| VARIABLES ADDED IN 2024 |
| Respondent Background - Age, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity |
| sexnow2 |
R's sex now (3 category) |
| New Technology |
| agetech |
Are older or younger people benefiting more from digital tech |
| aidrive |
R's comfort with driverless car |
| aimed |
R's comfort with medical operation by robot |
| aiworry |
R worried that AI will take over many jobs done by humans |
| ISSP National Identity and Citizenship (2024 Additions) |
| leftrght1 |
How left or right in politics |
| biasnews |
News coverage about politics in America is biased |
| bizmoney |
Business leaders make money at expense of ordinary people |
| brneffrt |
Possible to become American if born elsewhere |
| conpow |
Conflict between ordinary people and those in power |
| conscrp |
Importance of military service |
| experts |
Better to rely on opinions of experts than ordinary people |
| fulldem |
The people, not politicians, should make important decisions |
| immcrime1 |
Immigrants increase crime rates |
| immideas1 |
Immigrants bring new ideas and cultures |
| immjobs1 |
Immigrants take jobs away |
| immwlfare |
People born in America should be given preference over immigrants when it comes |
| incgap1 |
Government's responsibility to reduce economic inequality |
| owndecns |
Best if every nation had its own country |
| poltalk |
Politicians talk too much and don't take action |
| servpub |
How much the public service serves people |
| usmca1 |
R's familiarity with USMCA |
| usmca2 |
Does the US benefit from USMCA |
| Replicating Core |
| broadband |
HOUSEHOLD HAS ACCESS TO INTERNET USING BROADBAND INTERNET SERVICE |
| racdif5 |
differences due mainly to unbringing |
| racdif5x |
differences due mainly to upbringing (longer intro) |
| conlabory |
Confidence in labor unions |
| marsame |
Homosexual couples should have the right to marry one another |
| marsame1 |
Homosexual couples have right to marry |
| marsamey |
Same-sex couples should have the right to marry one another |
| mobiledata |
HOUSEHOLD HAS ACCESS TO INTERNET USING CELLULAR DATA PLAN |
| Adult Mental Stigma |
| morextrm |
Everyone is like X but X's case is just a bit more extreme and ongoing |
| Child Mental Stigma |
| bullied |
Situation caused by having been bullied |
| bullpeer |
Would X bully peers |
| chldadlt_asn |
Percent of adults you knew (friends, care takers, neighbors) during childhood wh |
| chldadlt_blk |
Percent of adults you knew (friends, care takers, neighbors) during childhood wh |
| chldadlt_hisp |
Percent of adults you knew (friends, care takers, neighbors) during childhood wh |
| chldadlt_oth |
Percent of adults you knew (friends, care takers, neighbors) during childhood wh |
| chldadlt_wht |
Percent of adults you knew (friends, care takers, neighbors) during childhood wh |
| chldchld_asn |
Percent of children you knew (friends, classmates) during childhood who were Asi |
| chldchld_blk |
Percent of children you knew (friends, classmates) during childhood who were Bla |
| chldchld_hisp |
Percent of children you knew (friends, classmates) during childhood who were Lat |
| chldchld_oth |
Percent of children you knew (friends, classmates) during childhood who were som |
| chldchld_wht |
Percent of children you knew (friends, classmates) during childhood who were Whi |
| chldfam_asn |
Percent of family during childhood who were Asian |
| chldfam_blk |
Percent of family during childhood who were Black |
| chldfam_hisp |
Percent of family during childhood who were Latino |
| chldfam_oth |
Percent of family during childhood who were some other race |
| chldfam_wht |
Percent of family during childhood who were White |
| chldshop_asn |
Percent of people who shopped at the supermarket during childhood who were Asian |
| chldshop_blk |
Percent of people who shopped at the supermarket during childhood who were Black |
| chldshop_hisp |
Percent of people who shopped at the supermarket during childhood who were Latin |
| chldshop_oth |
Percent of people who shopped at the supermarket during childhood who were some |
| chldshop_wht |
Percent of people who shopped at the supermarket during childhood who were White |
| cutself |
Would X intentionally cut self |
| fighpeer |
Would X get into fights with peers |
| foodalc |
Would X engage in excessive and uncontrolled food or alcohol consumption |
| imprvown1 |
How likely child X situation will improve on its own |
| mustdoc1 |
X's parents should be forced by law to have X examined at a clinic |
| musthosp1 |
X's parents should be forced by law to admit X to be hospitalized for treatment |
| mustmed1 |
X's parents should be forced by law to have X take prescribed medication |
| negself |
Would X intentionally neglect own health |
| physill1 |
How likely child X is experiencing physical illness |
| risklife |
Would X at risk for taking their own life |
| rumopeer |
Would X spread rumors about peers |
| schshoot |
Would X carry out a school shooting |
| smedia |
Situation caused by exposure to social media |
| takelife |
Would X actually take own life |
| ISSP Digital Society |
| classtech |
Are poor or rich benefiting more from digital tech |
| dataprot |
Responsibility for internet data protection |
| eductech |
Are educated or uneducated benefiting more from digital tech |
| emonitor1 |
Should government be able to monitor online communication |
| ftruse |
Likelihood R uses internet in next 12 months |
| gendtech |
Are women or men benefiting more from digital tech |
| harmgood1 |
Does technology do more harm than good? |
| infodeal |
Would R provide info for discounts, free products |
| infoprofit |
Would R provide info companies could profit from |
| intaccprxy |
How often R asked someone to use the internet on their behalf |
| intapps |
R's skill at learning new software |
| intbhlf |
Frequency R was asked to use internet for someone else |
| intcnfrm |
How often R tries to confirm information with other sources |
| intcomm |
How often R uses internet for communication |
| intfncl |
How often R uses internet for financial transactions |
| intgame |
How often R uses internet for video games |
| inthome |
Frequency R has home internet access |
| inthrss |
Has R or someone they know been harassed online |
| intliteracy |
R's knowledge of online information discretion |
| intlnly |
R would feel lonely without internet? |
| intmeet |
R more comfortable meeting people online? |
| intnews |
How often R accesses non-routine political news sources |
| intoppo |
Trend of online contact with politically different |
| intpolview |
Trend of online contact with politically similar |
| intprfssnl |
Frequency R has work/school internet access |
| intpub |
Frequency R has internet access in public |
| intrnetuse |
Frequency of internet use over past 12 months |
| intrust |
How much R trusts people they've only met online |
| intscam |
Has R or someone they know been a victim of online scam |
| intsearch |
How often R uses internet for search |
| intshare |
How often R uses internet for sharing photos/videos |
| intskill |
R's skill at using the internet |
| intstream |
How often R uses internet for music/video |
| intsurf |
R's skill at online searches |
| inttrig |
How often R reads political opinions they disagree with online |
| intviews |
How often R talks about politics online |
| modelobby |
Has R contacted a politician in last 12 months |
| modeorg |
Has R belonged to an activist group in last 12 months |
| modeorgprot |
Has R organized a protest in last 12 months |
| modepet |
Has R signed a petition in last 12 months |
| modeprot |
Has R participated in a protest in last 12 months |
| nextgen1 |
Does technology provide more opportunities? |
| nouseint1 |
No internet use over past 12 months due to unavaliblity |
| nouseint10 |
No internet use over past 12 months due to lack of time |
| nouseint11 |
No internet use over past 12 months due to government restriction |
| nouseint12 |
No internet use over past 12 months due to other reasons |
| nouseint2 |
No internet use over past 12 months due to poor quality of connection |
| nouseint3 |
No internet use over past 12 months due to cost |
| nouseint4 |
No internet use over past 12 months due to security and privacy |
| nouseint5 |
No internet use over past 12 months due to lack of utility/importance |
| nouseint6 |
No internet use over past 12 months due to age |
| nouseint7 |
No internet use over past 12 months due to usability |
| nouseint8 |
No internet use over past 12 months due to lack of desire |
| nouseint9 |
No internet use over past 12 months due to literacy |
| papernews |
Reliability of newspapers |
| polnewsfrom |
Where R gets political news |
| prxyuse |
Likelihood R ask someone to use the internet on their behalf in near future |
| radionews |
Reliability of news on podcasts, radio |
| smnews |
Reliability of news on social media |
| techesy |
Does technology make our lives easier? |
| trcong |
Trust in congress, 10 point scale |
| trppl |
Trust in others, 10 point scale |
| tvnews1 |
Reliability of news on TV |
| unplgrsn |
Reason R reduced time spent on internet |
| unplug |
Amount R reduced time spent on internet in last 12 months |
| urbantech |
Are cities or countryside benefiting more from digital tech |
| webnews |
Reliability of news on web |
| ANES |
| econstat |
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY THESE DAYS IN THE UNITED STATES |
| lkelyvot |
LIKELIHOOD TO VOTE IN 2024 ELECTION |
| polintrst |
INTERESTED IN CAMPAIGNS THIS YEAR |
| ratechall124 |
RATING OF DONALD TRUMP |
| ratechall1ts |
RATING OF PRESIDENTIAL CHALLENGER 1 - TIME SERIES |
| ratechall224 |
RATING OF KAMALA HARRIS |
| ratechall2ts |
RATING OF PRESIDENTIAL CHALLENGER 2 - TIME SERIES |
| ratechall324 |
RATING OF NIKKI HALEY |
| ratechall3ts |
RATING OF PRESIDENTIAL CHALLENGER 3 - TIME SERIES |
| ratedemp |
RATING OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY |
| rateincumb24 |
RATING OF JOE BIDEN |
| rateincumbts |
RATING OF INCUMBENT PRESIDENT - TIME SERIES |
| ratemaga |
RATING OF MAGA REPUBLICANS |
| raterepp |
RATING OF REPUBLICAN PARTY |
| voteprob |
VOTING PROBLEM IN US ELECTIONS |
| whovote24 |
VOTING INTENTION IN 2024 ELECTION (PRE JULY 25 2024) |
| whovote24a |
VOTING INTENTION IN 2024 ELECTION (POST JULY 25 2024) |
| whovotets |
VOTING INTENTION - TIME SERIES |
| CDC High Risk Behaviors |
| sexornt1 |
Sexual orientation (reask, self-administered) |
| femsee1 |
How feminine others see R (0 to 6 scale) |
| femself1 |
How feminine R sees self (0 to 6 scale) |
| mascsee1 |
How masculine others see R (0 to 6 scale) |
| mascself1 |
How masculine R sees self (0 to 6 scale) |
| nocondom |
Had vaginal or anal sex without a condom in past 12 months |
| nodocidu |
Ever injected any drugs other than those prescribed for you |
| ptnrsxnow1 |
Recent partner's sex now (3 category) |
| sexpaid |
Ever had sex with a person you paid or who paid you for sex |
| Metadata and Paradata |
| subsamprate |
Subsampling rate corresponding to two-phase design |
| batch |
SAMPLE BATCH |
| SURVEY ADMINISTRATIVE VARIABLES |
| Language |
| inthisp |
Is interviewer Spanish, Hispanic or latino |
| intrace1 |
Interviewer s race1 |
| intrace2 |
Interviewer s race2 |
| intrace3 |
Interviewer s race3 |
| spanself |
If this interview had only been available in English, would you... |
| spanint |
If no Spanish, R could have been interviewed in English |
| spaneng |
Interviews conducted in Spanish or English |
| Residence |
| cshutyp06 |
During March-May 2006, was R resident in household or institution |
| cshutyp08 |
During April-June 2008, was R resident in household or institution |
| cshutyp10 |
During April-June 2010, was R resident in household or institution |
| res2006 |
Was R living in usa during March-May 2006 |
| res2008 |
Was R living in usa during April-June 2008 |
| res2010 |
Was R living in usa during April-June 2010 |
| res2012 |
Was R living in usa during April-June 2012 |
| cshutyp12 |
During April-June 2012, was R resident in household or institution |
| Version |
| fileversion |
GSS data file version |
| ballot |
Ballot used for interview |
| version |
Version of questionnaire |
| issp |
Filter for ISSP cases |
| found |
Case was retrievable in 2012 |
| Sampling |
| sampcode |
Sampling error code |
| sample |
Sampling frame and method |
| phase |
Subsampling: two-phase design. |
| vpsu |
Variance primary sampling unit |
| vstrat |
Variance stratum |
| Weights -- Sampling and Post-stratification |
| wtssnrps |
Person post-stratification weight, nonrespondents adjusted |
| wtssall |
Weight variable |
| wtssnr |
Weight variable |
| wtss |
Weight variable |
| oversamp |
Weights for black oversamples |
| formwt |
Weight deal with experimental randomization |
| wtssps |
Person post-stratification weight |
| Ballot-form Weights for 2002, 2010, 2012, 2016 and 2018 |
| ballotformwt |
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| ballotformwtnr |
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| Interviewer Characteristics and Misc |
| saqissp |
R did issp module |
| saqsex |
R did sex module |
| saqgene |
R did gene module for 2004 |
| intid |
Interviewer id |
| feeused |
Fee given to get case |
| lngthinv |
How long was interview |
| intage |
Age of interviewer |
| easyget |
How difficult was case to get |
| intethn |
Race of interviewer |
| mode |
Interview done in-person or over the phone |
| intsex |
Sex of interviewer |
| feelevel |
Amount of fees paid |
| intyrs |
Years of service as an interviewer at norc |
| consent |
Participation/recording consent |
| National Death Index (See NORC Codebook) |
| death |
R's possible vital status as of 2014 |