<p>The sixth <a href="http://www.issp.org/">International Social Survey Programme (ISSP)</a> survey by COMPASS Research Centre at the University of Auckland. More information on our surveys, including data visualisations, can be found at <a href="https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/arts/our-research/research-institutes-centres-groups/compass/surveys/international-social-survey-programme.html">International Social Survey Programme - The University of Auckland</a>.</p><p>A verbose rundown on topics covered follows.</p><p>Attitudes towards social inequality. Social background and good relations as most important prerequisites for success in society; estimation of actual and adequate annual income for occupational groups; responsibility of government to reduce income differences.<br>Assessment of economic differences between poor and rich countries; attitude towards compensation by additional taxes in the wealthy countries; estimation of conflicts between social groups in the country; self-assessment on a top-bottom-scale and expectation of the individual level in 10 years' time.<br>Criteria for the classification of payment for work; characterisation of actual and desired social system in New Zealand.<br>Assessment of New Zealand against other countries; experience of discrimination in different settings; contact with much richer / much poorer people; more on government responsibility for reducing income gaps in society; respondent's current household financial situation; social mobility via parental occupations in respondent's childhood.<br>Demography: age; sex; living together with a partner; marital status; education; religion; occupation status and ANZSCO code; working hours per week; net income of respondent and total household.<br>Size of area lived in; voting status in last election; ethnicities of respondent and those represented in household; total number of adults and children in household.</p>