ALLBUS/GGSS 1980-86 (Kumulierte Allgemeine Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften/Cumulated German General Social Survey 1980-86)

Established in 1980, its mission is to monitor attitudes, behavior, and social change in Germany. Each ALLBUS cross-sectional survey consists of one or two main question modules covering changing topics, a range of supplementary questions and a core module providing detailed demographic information.

Additionally, data on the interview and the interviewers are provided as well. Key topics generally follow a 10-year replication cycle, many individual indicators and item batteries are replicated at shorter intervals. With few exceptions, the Cumulated ALLBUS 1980-1986 ALLBUS includes all data from ALLBUS 1980 (ZA1000), ALLBUS 1982 (ZA1160), and ALLBUS 1984 (ZA1340), as well as those variables from ALLBUS 1986 (ZA1500) that were also included at least once in previous ALLBUS surveys.