European Social Survey, ESS

^{For details on all aspects of this database, see ESS}
 

1. General description

^{The European Social Survey is a large-scale, European cross-national, longitudinal survey research programme. Its aims are to monitor and interpret changing public attitudes and values within Europe and to investigate how they interact with Europe's changing institutions, and to advance and consolidate improved methods of cross-national survey measurement in Europe and beyond.}
 

2. Survey type

• Cross-national
• Longitudinal with waves in 2002/2003, 2004/2005 and 2006/2007
• Random probability sampling, ≥ 15 years of age
• Single core questionnaire with varying modules:
  • Modules in 2002/2003:
    • Citizenship, involvement and democracy
    • Immigration
  • Modules in 2004/2005:
    • Economic morality in Europe: market society and citizenship
    • Family, work and well-being
    • Health and care seeking
  • Modules in 2006/2007:
    • Timing of life and personal and social well-being

  

3. Participating countries

• 22 to 26 countries, depending on wave
• All countries of the 2002/2003 wave: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
• All countries of the 2004/2005 wave: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom
• All countries of the 2006/2007 wave: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom

  

4. Topics

a. Socio-demographics

• Respondent: age, sex, marital status, education level, work status, work, number of children, national region
• Partner: age, sex, education level, work status, work
• Parents: work (only in the 2006/2007 wave)
• Children: -
• Household: household composition, household income, individual income

  

b. General

^{Media, social trust, politics, socio-political evaluations and orientations, subjective well-being, multi-level governance, social exclusion, religion, perceived discrimination, national and ethnic identity, work, family values, household}
 

c. Regarding work and welfare

^{Quality of education, quality of health services, government responsibilities, state of health, work autonomy of respondent and partner, income, making ends meet, family values, work conditions, job satisfaction, work flexibility, work and family}

• Modules of 2002/2003 wave: job effects of immigration, economic effects of immigration, welfare dependency of immigrants, ethnic prejudice, ethnic tolerance, work ethic, work flexibility, work autonomy, job satisfaction, influence in and of trade unions
• Modules of the 2004/2005 wave: personal health, health care, tax fraud, benefits, benefits fraud, family values, child care, work conditions, required job skills, job satisfaction, work autonomy, work flexibility, work-life balance, job characteristics, job security, education
• Modules of the 2006/2007 wave: job history, work retirement age, subjective well-being, personal health, work satisfaction

  

5. Questionnaires available

^{Yes, downloadable in word- and pdf-format from ESS}
 

6. Keyword search in questionnaires

^{Yes, for all three waves at UKDA}
 

7. Data available

• Downloadable, per country, by wave and pooled; from NSD
• Pooled dataset of waves ESS1 and ESS2 downloadable; from NSD
• After registration, free of charge

  

8. Online data analysis

^{Correlations, frequencies, crosstabs, regressions; from NSD or ESS EduNet}
 

9. Contact

^{ess@city.ac.uk}