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）教授在新西兰开展的20年国际社会调查项目（International Social Survey Programme, ISSP）系列调查中的第八项调研数据。以下为本次调研覆盖的详细主题清单：对宗教仪式的态度；个人幸福感自评；政府在创造就业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以及对职业女性的态度；对婚前同居及无结婚意愿的同居行为的态度；纳税诚信观念及公民对政府的诚信态度；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程度；对教会领袖影响选民与政府的态度；对现代科学益处的态度；相较于宗教更信任科学的倾向；宗教更易引发冲突而非带来和谐的观感；对极端虔诚人士的包容度；本国宗教影响力过大的认知；过去一年参与政治、慈善、宗教或其他社会组织的志愿活动频率；对教会及宗教组织权力的评判；对上帝的怀疑或坚定信仰；与上帝的亲近感自评；对死后生命、天堂、地狱及神迹的信念；对《圣经》的态度；上帝关爱每一个人的信念；宿命论观念；生命的意义及基督教生命观；人生转折点处的宗教联结；父母及配偶/伴侣的宗教归属；父母的教堂礼拜频率；个人早年的信仰倾向与教堂礼拜频率；祈祷及参与宗教活动的频率；个人宗教虔诚度的自我归类；单一宗教或所有宗教的真理性认知；将忠诚于朋友置于真理之上的倾向；为朋友利益作出伪证的行为预判；对幸运符、算命师、神迹治疗师及占星术的相信程度；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是非判断依据的倾向。人口统计类变量包括：性别；年龄、婚姻状况；是否与伴侣同居；学校教育经历；职业活动类型与时长；职业（ISCO-Code）；雇主类型（私营或公共部门）；职业自营情况及雇员数量；管理职能与管控范围；周工作时长；个人收入；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；在左右翼连续谱上的自我归类；宗教归属；教堂礼拜频率；社会阶层的自我归类。此外还编码了以下变量：所属地区；城乡区域属性；城市规模；种族认同。