Social Survey Austria

Summary

Strengths: The data can be easily linked across waves and the microdata is easily accessible. By participating in the ISSP research agenda, a degree of data comparability is ensured with other participating countries. Weaknesses: Men in all age groups are underrepresented and may limit the robustness of data.

Type of data

Data Source
Survey

Type of Study
Crosssection regular

Data gathering method
Face-to-face

Access to data

Conditions of access

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)
Microdata

Formats available
SPSS

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
The data was collected in 1986, 1993, and 2003. The sample size in 2003 was 2,047.

First year of collection
1986

Stratification if applicable
State (Bundesland), gender, age (crosscuts)

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
NUTS 2

Age range
Population aged 16 and above

Statistical representativeness
Special group, please specify

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Data collected on job and employment, family and the role of women, religion, politics, cultural and political involvment, and subjective quality of life. The Social Survey seeks to collect information on the values, attitudes and behaviour patterns of the Austrian population. A special aspect of the survey is the observation of social change. Corresponds to Work and Productivity, Social, Cultural and Civic Engagement, and Wellbeing topics

Linkage

Standardisation
ISCO

Possibility of linkage among databases
The 2003 survey was undertaken with the express purpose to link results to the 1986 and 1993 versions. This survey/Austria participates in the International Social Survey Program (ISSP) and part of the survey data is therefore comparable to other participating country data.

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
Plausibilty checks conducted; quality checks conducted for every seventh interview via telephone follow-up

Breaks
No breaks reported

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
No inconsistencies in terminology reported

Governance

Contact information
Wolfgang Schultz/Institut für Soziologie, Universität Wien, in collaboration with Institut für Soziologie, Universität Graz; Institut für Soziologie, Universität Linz
Institut für Soziologie, Universität Wien
Institut für Soziologie, Universität Wien, Universitätsring 1
1010 Wien Austria Phone: +43 316 380 3541
Email: wolfgang.schulz(at)univie.ac.at
Url: http://80.75.252.24:8080/webview/index.jsp

Timeliness, transparency
Survey carried out between December 2003 and February 2004; main report published in 2005.