British Participation in the International Social Survey Programme, 2016 - 2018

国际社会调查方案是开展目前存在的跨国调查研究的最重要尝试之一。目前有46个国家参与，覆盖了世界上所有五个有人居住的大陆。每年，成员国都会就某一特定主题安排一个由60个问题组成的商定模块，通常作为现有的随机概率调查的一部分。然后，这些研究的数据连同一组规定的社会人口背景变量以商定的格式存入国际科学计划数据档案。自1985年该项目开始以来，已经部署了一系列不同的模块，涵盖社会不平等、宗教和政府作用等主题。议题由与会成员在年度全体会议上选定。它们定期被重新访问，其中一些已经被覆盖了三到四次。因此，ISSP数据既可用来检查特定时间点各国之间的差异，也可用来比较一段时间内趋势的差异。一个包含所有国家数据的综合数据集在收集数据大约两年后向研究界公开。国际科学计划的数据被广泛使用；在世界范围内，每年记录的出版物超过200种。在英国，自该计划开始以来，已经有500多家出版物使用了ISSP数据，接近全球总数的10%。自ISSP开始以来，英国的参与得到了促进，因为它包括了ISSP模块的自我完成补充，这是英国社会态度调查(BSA)的一部分，BSA是NatCen进行的一项高质量的年度独立调查。这是一个成本效益很高的单元，因为只需支付向ISSP提问的边际成本。直到2002年，英国的参与主要是通过向ESRC的一个研究中心--选举和社会趋势研究中心提供核心资金。自2004年以来，它一直作为研究资源由ESRC资源委员会资助，这项申请建议这一安排应再持续三年。在此期间，ISSP将涵盖三个主题：政府的作用(2016)、社会网络(2017)和宗教(2018)：--政府单元的作用以前是在1985年、1990年、1996年和2006年部署的。它的重复将提供有价值的数据，使我们能够跟踪对极端主义、监控和反恐等问题的看法随着时间的推移发生了怎样的变化，而此时许多国家都经历了恐怖袭击或威胁(因此我们可能会预料到态度会发生变化)-2017年关于社交网络的模块分别在1986年和2004年进行了测试，其中将包括关于支持网络的问题，对家庭和友谊关系的普查，使用社交媒体维持关系的情况，以及关系是否积极。该单元还考察了在人口老龄化在许多国家造成经济压力的情况下，谁应该为弱势群体提供护理和服务--2018年关于宗教的单元(要求1991年、1998年和2008年)将使我们能够审查灵性和福祉、宗教在国家机构中的地位，以及宗教在冲突和极端主义中的作用。这将对人们在被要求为极端主义和侵略行为辩护的时期如何遵循和看待宗教提供有价值的见解建议开展一系列传播活动，促进社会科学研究人员、政策制定者和媒体认识和使用国际科学计划的数据。这些措施包括：在BSA年度报告中每年至少列入一章关于ISSP数据的内容，该报告可在网上免费获取并广泛传播；开发一个定制的ISSP网站，包括将ISSP数据可视化；利用NatCen强大的社交媒体影响力提高对这些数据的认识；向相关研究和政策受众发表演讲。

The International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) is one of the most important attempts to undertake cross-national survey research that currently exists. 46 countries currently participate, covering all five of inhabited continents across the world. Each year, member countries field an agreed module of 60 questions on a particular topic, usually as part of an existing random probability survey. The data from these studies, along with a set of prescribed socio-demographic background variables is then deposited in an agreed format with ISSP data archive. A wide range of different modules have been fielded since the project began in 1985, covering topics such as social inequality, religion and the role of government. Topics are chosen at an annual plenary meeting by attending members. They are revisited periodically, with a number having been covered three or four times. As a result, ISSP data can be used both to examine differences between countries at a particular point in time and to compare differences in trends over time.A combined dataset containing data for all countries is made publicly available to the research community approximately two years after data collection has taken place. ISSP data are widely used; worldwide, over 200 publications are recorded each year. In Britain, there have been over 500 publications using ISSP data since the programme began, close to 10% of the worldwide total.Since ISSP began, Britain's participation has been facilitated by including the ISSP module on a self-completion supplement that forms part of the British Social Attitudes survey (BSA), an annual, high quality independent survey conducted by NatCen. This is a highly cost effective way of fielding the module, as only the marginal costs of asking the ISSP questions have to be covered.Until 2002, British participation was primarily funded through core funding given to the Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends, an ESRC Research Centre. Since 2004 it has been funded as a research resource by the ESRC Resources Board, and this application proposes that this arrangement should continue for a further three years. ISSP will cover three topics during this period: role of government (2016), social networks (2017) and religion (2018):- The role of government module was previously fielded in 1985, 1990, 1996 and 2006. Its repetition will provide valuable data allowing us to track how views about issues such as extremism, surveillance and counter-terrorism have changed over time, at a time when many countries have experienced terror attacks or threats (and thus when we might anticipate attitude change)- The 2017 module on social networks was fielded in 1986 and 2004, and will include questions on support networks, a census of family and friendship relations, the use of social media in maintaining relationships, and whether relationships are positive or not. The module also looks at who should provide care and services for vulnerable groups at a time when an aging population is causing financial strain in many countries- The 2018 module on religion (asked 1991, 1998, 2008) will allow us to examine spirituality and well-being, the place of religion within state institutions, and the role of religion in conflict and extremism. This will provide valuable insights into how people follow and perceive religion during a period when it has been called on to justify acts of extremism and aggressionA range of dissemination activities promoting awareness and use of ISSP data by social science researchers, policy-makers and media are proposed. These include: including at least one chapter a year based on ISSP data in the annual BSA report, which is freely available online and widely disseminated; developing a bespoke ISSP website including visualization of ISSP data; utilizing NatCen's strong social media presence to raise awareness of the data; delivering presentations to relevant research and policy audiences.