4159.0.55.002 - General Social Survey: User Guide, Australia, 2010  
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CONTENTS

    Introduction
      Background to the Survey
    Survey content
      Information Collected
      Content Development
      Survey Definitions and Concepts
      Comparability with 2006 GSSS
      Comparability with other ABS surveys
    Survey methodology
      Scope and Coverage
      Sample Design
      Data collection
      Interviews
      Interviewers
      Questionnaire
      Measures to Maximise Response Rates
      Response Rates and Sample Achieved
      Comparability with 2006 GSS
    Data processing
      Data Processing
      Weighting, Benchmarking and Estimation
    Data quality
      Data Quality
      Sampling Error
      Non-Sampling Error
      Interpretation of Results
    Data dissemination
      Data Availability
      Related Publications
    Using the microdata
      Using the CURF Data
      Basic GSS CURF
      Expanded GSS CURF
      Conditions of Release
      Conditions of Sale
      Accessing the CURF
      Further Information
    Additional information
      2010 GSS Data Item List
      2010 GSS Questionnaire
      2010 GSS Prompt
      2010 GSS CURF Data Item List