About European Social Survey
Keep up to date with news, data releases and analysis posted by the European Social Survey.
European Social Survey Description
The European Social Survey is a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ESS ERIC) that provides cross-national data about public attitudes and behaviour.
Based at City, University of London, ESS is an academically driven survey using the highest methodological standards.
Every two years, up to 40, 000 face-to-face interviews are conducted across Europe on a wide range of subjects.
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A working paper that assesses ways to address possible #data falsification in our #survey has been published on our website. Several measures initiated by our Core Scientific Team (CST) are already in place to ensure the best possible interviewing is undertaken in all participating countries. The paper assesses how falsification can occur, and our continued efforts to help prevent it.
http://bit.ly/2G5Ndaw
An article published in TheJournal.ie ๐ฎ๐ช last weekend was based on #research using our #survey #data. Following the publication of a paper in the British Journal of Sociology of Education, the article explained that levels of #happiness are higher in countries where more working class students attend higher education.
http://bit.ly/2YXwpek
#Research based on our Round 8 (2016/17) #survey #data was the basis of a The Conversation Espaรฑaโ ๐ช๐ธ article published last week. The article investigated what factors lead people to vote for #populist #political parties. It was written by Universidad Autรณnoma de Madrid ๐ช๐ธ academics and highlighted a paper they wrote that was published in the European Politics and Society journal last month.
http://bit.ly/2U6lMCt
Our Director, Professor Rory Fitzgerald, was quoted for this CNN International article published last weekend. The article - about the UK's decision to leave the European Union ๐ช๐บ - highlights our most recent #survey #data. We found that around one fifth of respondents across #Europe stated that they would be willing to leave the EU if a referendum was held in their country.
https://cnn.it/2uS9N0T
You now have until 26 April to apply to be the Dutch ๐ณ๐ฑ national coordinator for Round 10 (2020/21) of our #survey. ODISSEI (Open Data Infrastructure for Social Science and Economic Innovations) are looking to recruit someone to manage survey fieldwork and promote #research based on the data. Our Round 10 survey will include questions on #democracy and a new module: digital social contacts
http://bit.ly/2TYq27r
This Phys.org article examines new #research published in the British ๐ฌ๐ง Journal of Sociology of Education. Academics from Umeรฅ University ๐ธ๐ช analysed our #survey #data to discover that people from disadvantaged backgrounds are #happier in countries where the average cost of #education is low.
http://bit.ly/2I0fdzv
New #research published by Elyakim Kislev (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ๐ฎ๐ฑ) was highlighted in this Psychology Today ๐บ๐ธ article published last week. Kislev analysed attitudes towards #happiness from 300,000 respondents to see whether single people are more #happy than those in a relationship.
http://bit.ly/2Ux6M4z
An excellent new report published by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung examines our Round 8 (2016/17) #survey #data on #immigration. The report - Still divided but more open - found that, in most countries, respondents have become slightly more positive about #migration. Those from Portugal ๐ต๐น, Belgium ๐ง๐ช, the UK ๐ฌ๐ง and Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช have become significantly more open and positive about migrants since our Round 7 data was collected in 2014/15.
http://bit.ly/2VpbFtP
This LAB2050 ๐ฐ๐ท article published by Medium referenced some of our #data measuring attitudes towards the introduction of a universal basic income scheme. It highlighted how our Round 7 (2014/15) #survey recorded support for #basicincome in Russia ๐ท๐บ, Israel ๐ฎ๐ฑ, Belgium ๐ง๐ช and Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ but opposition from those in Norway ๐ณ๐ด, Sweden ๐ธ๐ช and Germany ๐ฉ๐ช.
http://bit.ly/2TUGdC1
Are you attending our 4th International Conference - Turbulent times in Europe: Instability, insecurity and inequality - at the Universitรคt Mannheim - University of Mannheim ๐ฉ๐ช next week? You can now view or download the official 2019 Conference Programme from our website. #EESConf
http://bit.ly/2FTlGZR
Work Values and the Value of Work: Different Implications for Young Adultsโ Self-Employment in Europe
An article published in The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (SAGE Publishing) incluided analysis of our #survey #data. Amongst other findings, the paper found that the value of work in young people's lives does not differ between the #employed and the self-employed.
http://bit.ly/2HQYVJb
During Round 8 (2016/17) of our #survey, we asked respondents whether they would feel ashamed if a close family member was gay or lesbian. Our results suggest that those from the Netherlands ๐ณ๐ฑ, Iceland ๐ฎ๐ธ and Norway ๐ณ๐ด would be the most tolerant. Only 19.5% of Russians ๐ท๐บ, 27% of Lithuanians ๐ฑ๐น and 34.9% of Hungarians ๐ญ๐บ disagreed with the statement.
All our #data is available to analyse online: http://bit.ly/292utqn
Our #data was analysed as part of a Social Science History (Cambridge Core) journal article published last month. The #research assessed our #survey data measuring levels of #political trust in eastern and western Europe from 2002/03 - 2010/11. By examining the association between sociodemographic factors and political trust, Brad Epperly (University of South Carolina ๐บ๐ธ) found no evidence that communist legacies account for a trust deficit.
http://bit.ly/2V9FSgb
This Shout Out UK ๐ฌ๐ง article published last week regarding the political participation of young people referenced our #data. #Research by Richard Wood also used data from the British Election Study. It found that 'that young people are less likely to vote than older individuals and that the propensity to vote increases with age'.
http://bit.ly/2HOwUCh
A new article published by Political Psychology (Wiley) included analysis of our #survey #data. #Research led by Paul M. Sniderman (Stanford Poli Sci ๐บ๐ธ) assessed the reactions of the public to terrorist attacks. The paper includes analysis of three of our survey items measuring attitudes towards #immigration in Denmark ๐ฉ๐ฐ, France ๐ซ๐ท, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช, Great Britain ๐ฌ๐ง, the Netherlands ๐ณ๐ฑ, Norway ๐ณ๐ด, Spain ๐ช๐ธ and Sweden ๐ธ๐ช.
http://bit.ly/2JTFxgw
An article published by Democratic Audit ๐ฌ๐ง featured some of our #survey #data measuring attitudes towards #democracy. Author Lea Heyne used our data to plot the gap between citizensโ expectations and their evaluations of democracy. The article offers an overview of an academic article published in the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (Taylor & Francis) last year.
http://bit.ly/2UaLkDg
Are you interested in becoming the Dutch ๐ณ๐ฑ national coordinator for Round 10 (2020/21) of our #survey? The Open Data Infrastructure for Social Science and Economic Innovations (ODISSEI) have now extended the deadline for applications until Friday 26 April. The successful candidate will be responsible for #data collection across the country, and the promotion of #research using the data.
http://bit.ly/2TYq27r
Some of our #data measuring #happiness levels was analysed in this Independent.ie Life ๐ฎ๐ช article published last week. The article established that, during Round 8 (2016/17) of our #survey, Irish respondents claim to be slightly happier than the European average.
http://bit.ly/2HRB0cy