Chinese Chinese General Social Survey to Include Internet Variables as in the US

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Chinese Chinese General Social Survey to Include
Internet Variables as in the US

• John Robinson, Ph.D.
• Department of Sociology,
• University of Maryland
• July 22,2002 Beijing, China

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1.General Social Survey(GSS)

• Most respected scientific survey about American
  Public Opinion and behavior
• Document trends every 1-2 years since 1972
• Long personal in-home interview (90 minutes)

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General Social Survey(GSS)

• Strong questions (Reliability / Validity )
• Very strong sample (N1500/yr)
• Full geographical representation
• Includes non-telephone household
• High response rate (75 )

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2.GSS Topics(1000questions)

• Openness / Tolerance
• Government Spending areas
• Confidence in Institutions
• Gender roles/ family
• Trust, Happiness, Health
• Minorities/race
• Other counties

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GSS Topics --Behavior

• Socializing
• Religion/Sex
• TV, Newspaper
• Voting / Politics
• Internet questions (Internet Module, since 2000)

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3.American's Use of Time Project

• Document trends, every 10 years since 1965
• Strong national sample
• - Covers all behavior, especially free time

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