British Participation in the International Social Survey Programme, 2013-2015

国际社会调查方案（社会调查方案）是目前进行跨国调查研究的最重要尝试之一。目前有48个国家参与，覆盖了世界上所有五个有人居住的大洲。每年，各成员国就某一特定主题提出60个商定的问题模块，通常作为现有随机概率调查的一部分。然后，这些研究的数据连同一套规定的社会人口背景变量，以商定的格式存入社会人口统计方案数据档案。自1985年该项目启动以来，已经开展了一系列不同的模块，涵盖了社会不平等、宗教和政府角色等主题。议题由出席会议的成员在年度全体会议上选择。他们定期被重新审视，一些人现在已经被报道了三到四次。因此，ISSP数据既可用于检查各国在特定时间点的差异，也可用于比较一段时间内趋势的差异。在模块实地考察大约两年后，将向研究界公开提供一套综合数据集，其中包含已实地考察某个模块的所有国家的数据。ISSP数据被广泛使用；在世界范围内，每年有200多种出版物使用ISSP数据。仅在英国，自该项目启动以来，就有400多篇出版物使用了ISSP的数据，接近全球总量的10%。自1985年ISSP开始以来，英国通过将ISSP模块纳入英国社会态度调查的自我完成补充中，这是英国社会态度调查的一部分，这是一项由NatCen进行的年度高质量独立调查。这是部署模块的一种极具成本效益的方式，因为只需要支付询问ISSP问题的边际成本。直到2002年，英国的参与主要是通过ESRC研究中心选举和社会趋势研究中心的核心资金资助的。自2004年以来，它一直由ESRC资源委员会资助作为研究资源，本申请建议这种安排应再持续三年。在此期间，ISSP模块将涵盖三个主题：国家身份（2013年），公民身份（2014年）和工作方向（2015年）：-国家身份模块之前在1995年和2003年进行了研究。它的重复将提供宝贵的数据，使我们能够跟踪对民族自豪感和身份等问题的看法在许多国家经历了相当大的经济困难、不断变化的移民模式和政治动荡的时期内是如何变化的。2014年的公民身份模块于2004年开始，将包括有关民主、政治参与和政治效率以及对政治家的信任的问题。- 2015年的工作导向模块（另一个重复模块）将允许我们检查不断变化的工作经验，包括工作模式和工作与生活的平衡，以及职场关系。这将提供有关经济衰退如何影响人们对工作的态度和承诺的宝贵信息。提出了一系列促进在英国使用ISSP数据的传播活动，并且每年至少有一章将出现在年度英国社会态度报告中。

The International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) is one of the most important attempts to undertake cross-national survey research that currently exists. 48 countries currently participate, covering all five of the 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 the 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 now 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 data set containing data for all countries in which a module has been fielded is made publicly available to the research community approximately two years after the module fieldwork. ISSP data are widely used; worldwide, over 200 publications using ISSP data are recorded each year. In Britain alone, there have been over 400 publications using ISSP data since the programme began, not far short of 10% of the worldwide total.Since ISSP began in 1985, Britain's participation has taken place by including the ISSP module on a self-completion supplement that forms part of the British Social Attitudes survey, 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 the 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 modules will cover three topics during this period: national identity (2013), citizenship (2014) and work orientations (2015):- The national identity module was previously fielded in 1995 and 2003. Its repetition will provide valuable data allowing us to track how views about issues such as national pride and identity have changed over a period which in many countries has been marked by considerable economic difficulty, changing migration patterns and political turmoil. - The 2014 module on citizenship was fielded in 2004, and will include questions about democracy, political participation and political efficacy, and trust towards politicians. - The 2015 module on work orientations (another repeat module) will allow us to examine changing experiences of work, including work patterns and work-life balance, and workplace relationships. This will provide valuable information about how recession has affected people's attitudes towards, and commitment to, work.A range of dissemination activities promoting the use of ISSP data in Britain are proposed, and at least one chapter a year based on ISSP data will appear in the annual British Social Attitudes reports.