Social relevance of Christian religion in the Netherlands.Social characteristics / education / employment / social integration / attachment to neighbourhood / intragenerational occupational mobility / intergenerational educational and occupational mobility / educational and occupational homogamy / achievement values / family values / social criticism / hedonistic values / r's past and present church membership and church attendance / r's belief in God / r's participation in rites of passage / membership non-Christian religious groups / involvement philosophical movements / past and present church membership / r's parents, r's partner, and r's best friend / talking about religion with partner / Christian, transcendental, and world-directed interpretation of and doubt about and denial of ultimate reality / Christian and world-directed interpretation of and denial of meaning of suffering / Christian and world-directed interpretation of and denial of meaning of death / Christian and world directed interpretation of and denial of good and evil / individualistic and humanistic beliefs / salience of religion and world view / religious surroundings / images of God / economic conservatism / cultural conservatism / attitudes towards religious-conservative groups / instrumental network / emotional network / companionship network / world-view network / characteristics of persons in personal network / political party preference / political libertarianism / ( post )materialism / left-right political orientation / interest in politics / confidence in politics / political efficacy / political cynicism / participation in (un-) conventional political activities / acceptance of and action against government decisions / citizenship / work ethic / parenthood and working outdoors / distribution of household work / marriage and alternative forms of intimate relationships / unmarried cohabitation / acceptance alternative forms of intimate relationships / freedom and commitment in intimate relationships / pedagogical organization of education / educational meaning of learning / goals of education / reasons for school choice / expectations on future use of social security / attitudes towards misuse of social security / attitude towards causes of poverty / attitudes towards rights and duties of beneficiaries / ethnocentrism / attitude towards ethnic minorities / negative attitudes towards Muslims / anti-Semitism / perceived threat / ethnic distance / ethnic discrimination / ethnic policy / authoritarianism / anomie / utilitarian individualism / environmentalism / child-rearing values and behaviour.Background variables: basic characteristics/ residence/ household characteristics/ occupation/employment/ income/capital assets/ education/ social class/ politics/ religion/ organizational membership.The data- and documentation files of this dataset can be downloaded via the option Data Files.
Documentation of a national survey on social cohesion and modernization in the Netherlands.These surveys builds on earlier waves of the Religion in Dutch society survey, which have been conducted in the winters of 1979/1980, 1985/1986, 1990/1991, 1995/1996, 2000/2001, 2005/2006, 2011/2012, and the Social and Cultural Developments in the Netherlands survey 2017, 2018 and 2019.They are part of a long-standing research program, aimed at longitudinal research with a strong (a) substantial multi-disciplinary focus on religiosity, values, in-group solidarity and out-group derogation as well as a strong (b) methodological focus on high quality data, valid measurements and innovative data-collection designs.
