Dataset: Religion (ISSP 1998) - Czech Republic

Abstract

The ISSP is a continuing annual programme of cross-national collaboration on surveys covering topics important for social science research. It brings together pre-existing social science projects and coordinates research goals, thereby adding a cross-national, cross-cultural perspective to the individual national studies. The ISSP 1998 on Religion 11 was devoted to influence of religion to social, political and ethic attitudes. Topics of questions: respondents religion and church attendance, religious socialisation, religious experiences and feelings, beliefs (images of god, afterlife, miracles, etc.), happiness, welfare, crime, sexual morality, abortion, gender roles, financial cheating, church and politics, confidence in institutions, basis of Right and Wrong and demographic characteristics. Czech-specific questions attached at the end of ISSP module concern mainly religious life in the Czech Republic, personalities of church in the Czech Republic, knowledge of The Bible and religious practises, political importance of church and religion and social inequality.

Variable Groups

Full Title

Religion (ISSP 1998) - Czech Republic

Subtitle

full version

Parallel Title

Náboženství (ISSP 1998) - Česká republika

Identification Number

ISSP00007en

Authoring Entity

Name Affiliation
Plecita, Klara Sociological Data Archive, Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences

Producer

Name Affiliation Abbreviation Role
Institute of sociology Czech Academy of Sciences SOU

Date of Production

1998

Place of Production

Prague CZ:

Funding Agency/Sponsor

Name Abbreviation Role Grant
Czech Science Foundation GACR 403/99/1129

Data Distributor

Name Affiliation Abbreviation
Sociological Data Archive Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences SDA

Depositor

Name Affiliation Abbreviation
Institute of Sociology Czech Academy of Sciences SOU

Series Name

ISSP

Series Information

The ISSP is a continuing annual programme of cross-national collaboration on surveys covering topics important for social science research. It brings together pre-existing social science projects and coordinates research goals, thereby adding a cross-national, cross-cultural perspective to the individual national studies.

Bibliographic Citation

Institute of Sociology (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic). Religion (ISSP 1998) - Czech Republic [dataset] [online]. Ver. 1.0. Prague: Czech Social Science Data Archive, 2005 [cited DATE]. DOI 10.14473/ ISSP00007en

List of Keywords

Topic Classification

Time Period Covered

Start End Cycle
1999-07 1999-08

Date of Collection

Start End Cycle
1999-07-18 1999-08-27

Country

Czech Republic  (CZ)

Geographic Coverage

Teritorry of Czech Republic

Geographic Unit

region

Unit of Analysis

individual

Universe

Adults 18 years of age and older permanently residing in the Czech Republic.

Kind of Data

Survey data

Time Method

Cross-section

Data Collector

Statistical Consultations and Computing, Prague.  (SCC)

Sampling Procedure

Three-stage random stratified sample. Stratification factor were regions, the basic sample unit was household. Stages: 1. Random sample of 150 election districts. 2. Preparation of the list of all households in each district. Random selection of households in each district. 3. Random selection of respondent (Kish grid).

Mode of Data Collection

Standardised face-to-face interview

Type of Research Instrument

standardised questionnaire

Characteristics of Data Collection Situation

Interviewing at home

Weighting

Total weight is constructed from: 1. design weights based on proportion of household sizes, and 2. post-stratification weights based on sex (male-female), education (primary-vocational-secondary-university), and distribution of age (18-29, 30-44, 45-59, 60+). The weights were prepared on the base of Microcensus 1996. Microcensus surveys are income surveys based on 1-2 percent sample of households which are regularly repeated every 3-5 years since 1958. The Microcensus 1996 was conducted by the Czech Statistical Office on a 1 percent random sample of households in March 1997.

Cleaning Operations

Wildcode checking.

Response Rate

39.2

Data Set Availability

Media online

Location

Availability Status

Available for non-commercial research and education under standard conditions. Data are available online without any restriction.

Extent of Collection

1 data file + 1 questionary + 1 cards + 1 codebook + 1 technical information

Number of Files

5

Confidentiality Declaration

Citation Requirement

The users should acknowledge in any publication both the original depositors and the Archive.

Related Materials

Questionaire

Technical information

Krejci, Jindrich 2000. Religion (ISSP 1998) - Czech Republic: full version for ISSP archive [technical information] Technical information contains short abstract, response rate, information about representativity and some other information mentioned in the XML DDI codebook.

ISSP 1998 Questionary

Full questionary (czech language).

ISSP 1998 Showcards

All showcards used in data collection process (czech language).

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