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Social Structure in Poland: POLPAN 2008

Słomczynski, Kazimierz M.; Kiersztyn, Anna; Janicka, Krystyna
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA4750 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12946
Abstract: POLPAN is a panel study in focused on describing social structure and its change during the post-communist transformation in Poland. It is conducted in five year waves beginning with 1988. In 1988, the survey was conducted among a national sample representing Poland’s adult population (aged 21-65), with N = 5,817. In 1993, this sample was randomly reduced and 2,259 respondents took part in the study. Researchers tried to reach them in each of the consecutive five-year waves. To ensure an adequate age balance, additional subsamples involving young cohorts have been supplemented later. Employme ... more
Topics: Working conditions | Unemployment | Employment | Social conditions and indicators | Social behaviour and attitudes | General health and well-being | Information society | Political behaviour and attitudes | PSYCHOLOGY | SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND GROUPINGS | Family life and marriage | Economic systems and development | Housing

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 01.04.2008 - 28.02.2009
Geographic coverage: Poland (PL)
Universe: Adult Poles aged 21-65 living in private households at the time of the first wave of the survey. The sample population of POLPAN 2008 is composed of all respondents of POLPAN 2003 who were born between 1922 and 1982 and have agreed to participate in future surveys. Refresher sample: Adult Poles born between 1983 and 1987 living in private household ... more
Number of Units: 1805
Sampling Procedure: Probability Sample
Mode of Data Collection: Face-to-face interview
Data Collector: Ośrodek Realizacji Badań Socjologicznych (ORBS), Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Number of Variables: 612

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Słomczynski, Kazimierz M. - Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw | Kiersztyn, Anna - Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw | Janicka, Krystyna - Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw | Domanski, Henryk - Institute of Philosophy and Sociology ... more
Publication year: 2018
DOI: 10.4232/1.12946
Study number: ZA4750
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
External links: POLPAN Project

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2018-01-24, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12946
Version history: ... more

Reference publications

Publications: Tomescu-Dubrow, Irina; Kazimierz M. Slomczynski: Analyzing Social Change with the Polish Panel Survey, POLPAN 1988–2013. International Journal of Sociology 2016, 46:4, 237-243 DOI: 10.1080/00207659.2016.1246284 | Słomczyński, Kazimierz M.; Marquart-Pyatt, Sandra T. (red.): Continuity and Change in Social Life: Structural and Psychological Adjustm ... more
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Słomczynski, Kazimierz M., Kiersztyn, Anna, Janicka, Krystyna, Domanski, Henryk, Dubrow, Joshua Kjerulf, & Tomescu-Dubrow, Irina (2018). Social Structure in Poland: POLPAN 2008. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA4750 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12946.

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