Social relevance of Christian religion in the Netherlands.Importance of career, money, social security / importance, of children, marriage, family life / importance of equality and democracy / hedonism / importance of autonomy, being independent, self-determinative / the existence of God, the meaning of life, suffering, death, good and evil / importance of the Christian faith to r., religious orthodoxy, particularism, r.'s attitude to his religious group, church, importance of church membership, church membership of people around r. / role of the media with respect to religion / attitude to trade-unions, class differences and government intervention, restriction of civil liberties, abortion, euthanasia / view on women / commitment to local community and parish / relative importance of (inter-)national versus local issues / norm conformism / attitude to the unification of Europe.Work ethic: work as a duty, working systematically, achievement oriented, most important aspects of a job / characteristics of r.'s job / commitment to work / protestant ethic with respect to work / attitudes towards material consumptionConsumption of human relationships: exert oneself for relationships / responsibility of society for individuals and the reverse / hedonism, fengality and rationalism with respect to consumption / honesty in financial affairs / protestant ethic and consumption / acceptance of women having jobs, consequences for children and marriage / sex-role stereotypes, distribution of household work / duty of children to provide for their parents / acceptance of alternative relationships / desirability of marriage / commitment and freedom in intimate relationships / ideas about the relationship between younger and older people, stereotypes / appreciation of the natural environment, improvement of old neighbourhoods, commitment to the protection of nature, optimism for the future / experience with environmental pollution / willingness to make efforts for the environment / authoritarianism / anomy / threat of competition by minorities / attitude towards Surinamese, Turks, Spaniards, Jews and Dutch / acceptance of people from these groups as neighbours, son- or daughter-in-law, classmate, experiences / anti-semitism / explanation of the social gap between the Dutch and ethnic minorities / importance of various political issues, satisfaction with democracy / postmaterialism, political interest and efficacy / confidence in politics, consequences of politics for daily life / political participation / cultural lifestyle of r. and r.'s parents, material lifestyle.Background variables: basic characteristics/ residence/ housing situation/ household characteristics/ occupation/employment/ income/capital assets/ education/ social class/ politics/ religion/ consumption of durables/ readership, mass media, and 'cultural' exposure/ 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.