1976+
Monitoring the Future is an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school students, college students, and young adults. Each year, a total of some 50,000 8th, 10th and 12th grade students are surveyed. A number of questions on drug use are asked.
Pew Research Center data archive
The Pew Research Center is an independent opinion research group that studies attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues.
World Database of Happiness: States of Nations
A dataset that includes summary information from social surveys indicating levels of happiness in about 90 countries around the world, along with data on possibal causal factors.
World Values Survey and European Values Survey
The series is designed to enable a crossnational comparison of values and norms on a wide variety of topics and to monitor changes in values and attitudes across the globe. A variety of questions on religion and morality were included. Data is currently available at ICPSR for 1981-1984, 1990-1993, 1995-1997, and 1999-2004.
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