1. Non response - Recording the Process
(Download:Training Courses)

2. 1. Family, Work, and Well-being
(Download:The Questionnaire/Rotating Modules/Round 2)

... strain among European populations, but also to the role of national welfare regimes in this process. Hence, the aim of the module is to provide insights into current issues of work, family and well-being ...

3. NEW: ESS Descartes Prize book on nonresponse published
(News/News)

... survey nonresponse processes and outcomes. A discussion of the potential causes of nonresponse and practical strategies to combat it. A detailed examination of the impact of nonresponse and of techniques ...

4. ESSTrain 9c
(Dissemination/Training Courses)

... must be taken into account in the data analysis process. Today, data analysts can choose from a wide range of data analysis techniques (e.g. design weighting and calibration, weighted least squares ...

5. Belgium
(Fieldwork Archive/Round 4)

...  achieved to date: 1700 Contact Point: Sally Widdop Comments: 26th November: 221 achieved interviews; 324 sample cases have been fielded to date(‘active addresses’, i.e. in the process ...

6. Bulgaria
(Fieldwork Archive/Round 4)

... and if there is any doubt about the quality of interviewer's work, they contact the supervisor or the respondent. Under this process some of the fulfilled questionnaires dropped. The final number ...

7. Greece
(Fieldwork Archive/Round 4)

...  Tender for fieldwork and data processing has been released with a deadline of 12 June 2009. Fieldwork has now started - 10 July. Supplementary Questionnaire SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTIONNAIRE: ...

8. Israel
(Fieldwork Archive/Round 4)

... this total is likely to increase after all interview data has been processed. The target number of interviews was 2,418. 6 April - final number of interviews reported to be 2490. Over 70 more than ...

9. Latvia
(Fieldwork Archive/Round 4)

... number. We employ several approaches to facilitating the process such as: leaving letters in post boxes (by interviewers), assigning addresses to different interviewers (if possible), as well as offering ...

10. Poland
(Fieldwork Archive/Round 4)

... in process of back-checking so this might change. 7 April - post-fieldwork back checks: We have recently finished back-checking of ESS Round 4. We have carried out 397 back-checking interviews, i.e.: ...

11. Romania
(Fieldwork Archive/Round 4)

... 60 behind the projected numbers. Hopefully they will manage to catch up. Update: Fieldwork completed. Final number of completed interviews was 2135 (the target number to achieve). Work to process the ...

12. Ukraine
(Fieldwork Archive/Round 4)

...  Yes Contact Point: City University Team Method of randomisation: In general procedure will be very similar (or even the same) as in Round 3. We use address sample. In the process of ...

13. Training Courses: No 8
(Dissemination/Training Courses)

... While specific paradata vary by mode of data collection, all paradata share one feature; they are a by-product of the data collection process capturing information about that process.   The topic ...

14. ESS Round 4 Module Development Documents now available
(News/News)

... is used by members of the ESS Central Coordinating Team and the Question Design Teams throughout the question design process. All of the design templates (for each module) as well as the final template ...

15. Commissioner Potočnik says ESS upgrade to a long term infrastructure an urgent priority
(News/News)

...  Commissioner Potočnik, guest of honour, spoke about the importance of good quality data to support the policy making process noting that ‘The European Social Survey gives us good quality comparable, ...

16. Commissioner Potočnik says ESS upgrade to a long term infrastructure an urgent priority
(Project Background/Organisational Structure)

... Potočnik, guest of honour, spoke about the importance of good quality data to support the policy making process noting that ‘The European Social Survey gives us good quality comparable, Europe-wide, ...

17. QEM3
(Dissemination/Quality Enhancement)

... process and pretesting procedures. Agenda List of Participants Presentations Recommendations  ...

18. Round 2 Rotating Modules
(ESS Fieldwork/Questionnaire)

... populations, but also to the role of national welfare regimes in this process. Hence, the aim of the module is to provide insights into current issues of work, family and well-being and into the interactions ...

19. Round 4 Rotating Modules
(ESS Fieldwork/Questionnaire)

... document the development process for each module.   1. Experiences and Expressions of Ageism 50-item module Proposal Abstract: Europe has a steadily ageing population, but the age ...

20. Training Courses: No 4
(Dissemination/Training Courses)

... choice from the ESS. The 3 instructors consult the students in the process of preparing their presentations. In unit 5 on the second day we discuss more sophisticated concepts of validity and its implementation ...