PropertyValue
?:analysisUnit
  • Individual (en)
  • Individuum (de)
?:citationString
  • GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (2021): German General Social Survey (ALLBUS) - Cumulation 1980-2018. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5276 Data file Version 1.1.0, doi:10.4232/1.13774 (en)
  • GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften (2021): German General Social Survey (ALLBUS) - Cumulation 1980-2018. GESIS Datenarchiv, Köln. ZA5276 Datenfile Version 1.1.0, doi:10.4232/1.13774 (de)
?:comment
  • Comment:
    N-valid: 67857
    N-missing: 109
    Minimum: 18
    Maximum: 102
    Median: 46,00
    Mean: 47,04
    Standard deviation: 17,305

    (en)
  • Derivation of data:
    Basic rules for calculating age

    Age calculation for all ALLBUS surveys followed these basic steps: First, age was calculated by subtracting the year of birth (yborn) from the year of survey (year). Next, month of the interview (xt02) and month of birth (mborn) were compared. If the month of the interview preceded the month of the respondent’s birthday, the previously calculated age was reduced by 1.
    When there was no valid information on either the month of birth or the month of the interview, no further adjustment of the previously calculated age was made.
    When there was no valid information on the year of birth, age was assigned the code -32 “cannot be generated”.


    Additional heuristics

    For the 1982 data the following heuristic was additionally applied when there was no valid information on the month of birth: Because data collection had been completed in May of 1982, it was more likely that the respondent had turned one year older after the interview than before the interview. Therefore, the age calculated from the year of survey and the year of birth was reduced by 1 on the assumption that the interview had taken place before the respondent’s birthday.

    For the 1984 data it was possible to calculate the respondent’s actual age at the time of the interview based on the date of the interview and the exact date of birth. If there was only incomplete data for the date of birth, age was calculated using the basic rules outlined above.

    For the 1986 and 1990 data, the following heuristic was additionally applied when there was no valid information on the month of the interview: When the respondent’s month of birth came after the last month of fieldwork, it could be assumed that the respondent had not yet turned one year older and the age calculated from year of birth and year of survey was reduced by 1.

    In 1991 no information on the date of the interview was available. Therefore, the following heuristic was applied to calculate age: The middle of the fieldwork phase, i.e. the month of June, was set as the default value for the month of the interview. Age was then calculated using the basic rules outlined above.

    For the 1998-2004 data, the following heuristic was additionally applied when the month of the interview was the same as the respondent’s month of birth: If the interview had taken place between the first and the fifteenth day of the month, it was assumed that the respondent had been interviewed before his or her birthday and the age calculated from year of birth and year of survey was reduced by 1.


    (de)
  • Derivation of data:
    Basic rules for calculating age

    Age calculation for all ALLBUS surveys followed these basic steps: First, age was calculated by subtracting the year of birth (yborn) from the year of survey (year). Next, month of the interview (xt02) and month of birth (mborn) were compared. If the month of the interview preceded the month of the respondent’s birthday, the previously calculated age was reduced by 1.
    When there was no valid information on either the month of birth or the month of the interview, no further adjustment of the previously calculated age was made.
    When there was no valid information on the year of birth, age was assigned the code -32 “cannot be generated”.


    Additional heuristics

    For the 1982 data the following heuristic was additionally applied when there was no valid information on the month of birth: Because data collection had been completed in May of 1982, it was more likely that the respondent had turned one year older after the interview than before the interview. Therefore, the age calculated from the year of survey and the year of birth was reduced by 1 on the assumption that the interview had taken place before the respondent’s birthday.

    For the 1984 data it was possible to calculate the respondent’s actual age at the time of the interview based on the date of the interview and the exact date of birth. If there was only incomplete data for the date of birth, age was calculated using the basic rules outlined above.

    For the 1986 and 1990 data, the following heuristic was additionally applied when there was no valid information on the month of the interview: When the respondent’s month of birth came after the last month of fieldwork, it could be assumed that the respondent had not yet turned one year older and the age calculated from year of birth and year of survey was reduced by 1.

    In 1991 no information on the date of the interview was available. Therefore, the following heuristic was applied to calculate age: The middle of the fieldwork phase, i.e. the month of June, was set as the default value for the month of the interview. Age was then calculated using the basic rules outlined above.

    For the 1998-2004 data, the following heuristic was additionally applied when the month of the interview was the same as the respondent’s month of birth: If the interview had taken place between the first and the fifteenth day of the month, it was assumed that the respondent had been interviewed before his or her birthday and the age calculated from year of birth and year of survey was reduced by 1.


    (en)
  • Description of variable:
    Age of respondent
    (en)
?:dataCollection
  • Face-to-face interview: Paper-and-pencil (PAPI) (en)
  • Persönliches Interview: CAPI (Computerunterstützte persönliche Befragung)/CAMI (Computerunterstützte mobile Befragung) (de)
?:datasetDatatype
  • Numeric (en)
  • Numerisch (de)
?:dateCreated
  • 2021 (xsd:gyear)
?:dateModified
  • 1980-01-01 (xsd:date)
?:endDate
  • 1980 (xsd:gyear)
?:groupDescription
  • Mit der Allgemeinen Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften (ALLBUS) werden aktuelle Daten über Einstellungen, Verhaltensweisen und Sozialstruktur der Bevölkerung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland erhoben. Seit 1980 wird alle zwei Jahre ein repräsentativer Querschnitt der Bevölkerung mit einem teils konstanten, teils variablen Fragenprogramm befragt. Die Daten stehen unmittelbar nach ihrer benutzergerechten Aufbereitung und Dokumentation allen Interessenten für Forschung und Lehre zur Verfügung. (de)
  • The German General Social Survey (ALLBUS) collects up-to-date data on attitudes, behavior, and social structure in Germany. Every two years since 1980 a representative cross section of the population is surveyed using both constant and variable questions. The ALLBUS data become available to interested parties for research and teaching as soon as they are processed and documented. (en)
?:hasFulltext
  • true (xsd:boolean)
is ?:hasPart of
?:inLanguage
  • Englisch (de)
  • English (en)
?:linksGroup
?:locationsId
  • DE (xsd:string)
?:measurementTechnique
  • Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section (en)
  • Längsschnitt: Trend/Wiederholter Querschnitt (de)
?:name
  • RESPONDENT: AGE (de)
  • RESPONDENT: AGE (en)
  • age (xsd:string)
  • age - (de)
  • age - RESPONDENT: AGE (en)
?:relatedDataset
?:selectionMethod
  • Probability: Multistage (en)
  • Wahrscheinlichkeitsauswahl: Disproportional geschichtete Zufallsauswahl (de)
?:sourceInfo
  • GESIS-ExploreData (xsd:string)
?:spatialCoverage
?:startDate
  • 1980 (xsd:gyear)
?:studyGroup
  • ALLBUS (de)
  • ALLBUS (en)
rdf:type
?:variableLabel
  • RESPONDENT: AGE (de)
  • RESPONDENT: AGE (en)
?:variableName
  • age (xsd:string)