Repository details

General Social Survey

Name of repository
General Social Survey
Additional name(s)
  • GSS
Repository URL
https://gss.norc.org/
Subject(s)
Description
The General Social Survey (GSS) conducts basic scientific research on the structure and development of American society with a data-collection program designed to both monitor societal change within the United States and to compare the United States to other nations.
Contact
Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://gss.norc.org/About-The-GSS
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • data provider
Institution name
National Science Foundation
Additional name(s)
  • NSF
Identifier(s)
  • RRID:SCR_012938
  • ROR:021nxhr62
Contact(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
University of Chicago, National Opinion Research Center
Additional name(s)
  • NORC
Contact(s)
  • info@norc.org
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (1)

Policy Name
NORC Terms and Conditions

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (1)

Type of access to data
open

Data licenses (2)

DataLicense
Copyrights
DataLicense
Copyrights

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
closed
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • none
Name of the repository software
  • Nesstar
Versioning
no
Data citation guideline
https://gss.norc.org/faq
Enhanced Publication
no
Quality management
unknown

Metadata standards (1)

Metadata standard name
DDI - Data Documentation Initiative
Metadata standard scheme
DCC

Remarks

Remarks
Since 1985, the GSS has participated in the International Social Survey Program (ISSP). The ISSP involves social scientists from 47 countries and is still expanding. Each year, sections of the GSS are devoted to ISSP questions that are asked in nations around the world.
Entry date
2014-07-23
Last update
2024-02-27
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re3data.org: General Social Survey; editing status 2024-02-27; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R34C8V last accessed: 2024-04-25