ISSP1998: Religion II

The eighth of 20 years of International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) surveys within New Zealand by Professor Philip Gendall, Department of Marketing, Massey University.A verbose rundown on topics covered follows.Attitudes towards religious practices. Assessment of personal happiness; assessment of the responsibility of the government regarding creation of jobs and equalization of incomes; attitude to pre-marital as well as extra-marital sexual intercourse; attitude to homosexuality and abortion; judgement on distribution of roles in marriage and attitude to working women; attitude to living together with a partner before marriage and also without intent to marry; tax honesty and attitude to honesty of citizens towards the government; trust in other people as well as institutions such as parliament, businesses, industry, churches, judiciary and schools.Attitude to influence of church leaders on voters and governments; attitude to benefit of modern science; greater trust in science than in religion; more conflicts instead of peace from religions; intolerance of very religious people; too much influence of religion in one’s country; frequency of personal honorary activities in the last year in political, charitable, religious or other organisations; judgement on the power of churches and religious organisations; doubt or firm belief in God; perceived nearness to God; belief in a life after death, heaven, hell and miracles.Attitude to the Bible; God is concerned with every human; fatalism; the meaning of life and Christian interpretation of life; religious tie at a turning point in life; religious affiliation of father, mother and spouse/partner; frequency of church attendance of father and mother; personal direction of belief and frequency of church attendance when young; frequency of prayer and participation in religious activities; self-classification of personal religiousness; truth in one or in all religions; priority for loyalty to a friend before truth; anticipation of false testimony for the benefit of a friend; belief in lucky charms, fortune tellers, miracle healers and horoscopes; conversion of faith after crucial experience; concept of God; judgement on the world and people as good or bad; social rules or God’s laws as basis for deciding between right and wrong.Demography: sex; age, marital status; living together with a partner; school education; type and time extent of occupation activity; occupation (ISCO-Code); private or public employer; occupational self-employment and number of employees; supervisor function and span of control; time worked each week; income; household size; composition of household; number of co-workers; union membership; party inclination and election behaviour; self-classification on a left-right continuum; religious affiliation; frequency of church attendance; self-classification of social class.Also encoded were: region; rural or urban area; city size; ethnic identification.本数据集为梅西大学（Massey University）营销系菲利普·根德尔（Philip Gendall）教授开展的新西兰20年度国际社会调查项目（International Social Survey Programme, ISSP）系列调查中的第八项。以下将详细介绍其涵盖的调研主题：对宗教仪式的态度；个人幸福感自评；政府在创造就业岗位与均衡收入分配方面的责任评价；对婚前及婚外性行为的态度；对同性恋与堕胎的态度；对婚姻角色分配的评判及对职业女性的态度；对婚前同居及无结婚意愿的伴侣同居的态度；税务诚信观念及公民对政府秉持诚信的态度；对他人及议会、企业、行业、教会、司法机构、学校等公共机构的信任度。对教会领袖影响选民与政府的态度；对现代科学益处的评价；对科学的信任度高于宗教；宗教相较于和平更易引发冲突；对极端虔诚人士的不容忍态度；本国宗教影响力过大的感知；个人过去一年于政治、慈善、宗教或其他组织中参与志愿活动的频次；对教会及宗教组织权力的评判；对上帝的怀疑或坚定信仰；与上帝的亲近感；对死后生命、天堂、地狱及神迹的信仰。对《圣经》的态度；上帝关切每一个个体的信念；宿命论观点；生命的意义与基督教对生命的阐释；人生转折点处的宗教联结；父亲、母亲及配偶/伴侣的宗教归属；父母的教堂出席频率；个人早年的信仰倾向与教堂出席频率；祈祷频次与宗教活动参与度；个人宗教信仰的自我归类；单一宗教或所有宗教均为真理的认知；优先忠于朋友而非真理的观念；为朋友利益作伪证的预期倾向；对幸运符、算命师、神迹治疗师及占星术的信仰；经历重大事件后的信仰转变；对上帝的概念认知；对世界与他人善恶属性的评判；以社会规则或上帝律法作为判断是非的依据。人口统计学变量包括：性别、年龄、婚姻状况、伴侣同居情况、学校教育经历、职业活动的类型与时长、职业（ISCO职业编码）、雇主性质（私营或公共部门）、职业自营情况与雇员数量、管理职能与管控范围、周工作时长、收入、家庭规模、家庭构成、同事数量、工会会员身份、党派倾向与选举行为、左右政治立场的自我归类、宗教归属、教堂出席频率、社会阶层的自我归类。此外还编码了以下变量：地区、城乡区域、城市规模、族群认同。