History
The ISSP was founded in 1984 by research organizations from four countries:
- Zentrum für Umfragen, Methoden, und Analysen (ZUMA), Mannheim, Germany.
- National Opinion Research Center (NORC), University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Social and Community Planning Research (SCPR), London, United Kingdom.
- Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS), Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
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