European Social Survey (ESS)
The European Social Survey (ESS) is an academically driven cross-national survey that has been conducted across Europe every two years since 2002/03.
It was developed to offer academics and researchers a reliable dataset that measures the attitudes and behaviours of the general population both across and within European countries.
The ESS was awarded European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) status in 2013. The ESS ERIC Headquarters are hosted by, City, University of London (UK).
**Purpose:** The overall purpose and objective of the data collection.
to chart stability and change in social structure, conditions and attitudes in Europe and to interpret how Europe’s social, political and moral fabric is changing
to achieve and spread higher standards of rigour in cross-national research in the social sciences, including for example, questionnaire design and pre-testing, sampling, data collection, reduction of bias and the reliability of questions
to introduce soundly-based indic
**Coverage:** 38 European countries (including Ireland) have participated in at least one round since 2002/03; 32 countries (including Ireland) are participating in ESS Round 10 (2020-22).
- Organization
- European Social Survey ERIC
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike
Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Access Rights | http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/access-right/RESTRICTED |
| Frequency | http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/frequency/QUARTERLY |
| Id | 8841b215-2b59-4b9b-ad32-e192ab95aa88 |
| Identifier | NDC-0030 |
| Isopen | True |
| Issued | 2001-01-01 |
| License Id | cc-by-sa |
| License Title | Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike |
| License Url | http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by-sa |
| Max Typical Age | 75 |
| Metadata Created | 2026-03-19T17:16:38.230331 |
| Metadata Modified | 2026-03-19T17:16:38.230335 |
| Min Typical Age | 15 |
| Modified | 2024-09-19 |
| Name | european-social-survey-ess-30 |
| Notes | The European Social Survey (ESS) is an academically driven cross-national survey that has been conducted across Europe every two years since 2002/03. It was developed to offer academics and researchers a reliable dataset that measures the attitudes and behaviours of the general population both across and within European countries. The ESS was awarded European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) status in 2013. The ESS ERIC Headquarters are hosted by, City, University of London (UK). **Purpose:** The overall purpose and objective of the data collection. to chart stability and change in social structure, conditions and attitudes in Europe and to interpret how Europe’s social, political and moral fabric is changing to achieve and spread higher standards of rigour in cross-national research in the social sciences, including for example, questionnaire design and pre-testing, sampling, data collection, reduction of bias and the reliability of questions to introduce soundly-based indic **Coverage:** 38 European countries (including Ireland) have participated in at least one round since 2002/03; 32 countries (including Ireland) are participating in ESS Round 10 (2020-22). |
| Num Resources | 0 |
| Num Tags | 5 |
| Number Of Records | 23262 |
| Number Of Unique Individuals | 488779 |
| Private | False |
| Provenance | Primarily designed as a time series, the questionnaire is asked to a newly selected representative sample of adults aged 15+ in each country, chosen using strict probability methods. Up until Round 10, data collection took place during face-to-face interviews only every two years. Due to the pandemic affecting Round 10 data collection, self-completion data collection methods (online and postal questionnaires) have been completed in some countries. |
| Title | European Social Survey (ESS) |
| Type | dataset |
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