The ESS Data and Documentation section has been updated with a cumulative data file for the first nine rounds of the ESS. The cumulative data are available from the ESS Cumulative Data Wizard, where users can customise their own subsets of data in different formats. The ESS Cumulative Data Wizard gives access to cumulative data from countries that have been included in the integrated ESS files in two or more rounds. All variables that have been asked in more than one round are included in the cumulative data file.

All rounds of the ESS have been updated in a major upgrade of the ESS data and documentation 01.12.18. For an overview of the changes in variables and country data, see version notes for ESS1, ESS2, ESS3, ESS4, ESS5, ESS6, ESS7 and ESS8 respectively.

The ESS Cumulative Data Wizard, where users can customise their own subsets of data in different formats, will be updated with all eight rounds of the ESS within the next two weeks.

The ESS Data and Documentation section has been updated with a cumulative data file for the first seven rounds of the ESS. The cumulative data are available from the ESS Cumulative Data Wizard, where users can customise their own subsets of data in different formats. The ESS Cumulative Data Wizard gives access to cumulative data from countries that have been included in the integrated ESS files in two or more rounds. All variables that have been asked in more than one round are included in the cumulative data file.

All rounds of the ESS have been updated in a major upgrade of the ESS data and documentation 01.12.16. For an overview of the changes in variables and country data, see version notes for ESS1, ESS2, ESS3, ESS4, ESS5, ESS6 and ESS7 respectively.

The ESS Cumulative Data Wizard, where users can customise their own subsets of data in different formats, will be updated with all seven rounds of the ESS within the next ten days.

The ESS Data and Documentation section has been updated with a cumulative data file for the first six rounds of the ESS. The cumulative data are available from the ESS Cumulative Data Wizard, where users can customise their own subsets of data in different formats. The ESS Cumulative Data Wizard gives access to cumulative data from countries that have been included in the integrated ESS files in two or more rounds. All variables that have been asked in more than one round are included in the cumulative data file.

All rounds of the ESS have been updated in a major upgrade of the ESS data and documentation 26.11.14. For an overview of the changes in variables and country data, see version notes for ESS1, ESS2, ESS3, ESS4, ESS5 and ESS6 respectively.

For Slovenia, variable GRSPAY (G91) and NETPAY (G92) have been deposited without converting national currency to euro. Prior to use in cross-national comparisons, this variable should thus be adjusted by dividing substantial (ie non-missing) values by this formula:

GRSPAY * 1000 / 239.64

NETPAY * 1000 / 239.64

The denominators reflect national conversion rates to euro at the time of fieldwork. Recoded versions of GRSPAY and NETPAY for Slovenia will be available in future releases of the ESS2 data. See below for suggested temporary solution to the problem, based on a recoding of the most recent version (as of 18th of December 2012) of the integrated file in SPSS (in this example, stored locally in folder "ESS" on the C: drive):

GET file 'C:\ESS\ ESS2e03_3.sav'.
IF (CNTRY = "SI" AND 0 < GRSPAY < 6666666) GRSPAY = GRSPAY * 1000 / 239.64.
IF (CNTRY = "SI" AND 0 < NETPAY < 6666666) NETPAY = NETPAY * 1000 / 239.64.
EXECUTE.

All rounds of the ESS have been updated in a major upgrade of the ESS Data website 18.12.12. Note that edition 3.0 of data and documentation of the new ESS5 data release also includes one new country, Lithuania, taking the total number of countries in the ESS5 data release to 27.

The ESS Data website has been updated with a cumulative data file for the first five rounds of the ESS. The cumulative data are available from the ESS Cumulative Data Wizard, where users can customise their own subsets of data in different formats.

The ESS Multilevel Data resource, partly funded by the Descartes Research Prize awarded the ESS, was launched on 18th of September.

The ESS MD is a resource that contains data about individuals (the ESS respondents), regions and countries, and incorporates contextual variables on a number of themes, including demography, geography, economy, health, education and crime.