International Social Survey Programme (ISSP)

 

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ISSP started in the early 1980s and involves at present 48 countries distributed on six continents including all large Western OECD countries. The comparative ISSP database is in many ways truly unique:

• (a) data covering a substantial number of attitudinal areas has been collected annually since the start back in 1985;
• (b) time series data covering 20-30 years are available for a substantial number of topics;
• (c) at present, 48 countries are members in the ISSP;
• (d) for the scientific community, ISSP data is available for free;
• (e) each survey has a clear framework of a general character covering different topics which are theoretically grounded.

The Department of Sociology at Umeå University administrates and hosts Sweden's participation in ISSP.

The Swedish ISSP node is also part of the national research infrastructure Comparative Research Center Sweden (CORS) that is hosted by Umeå University.