Polish General Social Survey, 1992-2002

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Label

Polish General Social Survey, 1992-2002

Creator

• Cichomski, Bogdan
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Contributor

• Jerzynski, Tomasz
• Zielinski, Marcin

Author

• Zielinski, Marcin
• Cichomski, Bogdan
• Jerzynski, Tomasz

Contributor

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Subject

• Press
• Sex
• Social status
• Taxation
• Toleration
• Vocational qualifications
• Women employees
• abortion
• attitudes
• child rearing
• children
• civil rights
• drinking behavior
• durable goods
• education
• employment
• environmental attitudes
• family relationships
• family work relationship
• foreign languages
• friendships
• gender roles
• government spending
• health
• health behavior
• homosexuality
• household composition
• income
• job history
• job satisfaction
• job skills
• labor (work)
• life satisfaction
• marriage
• mass media
• memberships
• men
• morality
• news media
• occupations
• political attitudes
• public opinion
• religious attitudes
• religious behavior
• self evaluation
• sexual behavior
• smoking
• social attitudes
• social behavior
• social change
• social indicators
• social inequality
• Equality
• social support
• socioeconomic status
• survey
• taxes
• tolerance
• trust in government
• voting behavior
• work attitudes
• working women
• social issues
• Ethics
• Expenditures, Public
• Families
• Interpersonal relations
• Language and languages

Genre

• survey

Summary

The Polish General Social Survey (PGSS), conducted annually since 1992 through 1995 and later biennially, is designed to measure opinions and social characteristics of the Polish society. PGSS core variables include socioeconomic and demographic items with an emphasis on stratification measures (occupation, labor force status, education, income) of respondents and their spouses and parents. In addition, there are attitudinal variables concerning politics and ideology, national spending, religious beliefs, social inequality, job and occupational values, tolerance, educational values, other countries, traditional sex roles, family issues, abortion, and homosexuality. Other variables gauge subjective well-being, social class identification, satisfaction with different spheres of life, and confidence in public institutions. Respondents were also queried about their voting behavior, social interactions, religiosity, health, smoking, and drinking. Each year, additional topical modules of questions from the International Social Survey Program have been added: "Social Inequality" (1992 and 1999), "Environment" (1993), "Family and Changing Gender Roles" (1994 and 2002), "Sexual Behavior" (1994), "National Identity" (1995), "Work Orientations II" (1997), and "Social Relations and Support Systems" (2002). This study is a continuation of the POLISH GENERAL SOCIAL SURVEY, 1992-1999 (ICPSR 3487)