International vergleichende Bevölkerungsumfragen - Übersicht

[Folgende Übersicht ist nur in Englisch verfügbar.]

The following table provides a historical overview1 of and references to cross-national survey programmes with focus on individual level population samples2. For most recent up-date information about ongoing survey programmes, please visit the respective project website.

Discovery of and access to international data resources is also supported by:

Start 1948

Survey Series: How Nations see Each Other

 
  • Countries (ISO 2): AU, GB, FR, DE, IT, NL, NO, MX, US
  • Period/Type: 1948/1949; singular
  • Method(s): n/a
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 21+; n=1000 (MX: urban pop; DE: Berlin n= 644/430 and British zone n= 3371)
  • Topic(s): International understanding and concepts of own and other nations’ characteristics
  • P.I. / Funding: William Buchanan and Hadley Cantril; UNESCO
  • Access: data not archived
  • Special Products/Services: Publication: Buchanan, W., Cantril, H. (1953): How Nations See Each Other. A Study in Public Opinion. University of Illinois Press (incl. project description, results, methodological information, questionnaires)

Start 1952

Survey Series: USIA - International Relations USIA XX Surveys

  • Countries (ISO 2): DE, GB, FR, IT
  • Period/Type:
    • 1955, 1956, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1969;
    • DE: 1952-1992; irregular (in total about 65 surveys plus about 90 German surveys)
  • Method(s): Multistage random sampling; face to face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 21+
  • Topic(s): Security policy, international politics, foreign policy, arms control, evaluation of American and Soviet policy
  • P.I. / Funding: United States Information Agency; Ex-post integration: ESF, GESIS, Roper Center, Fritz Thyssen Foundation, Inst. for Political Science II, University Bamberg
  • Access: Data Archives: Roper Center, GESIS
  • Special Products/Services: I
    • ntegrated comparative data sets; data base tool for German data with documentation retrieval and analysis functionalities (ZA Codebook Explorer);
    • R. L. Merritt, The USIA Surveys, In: R. L. Merritt, D. J. Puchala (eds.), Western European Perspectives on International Affairs. Public Opinion Studies and Evaluations. Frederick A. Praeger, New York, 1968, pp. 3-31.

Start 1956

Survey Series: International stratification, mobility and politics file - ISMP

  • Countries (ISO 2): AU, AT, BE, CA, DK, GB, FI, FR, DE, IR, IT, US, NL, NO, SE, CH
  • Period/Type: 1956-1991; 113 independent national surveys; ex-post harmonisation
  • Method(s): Survey specific
  • Universe/Sample: General population samples
  • Topic(s): Intergenerational occupational mobility, political behaviour ( party preferences)
  • P.I. / Funding: Harry B.G. Ganzeboom, Paul Nieuwbeerta; Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research NOW
  • Access: Data Archives: DANS; ; consultation of the principal investigator required
  • Special Products/Services: merged extract data set, detailed description of variable standardisation

Start 1957

Survey Series: Pattern of Human Concerns Data

  • Countries (ISO 2): BR, CU, DO, IN, IL, NG, PA, US, DE, YU, EG*, JP*, PH*, PL*
  • Period/Type: 1957-1963; Data collection at different time points by country; two waves in IN, IL
  • Method(s): Representa-tiveness varies by country; personal interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 18+; n= 500 – 2300
  • Topic(s): Hopes and fears for self and the nation (subjective ratings and perceptions)
  • P.I. / Funding: Hadley Cantril
  • Access: Data Archives: ICPSR (* data not available)
  • Special Products/Services: Codebooks

Start 1959

Survey Series: Civic Culture Survey

  • Countries (ISO 2): DE, IT, GB, MX, US
  • Period/Type: 1959/1960; singular
  • Method(s): Face to face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 18+; n=1000
  • Topic(s): basic political attitudes with emphasis on political partisanship, political socialization, and attitudes toward specific institutions and the political system
  • P.I. / Funding: Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba
  • Access: Data Archives: ICPSR
  • Special Products/Services: Integrated data set; G. A. Almond, S. Verba, The Civic Culture. Political Attitudes and Democracy in Five Nations. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N. J., 1963.

Start 1962

Survey Series: Attitudes towards Europe

  • Countries (ISO 2): FR, BE, NL, DE, LU
  • Period/Type: 1962; singular; Eurobarometer forerunner
  • Method(s): Random and quota sampling
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 20+; n= 200-1500
  • Topic(s): Attitudes towards European unification and institutions
  • P.I. / Funding: Press and Information Service of the European Communities (EC)
  • Access: Data Archives: GESIS - ZACAT  online Access
  • Special Products/Services: Country data sets, integrated data set, bilingual codebook German/English

Start 1963

Survey Series: Political Participation - An International Social Science Council (ISSC) Workbook in Comparative Analysis

  • Countries (ISO 2): JP, NL, NO, GB, US, AU, CA, DE
  • Period/Type: 1963-1972; based on independent national election studies
  • Method(s): n/a
  • Universe/Sample: Eligible voting age population
  • Topic(s): Political attitudes and behaviour, political culture, political participation
  • P.I. / Funding: H.A. Asher, B.M. Richardson, H.F. Weisberg et.al.; ISSC, UNESCO; ICPSR, NSD, GESIS, the Inst. of Publ. Affairs, Dalhousie University (Halifax)
  • Access: Data Archives: ICPSR, GESIS
  • Special Products/Services: ISSC Workbook, codebook, instructional data sets

Start 1965

Survey Series: Multinational Time Budget Study

  • Countries (ISO 2): DE, DD, BG, CS, HU, YU, BE, FR, US, PL, PE, SU* / *only MRA
  • Period/Type: 1965/1966; singular
  • Method(s): Two-step random sampling; interviews plus self-recorded diary
  • Universe/Sample: (Sub-)Urban pop 18-65; n=800-2000
  • Topic(s): Time budget (daily activities): working time, domestic work, child care, purchasing goods and services, education and training, civic participation, entertainment, social life, passive leisure, primary activities
  • P.I. / Funding: A. Szalai Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest; Phillip J.Stone, Ph.J. Stone, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. (MRA) multi-institutional funding
  • Access: Data Archives: GESIS, Murray Research Archive (MRA)
  • Special Products/Services: Integrated data set, ISSC Workbook with training data set (GESIS);
    • A. Szalai, E. K. Scheuch, The Organizational History of the Multinational Comparative Time-Budget Research Project,
      In: A. Szalai (ed.), The Use of Time. Daily Activities of Urban and Suburban Populations in Twelve Countries. Mouton, The Hague, Paris, 1972, pp. 15-29;
    • The Multinational Time Use Study (MTUS) provides a gateway to replications of this classic comparative study and harmonised time use datasets collected in the early 1960s through the mid 1980s with common background variables and total time spent per day in 41 activities. The MTUS encompass over 60 datasets from 22 countries. More recent data are curently being incorporated.

Start 1966

Survey Series: Political Participation and Equality in Seven Nations

  • Countries (ISO 2): AT, IN, JP, NL, NG, US, YU
  • Period/Type: 1966-1971; singular; data collection at different dates by country
  • Method(s): Multistage probability sampling varied by country (US: multi-staged area probability sample with block quota techniques for final selection); face-to-face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: universe varying by country (nation or sub-national regions); n=1800-3000
  • Topic(s): Political participation in local and national affairs, attitudes towards political and social changes, interest in the political process
  • P.I. / Funding: Sidney Verba, Norman H. Nie, Jae-On Kim; NSF, Ford Foundation, Carnegie Corporation
  • Access: Data Archives: ICPSR
  • Special Products/Services: country datasets and comparative cross-national dataset, codebooks

Start 1967

Survey Series: Images of the World in the Year 2000

  • Countries (ISO 2): GB, CZ, ES, NL, NO, YU, FI, PL, IN, JP, DE
  • Period/Type: 1967-1970; singular; data collection at different dates by country
  • Method(s): Quota sampling; face-to-face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 15-40; n=500-1800; (elite sample in North India, n=300; additional university student sample for GB, n=334)
  • Topic(s): Attitudes towards the future and expected political, social and technical development, social mobility
  • P.I. / Funding: Johan Galtung et.al.; International Peace Research Institute, Oslo; European Coordination Centre for Research and Documentation in the Social Sciences, Vienna; country agencies
  • Access: Data Archives: UK-DA, GESIS
  • Special Products/Services: 11+2 country datasets

Start 1969

Survey Series: Reader’s Digest EURODATA - The Reader’s Digest Survey of Europe Today

  • Countries (ISO 2): EC: DE, IT, GB, FR, ES, NL, BE, PT, GR, DK, IE, LU EFTA: SE, AT, CH, FI, NO
  • Period/Type: 1969 and 1990; twice (GR only in 1990); forerunner 1963 in seven countries: “Products and People”
  • Method(s): Sampling varied by country; face-to-face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 18+; n= 500-2200
  • Topic(s): Life styles, consumer habits, well-being, socio cultural attitudes (work ethic, family relationships, social tolerance), attitudes on Europe
  • P.I. / Funding: Reader’s Digest Association, Inc.
  • Access: Data Archives: UK-DA, DANS, GESIS
  • Special Products/Services: 1963/1969: country datasets; 1990: integrated dataset and tabular report

Start 1970

Survey Series: European Communities Study / Standard Eurobarometer

European Commission DG Communication
  • European Commission
  • Archive Website
  • Countries (ISO 2): European Communities / European Union countries at times / *included in selected waves
    • 1970: BE, DE, FR, GB, IT, NL 1973: DK, IE, LU
    • 1975: Norther Ireland
    • 1980: GR
    • 1985: ES, PT
    • 1990: DE_W, DE_E, NO*
    • 1994: AU, FI, SE
    • 2004: CY, CZ, EE, HU, LV, LT, MT, PL, SI, SK, BG*, RO*, HR*, TR*, CY_TR*
    • 2007: MK*
  • Period/Type: ECS: 1970, 1971, 1973 EB: 1974 ff.; bi-annual, additional topical surveys
  • Method(s): Multistage random route probability sampling; country spec. variations including quota sampling up to 1989 (EB31); face to face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Cit 15+; n=1000 LU: 500 NIRL: 300 MT: 500 CY: 500
  • Special youth and elderly sample in selected waves
  • Topic(s): Base instrument: Monitoring the public opinion on European integration, institutions and politics, socio-political attitudes; changing topical modules: ...
  • P.I. / Funding: European Commission, Directorate-General X, Public Opinion Surveys and Research Unit (until 1999), DG Education and Culture, Citizens' Center - Analysis of Public Opinion (2000), DG Communication - Public Opinion Analysis Sector
  • Access: Data Archives: ICPSR, GESIS (temporary embargos, max. two years)
  • Special Products/Services: Integrated datasets and codebooks; cumulative trendfile for selected standard trends and codebook; ZACAT online Access: under development; European Comission reports

Start 1971

Survey Series: The European Voter

  • Countries (ISO 2): DK, DE, GB, NL, NO, SE
  • Period/Type: 1971-1998 1961-1998 1964-2001 1971-1998 1965-1997 1956-1998; ex-post harmonisation based on 68 national election study subsets
  • Method(s): Representative samples according to the respective election study
  • Universe/Sample: Pop voting age; n=1000-4000
  • Topic(s): Electoral changes: political interest and involvement, variables regarding parties, party and party leaders sympathy, political participation, left right positions, economy, values and ideology, national issues and voting, occupation and class
  • P.I. / Funding: Committee for Research into Elections and Representative Democracy (ICORE); national academic research institutes
  • Access: Data Archives: GESIS (including Access to the complete base studies)
  • Special Products/Services: Cumulative data sets; integrated data base tool for data and documentation retrieval and analysis (ZA CodebookExplorer); ICORE Inventory of National Election (Mochmann/ Oedegaard/Mauer, ZA,1995); Thomassen, Jacques (ed.): The European Voter, Oxford University Press, 2005

Start 1972

Survey Series: Scandinavian Welfare Survey

  • Countries (ISO 2): DK, FI, NO, SE
  • Period/Type: 1972; singular
  • Method(s): Multistage random sampling; face-to-face interview
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 15-64; n=1000
  • Topic(s): Living situation and quality of life, including social and political participation
  • P.I. / Funding: Erik Allardt and the Research Group for Comparative Sociology; National Research Councils
  • Access: Data Archives: DDA
  • Special Products/Services: Integrated data set, codebook

Start 1972

Survey Series: USIA World Survey 5-B Post-China-Visit-Study

  • Countries (ISO 2): DE, GB, FR, JP, PH, AU, IT
  • Period/Type: 1972; singular
  • Method(s): Face to face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 18+
  • Topic(s): Attitudes towards national and international affaires
  • P.I. / Funding: United States Information Agency
  • Access: Data Archives: GESIS
  • Special Products/Services:

Start 1973

Survey Series: Political Action I/II

  • Countries (ISO 2): GB, DE, NL, AT, US, IT, CH, FI
  • Period/Type: 1973/1981; twice plus panel; panel and replication only DE, NL, US
  • Method(s): Multistage random sampling plus parent-child pairs (country specific variations); face to face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 16+ n= 1200-1800 (+200); panel retention 40-65%
  • Topic(s): Extent and form of political participation, political orientation, post materialism, social and political attitudes and life satisfaction
  • P.I. / Funding: Klaus Allerbeck, Max Kaase, Hans-Dieter Klingemann et.al.; DFG, NSF, Volkswagen Foundation, Tilburg University
  • Access: Data Archives: GESIS
  • Special Products/Services: Integrated data sets, codebooks; ISSC Workbook Social Mobility with instructional data set; S. H. Barnes, M. Kaase et al., Political Action. Mass Participation in Five Western Democracies. Sage, Beverly Hills, London, 1979.

Start 1979

Survey Series: The Luxembourg Income Study - LIS

  • Countries (ISO 2): 30 countries / * planned for wave IV (2004/2005)
    • AU, AT, BE, CA CZ, DK, EE, FI, FR, DE, GR, HU, IE, IL, IT*, JP*, KO, LU, MX, NL, NO, PL, RO, RU, SK, SI, ES, SE, CH, TW, UK, US
  • Period/Type: 1979 ff., almost quinquennial; exact year, starting point and intervals depending on country; historical data bases 1967 ff.; project established in 1983
  • Method(s): * National income surveys, microcensus, household surveys or panels
  • Universe/Sample: households and their members
  • Topic(s): Income, demographic, labour market and expenditure information on three levels: household, person, child
  • P.I. / Funding: Membership based, non-profit cooperative research project; mainly funded by the national science and social science research foundations of its member countries; partnership with the University of Luxembourg.
  • Access: No direct Access: to micro data for data security reasons; requested statistics are provided via e-mail; user registration and with use commitment; free in member countries; commercial use strictly forbidden
  • Special Products/Services: Micro data harmonized and standardized for comparative research

Start 1979

Survey Series: European Election Studies 

  • Countries (ISO 2): European Union member countries at times: BE, DE, FR, GB, IT, NL, DK, IE, LU, GR, ES, PT, DE, AU, FI, SE
  • Period/Type: 1979 ff.; quinquennial; until 1994 in the context of the Eurobarometer
  • Method(s): Face to face; CATI
  • Universe/Sample: EU citiz. 15+ n=1000 (EB); EU citiz 18+ n=300 + (proportional to country size)
  • Topic(s): Electoral mobilisation, political legitimacy, representation, and communication in the EU (base instrument with modifications
  • P.I. / Funding: Cees van der Eijk, Mark Franklin, Michael Marsh, Hermann Schmitt et.al. (EES-Group); mixed funding: Volkswagen, EC, EP, ECF, DFG, PI home institutions)
  • Access: Data Archives: GESIS, DANS  and PIs
  • European Election Trend File 1989-2004 (-> trend file beta version)
  • Special Products/Services: Integrated and cumulative data sets for pre- and post election surveys; content analysis of party manifestos and newspapers; target group surveys (European Candidates 1994, Members of the European Parliament 1996)

Start 1980

Survey Series: Cross-National Equivalent File

  • Countries (ISO 2): GB, US, CA, DE
  • Period/Type: annual household panels; BHPS: 1991-2002 PSID: 1980-1997 1999, 2002; SLID: 1993-2002 GSOEP: 1984-2003; ex-post harmonisation
  • Method(s): Face-to-face, paper-and-pencil (mixed methodology)
  • Universe/Sample: Individuals and households; BHPS: 21,000/ 6,000 PSDI: 33,000/ 7,000 SLID: 95,000/ 32.000 GSOEP 20,000/ 6.000
  • Topic(s): Household composition, employment, earnings, health indicators
  • P.I. / Funding: Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University, Ithaca, in cooperation with national data producers; with funds from the National Institute on Aging Program Project
  • Access: Access: to anonymous micro data is provided free of charge to universities and research centers by the original data producers; use of the data is subject to special regulations
  • Special Products/Services: Comparative household panel data set based on subsets of:
    • Panel Study of Income Dynamics PSID ,
    • German Socio-Economic Panel GSOEP ,
    • the British Household Panel Study BHPS , and
    • the Canadian Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics SLID .

Start 1981

Survey Series: European Values Study (EVS)  -  World Values Survey (WVS)

 

  • Countries (ISO 2): approx. 80% of the world population:
  • EVS - participation adding up:
    • 1981: BE, DE-W, DK, ES, FR, GB, GB-NI, IE, IS, IT, MT, NL, SE
    • 1990: BG, BY, CH, CZ, DE-E, EE, FI, HU, LT, LV, NO, PL, PT, RO, RU, SI, SK
    • 1999: GR, HR, LU, TR, UA
    • 2008: AL, AM, AT, AZ, BA, CY, CY-TCC, GE, KV*, MD, ME, MK, RS (*FIPS code)
  • WVS - participation varying over time:
    • Africa: BF, DZ, CD, EG, ET, GH, MA, ML, NG, RW, UG, ZA, TZ, ZM, ZW
    • Asia: AM, AZ, BD, CN, GE, HK, IN, ID, IR, IL, IQ, JP, JO, KG, KR, MY, PH, PK, RU, SA, SG, TR, TW, VN
    • Australia: AU, NZ
    • N-America: CA, DO, GT, SV, MX, PR, US
    • S-America: AR, BR, CL, CO, PE, TT, UY, VE
    • Europe: AD, AL, BA, BG, BY, CH, CY, CZ, DE, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, HR, HU, IT, LT, LV, MD, MK, NL, NO, PL, RO, RS, RU, SE, SI, SK, TR, UA
  • Period/Type: almost decennial
    • EVS: 1981, 1990, 1999, 2008 
    • WVS: Wave1: 1981 (81-84), Wave2: 1990 (89-93), Wave3: 1995 (94-99), Wave4: 2000 (1999-2004), Wave5: 2005-2008
  • Method(s): Random and quota sampling (partial under-sampling); Face to face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 18+; n=300-4000
  • P.I. / Funding:
    • EVS: European Values Study Foundation and social scientists networks with local funding
    • WVS: World Values Survey Association and social scientists networks with local funding
  • Topic(s): Moral, religious, societal, political, economic and social attitudes, goals, beliefs and values; importance of leisure time, politics, religion, work, family, friends; morals and sexuality
  • Access:
  • Special Products/Services:
    • WVS: integrated and cumulative (1981-2004) data base with online analysis facility, data source books; R. Inglehart, Modernization and Postmodernization. Cultural, Economic and Political Change in 43 Societies. Princeton, N. J., 1997 - P. Ester, L. Halman, R. de Moor (eds.), The Individualizing Society. Value Change in Europe and North America. Tilburg University Press, Tilburg, 1993; Changing Values and Beliefs in 85 Countries, Trends from the Values Surveys from 1981 to 2004 (2007). Loek Halman, Ronald Inglehart, Jaime Díez-Medrano, Ruud Luijkx .
    • EVS: integrated datasets, cumulative dataset (forthcoming); online multi-language and trend documentation, online analysis; data source book; Atlas of European Values, (2005). Loek Halman, Ruud Luijkx and Marga van Zundert; The Cultural Diversity of European Unity, Findings, Explanations and Reflections from the European Values Study (2003). Wil Arts, Jacques Hagenaars and Loek Halman in collaboration with Wim van de Donk and Ton van Schaik. 

Start 1985

Survey Series: International Social Survey Program

  • Project website
  • Archive website
  • Countries (ISO 2): AR, AU, AT, BE (Flanders), BG, CA, CL, CN, CY, CZ, DK, DO, EE, FI, FR, DE, GB, HR, HU, IE, IL, IT, JP, LV, MX, NL, NZ, NO, PH, PL, PT, RU, SK, SI, ZA, KR, ES, SE, CH, TR, TW, UA, UY, US, VE
  • Period/Type: 1985 ff.; annual; started in six countries
  • Method(s): Prevailing multistage random sampling (variations by country); mail, written, oral or telephone interview
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 18+; n=1000-1500
  • Topic(s): Rotating topical modules: work orientations, social networks, social inequality, role of government, religion, national identity, family and changing gender roles, environment, citizenship, leisure time and sports, health (forthcoming 2011)
  • P.I. / Funding:
    • Self funding association on local membership basis
    • Secretariats (so far) : Roger Jowell, SCPR, London; Peter Ph. Mohler, ZUMA, Mannheim; Tom Smith, NORC, Chicago; ...
  • Access: : Data Archives: GESIS - ZACAT online Access
  • Special Products/Services: Integrated data sets, codebooks, national field work reports; online time series analysis through JD System ASEP/JDS

Start 1985

Survey Series: The Political Culture of Southern Europe: A Four Nation Study

  • Countries (ISO 2): GR, IT, PT, ES
  • Period/Type: 1985; singular
  • Method(s): Face to face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 18+
  • Topic(s): Political participation, political values, attitudes towards political institutions and parties
  • P.I. / Funding: Local university and research institutes and Ohio State University
  • Access: Data Archives: GESIS
  • Special Products/Services: Integrated dataset

Start 1989

Survey Series: International Crime Victim Survey - ICVS

 
  • See also: European Crime and Safety Survey (2005)
  • Countries (ISO 2): Up to 48 countries in one wave:
    • AL, AR, AU, AT, AZ, BY, BE, BO, BW, BR, BG, KH, CA, Catalonia, CZ, CN, CO, CR, HR, EG, England and Wales, EE, FI, FR, GE, DE_W, HU, IN, ID, IT, JP, KG, LV, LS, LT, MK, MT, MN, MZ, NA, NG, NL, NZ, Northern Ireland, NO, PA, PY, PH, PL, PT, KR, RO, RU, Scotland, SK, SI, ZA, ES, SZ, SE, CH, TZ, TN, UG, UA, US, YU, ZM, ZW
  • Period/Type: 1989, 1992, 1996/97, 2000, 2004/05; five waves
  • Method(s): Multi-stage random sampling; CATI and face to face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 16+; countrie's largest city, in some countries plus a rural or national sample); n=1000-2000 (+200)
  • Topic(s): Experience with crime, policing, crime prevention and feelings of un-safeness
  • P.I. / Funding: Jan J.M. van Dijk, Pat Mayhew, Anna Alvazzi del Frate, John van Kesteren et.al. (ICVS International Working Group); funded by participating countries and ad-hoc grants, European Commission, United Nations
  • Access: Data Archives: CPSR, DANS
  • Special Products/Services: Integratred data file 1989-97; free download of data, documentation, tables at UNICRI (United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute)

Start 1989

Survey Series: Free Elections, Political Parties and the Emergence of Competitive Party Systems in Eastern Europe / Founding Elections in Eastern Europe

  • Archive website
  • Countries (ISO 2): AL, BY, LV, LT, EE, BG, HR, RO, RU, CZ, HU, YU/CS, SK, SI, UA
  • Period/Type: 1989-2002; Pre-, post- election and other related independent national surveys at several time points
  • Method(s):
  • Universe/Sample:
  • Topic(s):
  • P.I. / Funding: Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB); financed by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation
  • Access: Data Archives: GESIS
  • Special Products/Services: CD-ROM "Election Studies from Eastern Europe 1989 - 2002 Data and Documentation"; H.-D. Klingemann, Ch. L. Taylor (eds.), Founding Elections in Eastern Europe. A Series Sponsored by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation. edition sigma, Rainer Bohn Verlag, Berlin, 1995

Start 1990

Survey Series: European Working Conditions Surveys - EWCS

  • Countries (ISO 2): European Union member (EU 25) plus candidate and EFTA
    • countries: BE, DE, FR, GB, IT, NL, DK, IE, LU, GR, ES, PT, DE_W, DE_E, AU, FI, SE, CY, CZ, EE, HU, LV, LT, MT, PL, SI, SK, BG, RO, TR, HR, NO, CH
  • Period/Type: 1990/91 ff.; every five years
  • Method(s): Multi-stange random route sampling; face-to-face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Active population of respective nationality 15+; n=1500, LU: 500
  • Topic(s): State of working conditions, extent and type of changes affecting the workforce and the quality of work, working time, work organisation, pay, work-related health risks and health outcomes, Access: to training
  • P.I. / Funding: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound)
  • Access: Data Archives: UK-DA
  • Special Products/Services: ESDS study guide

Start 1990

Survey Series: Post Communist Publics PCP
I) Post communist Citizens 1990-1992
II) Consolidation of Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe 1998-2001: A Fifteen Country Study

  • Countries (ISO 2):
    • Wave I+II: BG, CZ, SK, EE, DE-E, , HU, LT, PL, RO, SI, UA
    • Wave I: Krasnoyarsk
    • Wave II: BY, DE-W, LV, RU
  • Period/Type: Wave
    • I: 1990-1992 Wave
    • II: 1998-2001
  • Method(s): Country specific sampling procedurs (incl. quota sampling); face-to-face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 18+; Wave I: n= 300-1700 Wave II: n= 1000-1500
  • Topic(s): State of consolidation of new democracies: political culture, political and economic orientations
  • P.I. / Funding: Dieter Fuchs, Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Edeltraud Roller, Bernhard Wessels et.al.; Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB); DFG and other private and public funding bodies
  • Access: Data Archives: GESIS 
  • Special Products/Services: Cumulative integrated dataset 1990-2001 with codebook and ZACAT online access (ZA4054)

Start 1990/1991/1992

New Soviet Citizen Surveys

  • Countries (ISO 2): RU (west of the Ural mountains), UA, LT
  • Period/Type: three separate surveys
  • Method(s): Face to face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: citizens registered to vote; 1991 n=1800; 1992/1993 n=1400 (RU), 1000 (UA), 600 (LT)
  • Topic(s): peace, security and other donmestic problems facing new republics, monitoring institutional and political change and democratic reform, issues faced on a daily basis, including satisfaction with lives, economic status, and interest in politics
  • P.I. / Funding: Arthur H. Miller, William Reisinger, Vicki Hesli (Iowa Social Science Institute) / National Science Foundation
  • Access: Data Archives: ICPSR
  • Special Products/Services: Additional opinion leaders / elite survey in 1992

Start 1990

 

Survey Series: Central and Eastern Eurobarometer

European Commission DG Communication
  • European Commission
  • Archive Website
  • Countries (ISO 2):
    • Up to 20 countries of the region: AL, MK, SI, BG, RO, HU, CZ, SK, PO, DE-E, RU*, AM, GE, MD, BY, UA, EE, LT, LV, KZ, HR, CS
    • * European USSR, European Russia, Russian Federation, Greater Moscow
  • Period/Type: 1990-1997; annual
  • Method(s): Multistage random route probability sampling with country spec. variations; face to face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Cit 15+; n=1000
  • Topic(s): Evaluation of the democratic and economic reforms, perception of Europe and the European Community and its role in Eastern Europe, use of and trust in national and western media, attitudes towards NATO membership, knowledge of foreign languages
  • P.I. / Funding: European Commission, Directorate-General X, Public Opinion Surveys and Research Unit
  • Access: Data Archives: GESISZACAT online access
  • Special Products/Services: Integrated datasets and codebooks; cumulative trendfile and codebook; European Comission reports

Start 1991

Survey Series: Flash Eurobarometer 

European Commission DG Communication
  • European Commission
  • Archive Website
  • Countries (ISO 2): European Union countries at times: BE, DE, FR, GB, IT, NL, DK, IE, LU, Norther Ireland, GR, ES, PT, DE_W, DE_E
    • 1994: AU, FI, SE
    • 2004: CY, CZ, EE, HU, LV, LT, MT, PL, SI, SK
    • IS*, NO*, US* *included in selected waves
  • Period/Type: 1987/1991 ff.; irregular; 1994-1995: Monthly monitors
  • Method(s): random selections; telephone interviews (CATI)
  • Universe/Sample: Population: Cit 15+; n=500 Special Targets: top decision makers, manager, doctors, teacher, ...
  • Topic(s): Thematical ad-hoc surveys on European integration topics such as: European Elections, European Constitution, citizens rights, single market, common currency, enlargement, information society (Internet), entrepreneurship, enterprises ...
  • P.I. / Funding: European Commission, Directorate-General X, Public Opinion Surveys and Research Unit (until 1999), DG Education and Culture, Citizens' Center - Analysis of Public Opinion (2000), DG Communication - Public Opinion Analysis Sector
  • Access: Data Archives: GESIS
  • Special Products/Services: European Comission reports

Start 1991

Survey Series: International Social Justice Project (ISJP)

  • Countries (ISO 2): BG*, CZ*, DE*, EE*, GB, HU*, JP, NL*, PL, RU*, SI, US, SK** * only 1st wave ** only 2nd wave
  • Period/Type: 1991 and 1996; replication
  • Method(s): Nat. probability sample with varied strategies by country; Personal interviews (USA: Telephone)
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 18+; n=1500
  • Topic(s): social, economic and political justice
  • P.I. / Funding: Bernd Wegener, David S. Mason; National Science Foudation (NSF) and other funding agencies in participating countries
  • Access: Data Archives: ICPSR, GESIS
  • Special Products/Services: cumulative data set; country specific methodological reports

Start 1991

Survey Series: New Europe Barometer

 
  • New Democracies Barometer
  • New Russia Barometer
  • New Baltic Barometer
  • Korea Democracy Barometer
  • http://www.cspp.strath.ac.uk/
  • http://www.BalticVoices.org
      
  • Countries (ISO 2): BG, CZ, SK, SI, HU, EE, LV, LT, PL, RO, HR, CS, BA, BY, UA, MD, AT*, DE*; RU; EE, LV, LT; KR * for comparison
  • Period/Type: 1991 ff.; irregular; in total over 100 surveys
  • Method(s): Random sampling; face to face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Pop; n= at least 1000
  • Topic(s): Societies in transformation: Democratization and Development, Economic Enterprise and Privatization, Health, Parties and Elections, Poverty and Social Protection, Social Capital
  • P.I. / Funding: Richard Rose, University of Strathclyde. Centre for the Study of Public Policy CSPP; international and national funding (Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research, EC, World Bank, NSF, and others)
  • Access: Data Archives: UK-DA (New Europe Barometer 1-6); all other analysis files for academic research 150 € per wave and country (average)
  • Special Products/Services: On-line retrieval and analysis system (forthcoming)

Start 1991

Survey Series: The Pulse of Europe

 
  • See also: Pew Global Attitudes Survey (2002)
  • Countries (ISO 2): FR, GB, IT, ES, DE-W, DE-E, CZ, HU, PL, BG**, RU*, UA, LT *European Russia ** data not yet in the archive
  • Period/Type: 1991; singular
  • Method(s): Random sampling; face-to-face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Adult pop; n=500-1500
  • Topic(s): Current situation in life and political and econ. development of the country in times of economic and social upheaval (Common core and additional country specific questions)
  • P.I. / Funding: Donald S. Kellermann, Times Mirror Center for The People & The Press, Washington, DC
  • Access: Data Archives: GESIS
  • Special Products/Services: Single country data sets; comprehensive report: Times Mirror Center For The People & The Press (1991): The Pulse of Europe. A Survey of Political and Social Values. Washington (self published).

Start 1991

Survey Series: Population Policy Acceptance Study, PPAS

 
  • See also: PPAS website
  • Countries (ISO 2): AT, BE (2000: Flanders), CZ, DE, HU, IT, NL; (1991 only:) ES, CH; (2000 only:) CY, EE, FI, LT, PL, RO, SI
  • Period/Type: 1991 and 2000
  • Method(s): multi-stage, random (probability) sampling design
  • Universe/Sample: national population aged 20-65; sample size between n=1100 (CY) and n=4500 (PL)
  • Topic(s): European attitudes and opinions concerning demographic changes, demographic behaviours and population related policies; European’s practices, attitudes and opinions concerning demographic changes, fertility behaviour, intergenerational exchange of resources and services, and population related policies. The study aims to analyse values and attitudes affecting fertility decisions, perception of advantages and disadvantages of having children, meaning of family and parenthood, aspirations in life, opinions and attitudes towards population policy issues and measures, role of government in providing support to families and preferences and aspirations regarding gender roles, paid labour and family life.
  • P.I. / Funding: Charlotte Höhn (Management and Coordination workpackage leader), Federal Institute for Population Research, Germany, E-mail: bib-ppa@destatis.de
  • Access: Data Archives: GESIS (data for Germany West and East)
  • Special Products/Services: Integrated harmonised analysis data set available on CD-ROM attached to: Hoehn, Charlotte; Avramov, Dragana; Kotowska, Irena (eds.) (2008). People, Population Change and Policies. Lessons from the Population Policy Acceptance Study Vol.2: Demographic Knowledge - Gender - Ageing. Springer . Questionnaires available throughPPAS project website; result reports.

Start 1991

Survey Series: Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP)

  • Project Website
  • Countries (ISO 2): BO, CO, CR, DO, EC, SV, GT, HN, MX, NI, PA, PY, PE; MG
  • Period/Type: 1991 ff.; irregular (41 surveys up to 2005)
  • Method(s): Multi-stage random sampling
  • Universe/Sample: Adult pop.; n=1500-3000; over-sampling optional in each political context
  • Topic(s): citizen views on system support, political tolerance, citizen participation, local government, corruption, and views on authoritarianism
  • P.I. / Funding: Mitchell A. Seligson, Latin American Public Opinion Project, Vanderbilt University; Partly supported by United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
  • Access: Analysis files for certificated academic research through the Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University
  • Special Products/Services: Project website with survey descriptions, reports and online analysis

Start 1993

Survey Series: Social Change in Baltic Countries

  • Countries (ISO 2): EE, LV, LT
  • Period/Type: 1993; singular
  • Method(s): Face to face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 15+ / 18-65; n=1500
  • Topic(s): Work and working life, social problems, political and economic transformation
  • P.I. / Funding: University of Tampere, Department of Sociology and Social Psychology
  • Access: Data Archives: FSD
  • Special Products/Services: Integrated data file

Start 1993

Survey Series: Values and Political Change in Post-Communist Europe

  • Countries (ISO 2): CZ, SK, HU, UA, RU
  • Period/Type: 1993-1994; singular
  • Method(s): Face to face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: general public + members of Parliament
  • Topic(s): Political change and political values
  • P.I. / Funding: University of Glasgow, Department of Politics; Economic and Social Research Council
  • Access: Data Archives: UK-DA
  • Special Products/Services:

Start 1993

Survey Series: Social Stratification in Eastern Europe since 1989

  • Archive website
  • Countries (ISO 2): BG, CZ, SK, HU, PL, RU
  • Period/Type: 1993-1994; singular
  • Method(s): Three-stage stratified random sampling; Face to face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 20-69 (RU: 20-79; HU: 18+); n=5000 (PL incl. Warsaw over-sample)
  • Topic(s): household composition, social promotion, educational history, job history, self-employment, political participation, part-time economic activities, household chores, income and property, residential history, housing situation, material consumption, life style, ancestry and religion
  • P.I. / Funding: Ivan Szelenyi Donald J. Treiman, University of California; Eastern European Group, Dept. of Sociology, UCLA; funded by U.S. NSF, U.S. National Council for Soviet and Eastern European Research and other private and public funding bodies
  • Access: Data Archives: SDA
  • Special Products/Services: Integrated dataset with online codebook, study design report and data Access

Start 1993

Survey Series: The Transformation Process in Hungary, Poland, in the Czech and Slovak Republic

  • Countries (ISO 2): HU, PL, CZ, SK
  • Period/Type: 1993-1995; singular (data collection at different times)
  • Method(s): Multi-stage stratified random; face-to-face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 18+ (HU), 14+ (CZ, SK) 15+ (PL); n=1000 (SK 500)
  • Topic(s): Attitudes towards market economy and political reforms (democracy), economic and financial situation, value orientations, voting preference
  • P.I. / Funding: H.P. Haarland, H.-J. Niessen, W. Franzen, W. Uellner, Office for Empirical Research and Social Economics, Cologne; Otto-Wolff-Stiftung; Margarete und Johann Ley-Stiftung
  • Access: Data Archives: GESIS
  • Special Products/Services: Integrated data set with codebook; Complementary business surveys in Poland (1993) Slovakia/Czech Republic (1994) and Hungary (1995)

Start 1994

Survey Series: NORBALT I and II Living Conditions in the Baltic Countries

  • Countries (ISO 2): EE, LV, LT
  • Period/Type: 1994 and 1999
  • Method(s): Two-stage stratified cluster samples based on public population registers; houshold and individual part questionnaires (1999)
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 18+ (individual part); n=5.000 (EE), 3000 (LV), 2800 (LT); in total about 30.000 individuals (1999)
  • Topic(s): Living conditions: poverty and economic resources, housing and residential environment, communication technology, education, the labour market (unemployment, working conditions), social integration (membership), health and mental health, crime and security; NACE and ISCO-88 occupation codes
  • P.I. / Funding: Fafo (Institute for Applied Social Science, Oslo) project funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Norwegian Research Council
  • Access: Tabulation reports, summary report, extensive national reports with detailed technical description and questionnaire available through the project website
  • Access to primary data (1999): Data Archives: GESIS - ZACAT  online Access
  • Special Products/Services:

Start 1994

Survey Series: International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) / Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey (ALL)

  • Countries (ISO 2): CA, NL, CH, DE, PL, US, IE, SE
    • Added 1996: AU, GB, NIRL, BE (Flemish), NZ
    • Added 1998: CL, FI, NO, CZ, HU, SI, DK, IT, CH (Italian speaking)
    • 2003: IT, NO, CH, BM, CA, US
  • Period/Type: IALS: 1994/1996/1998 - ALL: 2003
  • Method(s): Face-to-face interviews (background questionnaire and written assessment of skills)
  • Universe/Sample: Nationally representative samples of the adult population ages 15-65; n=1500-8000 / n=3420 (US 2003)
  • Topic(s): Background questions to collect general participant information like demographic details and work history; assessments of the skills of participants in Prose Literacy, Document Literacy, and Quantitative Literacy.
  • P.I. / Funding: Statistics Canada and OECD with national partners (in total nine governments and three intergovernmental organizations)
  • Access:
  • Special Products/Services:

Start 1994

Survey Series: East Asia Barometer  EABS -  A Comparative Survey of Democratization and Value Change in East Asia 

East Asis Barometer Surveys
  • See also: Asian Barometer Survey (2001)
  • Countries (ISO 2):  Up to six countries: TW, CN, HK, KR, PH, TH; time series for 4 countries
  • Period/Type: 1994 ff.; 2-8 year intervals depending on the country; in 2001 taken up by the Asian Barometer
  • Method(s): Face to face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Pop; n=800-3200
  • Topic(s): trust in institutions, traditionalism, political participation, social capital, electoral mobilization, democratic and authoritarian values, democratization, regime evaluation, democratic legitimacy
  • P.I. / Funding: National Taiwan University, Department of Political Science (et. al.)
  • Access:
  • Special Products/Services:

Start 1995

Survey Series: Latinobarometer

  

Global Barometer Surveys

  • See also: Global Barometer Network 
  • Countries (ISO 2): BO, CR, SV, EC, GT, HN, MX, NI, PA, PE, UY, AR, BR, VE, CL, CO, PY, EC, SV, DO, ES* / * not in 1999, 2000
  • Period/Type: 1995 ff.; annual (except 1999)
  • Method(s): Multi-stage random sampling, in most countries combined with quotas sampling for sex and age (education) in the 3r stage; face-to-face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Nat pop*; N=1000-1200; BO up to 1998: 800; PY up to 2004: 600, ES 2500; * urban population only in CL (until 2004), CO (until 1999), PY (until 2004)
  • Topic(s): Standard programme plus topics of special interest: democracy, institutions, law and constitution, politics, political parties, participation, poverty, international relations trust between countries, value, communication media, social capital, economy, trade, foreign investment, ... plus current affairs
  • P.I. / Funding: Marta Lagos, Corporación Latino-barómetro (private non-profit organisation; initial public support by EC, UNDP, IDB
  • Access:
    • Download via project website (all waves; free of charge up to 2005)
    • Online analysis and download 1995-2005 at ASEP-JDS for subscribers only
    • Data archives: CIS (data for SPAIN only!)
    • Libraries, universities, or educational institutions have to buy an educational centre license. The educational license has a fixed price of 1000€ per year and implies an unlimited number of downloads of all Latinobarómetro files from the institution's IPs. Contact: asep.jds@jdsurvey.net
    • Guests of the GESIS RDC International Survey Programmes get free on-site access to ALL available Latinobarmeter analysis datasets at the GESIS locations in Cologne, Mannheim or Berlin
  • Special Products/Services: Online data analysis, comprehensive data reports

Start 1995

Survey Series: Social Consequences of Transition

  • Countries (ISO 2): CZ, HU, PL, SK, DE-E
  • Period/Type: 1995; Singular, CZ: 3 waves
  • Method(s): Random probability sampling methods; Face-to-face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Adult pop; N= 1000
  • Topic(s): everyday processes of the transition, including its impact on people's ways of life, how people cope with new challenges, what difficulties people have in adjusting to new institutions, how their values change or remain the same, and the relationship of these processes to changing social policies
  • P.I. / Funding: Project “Social Costs of Economic Transformation” (SOCO) initiated and coordinated by the Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna
  • Access: Data Archives: SDA
  • Special Products/Services: Integrated dataset with codebook

Start 1996

Survey Series: Comparative Study of Electoral Systems  

  • Countries (ISO 2):
    • AU, BY, BE, CA, CL, CZ, DK, DE, GB, HK, HU, IS, IL, JP, KR, LT, MX, NL, NZ, NO, PE, PL, PT, RO, RU, SI, ES, SE, CH, TW, TH, UA, US, BG, FR, IE (planned over 50 countries)
  • Period/Type: 1st 1996-2001, 2nd 2001-2005; by modules (common module of survey questions in their post-election studies)
  • Method(s): personal interviews, phone interviews, and mail back questionnaires
  • Universe/Sample: age-eligible citizens, or citizens of voting age of collaborating countries
  • Topic(s): electoral behaviour, social and political cleavages, evaluation of democratic institutions
  • P.I. / Funding: International Committee for Research into Elections and Representative Democracy ICORE; National Science Foundation
  • Access: Project website at ICPSR - Online analysis via JD System at ASEP-JDS
  • Special Products/Services:
    • micro level data complemented with district level data for each respondent, including electoral returns, turnout, and the number of candidates; macro level data reporting aggregate electoral returns, electoral rules and formulas, and regime characteristics; ICORE Newsletter; free data download
    • E. Mochmann, I. Oedegaard, R. Mauer, Inventory of National Election Studies in Europe 1945-1995: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, The Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. Bergisch-Gladbach, 1998

Start 1996

Survey Series: Coping with Government in the FSU / ECE  - Former Soviet Union / Economic Commission for Europe

  • Countries (ISO 2): BG, CZ, SK, UA
  • Period/Type: 1996-1998; singular
  • Method(s): Face-to-face interview; focus group discussions
  • Universe/Sample: Adult Pop. + selected ethnic minorities; n= 1000 -1900; officials, n=300 -400
  • Topic(s): Government and political systems, societies in transformation
  • P.I. / Funding: W.L. Miller, A.B. Grodeland (University of Glasgow, Department of Politics), T.Y. Koshechkina (Ukrainian Surveys and Marketing); Grants: Overseas Development Administration and Economic and Social Research Council
  • Access: Data Archives: UK-DA
  • Special Products/Services: Survey data complemented by focus group transcripts and in-depth interview summaries

Start 1997

Survey Series: East Asian Social Survey 1997

  • Countries (ISO 2): CN, KR, TW (=Taiwan Social Change Survey 1996)
  • Period/Type: 1996-1997; singular (follow-up project started in 2006: EASS)
  • Method(s): CN: purposive sample of coastal regions (one large and one medium size city in each of three regions: Northeast, East, and South China, and then used probability sampling through subsequent levels; KR: population-weighted probability samples from 271 primary sampling units; TW:
  • Universe/Sample: Adult residents (CN: 20-65; KR: 25-60; TW: ); CN: n=3013; KR: n=3570 (incl. oversample of small business, sales and service workers); TW: n=2831
  • Topic(s): Work conditions, Family, Civil Society
  • P.I. / Funding: Shen Chonglin, Chen Yingying, and Zhe Xiaoye (Sociology Institute, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), Chiu Hei-yuan (Sociology Institute, Academia Sinica, Taiwan), Yong-hak Kim (Yonsei University, S. Korea), and William L. Parish and Mary C. Brinton (University of Chicago) / Academia Sinica, Taiwan, and the National Science Foundation
  • Access: Access via project website for research purposes only.
  • Special Products/Services: Project website with country by country methodological information and online data download (TW: online access under construction)

Start 1997

Survey Series: New Departures: Religion and Attitudes toward Church in Eastern (Central) Europe - International Research on Religion and Attitudes toward Church

  • Countries (ISO 2): DE-E, HR, LT, PL, RO, SK, SI, CZ, UA, HU
  • Period/Type: 1997-1998; singular
  • Method(s): Multi-stage random sampling with differences by country; face-to-face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Adult residents (upper age limit in some countries); n=1000
  • Topic(s): Media use, quality of life, attitudes towards church, religion, Christianity, god and the bible, superstition, national pride, party preferences
  • P.I. / Funding: Paul M. Zulehner, András Máté-Tóth; Pastoral Forum, Vienna
  • Access: Access restricted to founding agency and research group: ADP
  • Special Products/Services: Integrated data set with codebook

Start 1997

Survey Series: Transition Barometer

  • Countries (ISO 2): PL, CZ, HU, RU
  • Period/Type: 1997-2000; singular
  • Method(s): Multi-stage stratified random sample; face-to-face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 16+; n=1000, RU: n=2400
  • Topic(s): Attitudes towards market economy and political reforms (democracy), economic and financial situation, value orientations
  • P.I. / Funding: H. P. Haarland, H.-J. Niessen, et.al., Office for Empirical Research and Social Economics, Cologne
  • Access: Data Archives: GESIS 1st wave, others forthcoming
  • Special Products/Services: Integrated data set; additional business surveys

Start 1998

Survey Series: People on war

  • Archive website
  • Countries (ISO 2): Conflict regions: IL*, AF, BA, KH, CO, SV, GE-Abkhazia, LB, NG, PH, SO, ZA; UN S.C. members: FR, GB, RU, US; and CH / * and occupied territories
  • Period/Type: 1998/99; singular
  • Method(s): stratified, multistage cluster sampling method; face-to-face interviews; standardised plus in-depth interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 18+; n= 1000- 1500; plus focus groups
  • Topic(s): war experiences, attitudes and expectations towards rules in war, prohibited weapons, child-soldiers, women in war, knowledge of the Geneva Conventions, role of international organizations; civil protection, concept of crimes of war
  • P.I. / Funding: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
  • Access: Data Archives: FORS-DARIS (Swiss Foundation for Research in Social Sciences - Data and Research Information Services; until 2007 SIDOS)
  • Special Products/Services: Integrated data sets and codebooks for conflict and other countries separately

Start 1999

Survey Series: Afrobarometer

Afrobarometer
       

Global Barometer Surveys

  • See also: Global Barometer Network 
  • Countries (ISO 2): up to 18 countries: BJ, BW, CV, GH, KE, LS, MG, MW, ML, MZ, NA, NG, SN, ZA, TZ, UG, ZW, ZW
  • Period/Type: 1999 ff.
  • Method(s): Multistage area probability sample; face to face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: cit 18+ (voting age); n=1200 / 2400 (in extremely heterogeneous societies
  • Topic(s): democracy, governance, livelihoods, economics, social capital, conflict and crime, political participation , national identity; special focus on developing societies
  • P.I. / Funding: IDASA, CDD-Ghana, MSU, and others independent public and private research institutes; grants from national and international political and development institutions
  • Access: Project website and data archives: ICPSR (two years embargo)  - Online analysis via JD System at ASEP-JDS
  • Special Products/Services: Trend data, 12-country integrated data set with codebook for the 1st round ???

Start 1999

Survey Series: Eurobarometers in Switzerland

  • Replaced by: MOSAiCH Measurement and Observation of Social Attitudes in Switzerland will continue a few questions
  • Countries (ISO 2): CH
  • Period/Type: 1999-2003; annual subsets of standard Eurobarometer questionnaires; MOSAiCH: 2005 ff.; biennial
  • Method(s): Multistage random route probability sampling; face to face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Cit 15+; n=1000 ; MOSAiCH: Cit 17+; n=1000
  • Topic(s):
    • Selected topical modules from standard Eurobarometer adapted to the situation in Switzerland: trust in institutions, environment, immigrants, information society, genetic enegeneering, science and technology, family and partnership ...
    • Swiss ISSP modules are included intermittently.
    • MOSAiCH only continues a few questions on Swiss EU membership issues.
  • P.I. / Funding: Service suisse d'information et d'archivage de données pour les sciences sociales (SIDOS); initiated by the research program "Switzerland Towards the Future"; European Commission, Swiss National Sience Foundation
  • Access: Data Archives: FORS-DARIS (Swiss Foundation for Research in Social Sciences - Data and Research Information Services; until 2007 SIDOS)
  • Special Products/Services: Integrated datasets and codebooks; cumulative dataset 1999-2003 including EU15 countries; NESSTAR online Access

Start 2000

Survey Series: EU Accession Opinion Survey

  • Countries (ISO 2): SI, BG, CZ, EE, HU, LV, LT, SK, TR, PL, RO
  • Period/Type: 2000; singular
  • Method(s): Face-to-face interviews, SI: telephone
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 18+; n=1000, TR: 2000
  • Topic(s): interest in EU Accession; voting in a hypothetical referendum on EU Access: ion; expectation of the data of EU Access: ion; Readiness for EU Access: ion; personal EU opportunities
  • P.I. / Funding: Rudi Tavčar, Gral-Iteo - Marketing Research Ltd, self-funding
  • Access: Data archives: ADP
  • Special Products/Services: Integrated data set; NESSTAR online Access:

Start 2000

Survey Series: Asia Europe Survey: A Multinational Comparative Study in 18 Countries (ASES)

  • Countries (ISO 2):
    • East and Southeast Asia: JP, KR, CN, TW, SG, MY, ID, TH, PH
    • Western Europe: GB, IE, FR, DE, SE, IT, ES, PT, GR
  • Period/Type: 10-12/2000; singular
  • Method(s): multi-stratified random cluster sampling (country specific deviations); face to face interviews
    • CN: probability proportionate sample;
    • GB, FR, PT: Quota sampling ;
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 18-79; n=800;
    • CN: eight cities;
    • ID: Java;
    • MY: Malay peninsula ;
    • GB: excluding Northern Ireland
  • Topic(s): Rise of civil society and the deepening of globalization: identity, trust, satisfaction, beliefs and actions, socio-economic attributes
  • P.I. / Funding: Takashi Inoguchi, Institute of Oriental Culture at the University of Tokyo; Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science and Technology
  • Access: Data available through the ICPSR, and the SSJD, University of Tokyo
  • Special Products/Services: Project Website; national field work reports; publication: Jean Blondel, Takashi Inoguchi (2006): Political Cultures in Asia and Europe: Citizens, States and Societal Values. Routledge. (Politics in Asia Series)

Start 2001

Survey Series: Asian Barometer Survey ABS 

Asian Barometer
 

Global Barometer Surveys

  • See also:
    • East Asia Barometer (started 1994)
    • Global Barometer Network
  • Countries (ISO 2):
    • 1st wave TW, HK, KR, PH, TH, JP, CN, MN;
    • 2nd wave added: ID, SG, VN, KH, MY, BD, IN, LK, PK, NP
  • Period/Type:
    • 1st wave 2001-2003;
    • 2nd wave 2005-2008
  • Method(s): Face to face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Adult, voting-age population; n=1200
  • Topic(s): economic evaluation, trust in institutions, traditionalism, political participation, social capital, electoral mobilization, democratic and authoritarian values, democratization, regime evaluation, democratic legitimacy, ideological cleavage
  • P.I. / Funding: National Taiwan University, Department of Political Science (et. al.)
  • Access: through
    • ABS website for academic research, education, policy-oriented analysis, or pre-approved purpose
    • Online data analysis via JD System at ASEP-JDS for subscribers only
  • Special Products/Services:

Start 2001

Survey Series: Global Barometer Surveys (GBS)  


 

Global Barometer Surveys
  • Ex-post integration of a common module of questions contained in the following regional barometer surveys:
    • Latinobarometer (started 1995)
    • Afrobarometer (started 1999)
    • Asian Barometer (started 2001)
    • Arab Barometer (started 2007)
  • Countries (ISO 2): three continents, more than 48% of the world’s population: Africa, East and South Asia, Central and South America, and the Middle East
    • Round 1: Round 1: DZ, AR, BD, BJ, BO, BW, BR, CV, CO, CR, CL, EC, SV, GH, GT, HN, IN, ID, JP, JO, KE, KW, LB, LS, MG, MW, ML, MX, MN, MA, MZ, NA, NP, NI, NG, PS, PK, PA, PY, PE, PH, KR, SN, SG, ZA, LK, TW, TH, UG, TZ, UY, VE, VN, ZM, ZW
  • Period/Type:
    • Round 1: 2001-2006 (ex-post integration)
  • Method(s): Face to face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 18+; n=1000+  
  • Topic(s): economic evaluation, trust in institutions, security, political participation, social capital, electoral mobilization, democratic and authoritarian values, democratization, regime evaluation, democratic legitimacy, ideological cleavage
  • P.I. / Funding: Globalbarometer Network
  • Access:
  • Special Products/Services: Network website: online data analysis, download of integrated individual level data file, technical information by country, working papers, reports

Start 2001

Survey Series: Candidate Countries Eurobarometer 

European Commission DG Communication
  • European Commission
  • Archive Website
  • Countries (ISO 2): CY, CZ, EE, HU, LV, LT, MT, PL, SI, SK, BG, RO, TR
  • Period/Type: 2001-2004; pilot study 1999/2000; bi-annual, additional topical surveys
  • Method(s): Multistage random route probability sampling; face to face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Cit 15+; n=1000 MT: 500 CY: 500; special youth sample in 2003
  • Topic(s): Base instrument: Monitoring the public opinion on European integration, institutions and politics, socio-political attitudes; changing topical modules: quality of life, social exclusion, family topics, unemployment and quality of work, time usage, science and technology, agriculture, immigration, information society, globalisation, health care ...
  • P.I. / Funding: European Commission, DG Communication - Public Opinion Analysis Sector
  • Access: Data Archives: GESIS - ZACAT  online Access
  • Special Products/Services:
  • Integrated datasets with codebooks; European Comission reports

Start 2001

Survey Series: EU Index 2001-2002

  • Countries (ISO 2): SI, BG, HR, CZ, CY, EE, HU, LV, LT, MT, PL, RO, SK, TR
  • Period/Type: 2001-2002; three waves
  • Method(s): Representative samples except for Turkey; face-to.-face interviews, TR: telephone
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 18+; n=1000 per wave (MT, CY: 300)
  • Topic(s): confidence in the European Union, readiness to join and the economic expectations following EU Access: ion, referendum on EU Access: ion
  • P.I. / Funding: Rudi Tavčar , Gral-Iteo - Marketing Research Ltd., self-funding
  • Access: Data archives: ADP
  • Special Products/Services: Cumulative data set; NESSTAR online Access:

Start 2001

Survey Series: Political Culture in Central and Eastern Europe (PCE) / Political Culture and Democratic Values in New Democracies (PCND)

  • Project website
  • Countries (ISO 2): AL, BG, CZ, EE, DE-E, HU, PL, RO, RU, SK, SI / DE-W, ES, GR
  • Period/Type: 2000 (PCE); 2002 (PCND)
  • Method(s): Multistage random sampling, quota sampling (AL, CZ, GR); Face-to-face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 18+ / PL: 15+; n=1000-1500
  • Topic(s): Political culture and European integration: economic, social and political attitudes and values, attitudes towards democracy and market economy, political behaviour and support, attitudes towards the EU
  • P.I. / Funding: Detlef Pollack, European University Viadrina, Chair for Comparative Sociology of Culture; European Commission 5th Framework Programme, VolkswagenStiftung, DFG
  • Access: Data Archives: GESIS  (forthcoming)
  • Special Products/Services: Cumulative integrated data set with codebook

Start 2001

Survey Series: E-LIVING: Life in Digital Europe

  • Project website

  • Countries (ISO 2): NO, GB, DE, IT, BG, IL
  • Period/Type: 2001/2002; two wave household panel
  • Method(s): random digit dialling (BG: multistage random); CATI, face-to- face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 18+; Wave 1: n=1700, Wave 2: n=1100, plus partners n=400
  • Topic(s): Use of information and communication technologies, social capital, social networks, quality of life, working conditions, employment and educational experiences
  • P.I. / Funding: E-Living Project Consortium; European Commission, FP5 IST Programme
  • Access: Data Archives: UK-DA
  • Special Products/Services: Detailed country specific methodological report

Start 2002

Survey Series: European Social Survey 

ESS
  • Project website

  • Archive website

  • Countries (ISO 2):
    • AT, BE, CZ, DK, FI, FR, DE, GR, HU, IE, IL, IT, LU, NL, NO, PL, PT, SI, ES, SE, CH, GB
    • 2004 (new:): EE, IS, SK, UA
    • 2006 (new): BG, CY, LV, RO, RU
    • 2008 (new): CZ, GR, HR, LT
  • Period/Type: 2002 ff.; biennial
  • Method(s): Multistage probability sampling with national adaptations; face to face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 15+; n=2000
  • Topic(s): Long term international social monitoring - Core module: citizenship and governance, political and social participation, social capital, political culture, socio-polit. orientations, moral, political and social values, immigration, social exclusion, national, ethnic and religious allegiances; well-being; two rotating modules: human values, family, work and well-being ...
  • P.I. / Funding: Roger Jowell, Centre for Comparative Social Surveys, City University, UK; ESF, EC 5th and 6th framework program, national academic funding bodies
  • Access: Free Access through dedicated archive website: NSD
  • Special Products/Services: Extensive methodological, data appraisal, and context information; national field work reports; online retrieval, variable level documentation, analysis and download system (NESSTAR)

Start 2002

Survey Series: Transatlantic Trend Survey   TTS (Worldviews)

Transatlantic Trends
  • Countries (ISO 2):
    • DE, FR, GB, IT, NL, PL, US
    • 2003 ff.: PT
    • 2004 ff.: ES, SK, TR
    • 2006 ff.: BG, RO
  • Period/Type: 2002 ff.; annual
  • Method(s): Random-digit dialling sample; CATI (except PL)
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 18+; n=1000
  • Topic(s): Opinions on world affaires, foreign politics, conflicts, and international events; focus on immigration issues in 2008 and 2009
  • P.I. / Funding: Pierangelo Isernia, Center for the Study of Political Change, University of Siena / German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF); Compagnia di San Paolo (Turin), Luso-American Foundation; Chicago Council on Foreign Relations (CCFR)
  • Access: Data Archives: ICPSR, Roper Center, GESIS
  • Special Products/Services: Codebooks; cumulative file (forthcoming); parallel European Elites Survey  in nine EU member states (Members of the European Parliament and top-level EU officials)

Start 2002

Survey Series: East Asia Value Survey

  • Countries (ISO 2):
    • 2002: JP, CN* / * Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong
    • 2003: TW, KR
    • 2004: SG
  • Period/Type: 2002-2004; singular
  • Method(s): Face-to-face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Social attitudes and values, interpersonal trust, trust in social institutions, … (including items comparable to GSS and WVS items)
  • Topic(s): Hing-po LO; Department of of Management Sciences, City University of Hongkong;
  • Ryozo Yoshino, Institute of Statistical Mathematics (ISM), Tokyo; Renmin University of China in Beijing, and other collaborators; Funds by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan
  • P.I. / Funding:
  • Access:
  • Special Products/Services: online service under construction

Start 2002

Survey Series: The Pew Global Attitudes Survey

  • Countries (ISO 2): in total 54 countries; international comparative surveys with six to 44 participating countries
  • Period/Type: 2002 ff.
  • Method(s): probabilty samples; face-to-face and telephone interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 18+ (representativity depending on countries); n= 500-3000
  • Topic(s): assessments of own lives, views about the current state of the world and important issues of the day, attitudes toward democracy, attitudes about terrorism, intersection between the Islamic faith and public policy in countries with significant Muslim populations, attitudes toward the United States
  • P.I. / Funding: Pew Research Center; The Pew Cheritable Trusts
  • Access: Data and documentation download after registration via project website
  • Special Products/Services: Reports

Start 2002

Survey Series: The Voice of the People

  • Countries (ISO 2): up to 67 countries:
    • Africa: CM, EG, ET, GH, IL, KE, NG, SN, ZA, TG,
    • Asia: HK, IN, ID, JP, MY, PK, PH, SG, KR, TW, TH, TR, VN
    • N-America: CA, CR, DO, GT, MX, NI, PA, US
    • S-America: AR, BO, CO, EC, PY, PE, UY, VE
    • Europe: AT, BA, BG, HR, CZ, DK, FI, FR, DE, GB, GR, IS, IS, IE, IT, (CS), LT, LU, MK, MD, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RU, RS, ES, CH, UA
  • Period/Type: 2002 ff.; annual
  • Method(s): [...]; Interview method country specific: face-to-face, telephone, web-survey, self-completed
  • Universe/Sample: nat. pop. 18+ (variations if required by research conditions, e.g. urban areas only); n=500-1500
  • Topic(s): Governance and democracy, the environment, terrorism, global issues (health, poverty, education technology, human rights, economy ...)
  • P.I. / Funding: GALLUP International Association
  • Access: Data Archives: ICPSR
  • Special Products/Services:
  • Results, reports, methodological reports through the project website [...];
  • Participation of third parties through insertion of own questions possible.

Start 2003

Survey Series: Asia Barometer 

Asiabarometer
  • Countries (ISO 2):
    • 2003: JP, KR, CN, TH, MY, VN, MM, IN, LK, UZ
    • 2004: JP, KR, CN, TH, MY, VN, MM, BN, KH, ID, LA, PH, SG
    • 2005: AF, BD, BT, KZ, KG, MV, MN, NP, PK, TJ, TM, IN, LK, UZ
    • 2006: CN, HK, JP, KR, SG, TW, VN
    • 2007: KH, ID, LA, MY, MM, PH, TH
    • 2008: AU, CN, IN, JP, RU. US
  • Period/Type: 2003 ff.; annual; varying groups of countries
  • Method(s): Multi-stage-stratified random sampling; face-to-face interviews (except Japan in 2003)
  • Universe/Sample: 2003/2004 Pop 20-59, 2005 ff.20-69; 2003-2005 n=800 (CN: 1000); 2006ff. n=1000 (CN 2006 n=2000)
  • Topic(s): Values and Life Styles; Social Infrastructure Development; Economic Conditions; Life Values and Satisfactions; Social Actions, Customs, and Rules; Identities; Political Consciousness; Health Conditions; country or region specific modules
  • P.I. / Funding: Takashi Inoguchi, Institute of Oriental Culture at the University of Tokyo, and national representatives; Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, national business firms and foundations; since 2005: Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science and Technology
  • Access: Data Archives: ICPSR, SSJDA, and download via project website after registration
  • Special Products/Services: Analysis and sourcebook based on the Asia Barometer survey 2003 including CD-ROM with questionnaires and SPSS data set, Siglo XXI Editores; national field work reports

Start 2003

Survey Series: European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS)

  • Countries (ISO 2): European Union member (EU 25) and candidate countries:
    • BE, DE, FR, GB, IT, NL, DK, IE, LU, GR, ES, PT, DE, AU, FI, SE, CY, CZ, EE, HU, LV, LT, MT, PL, SI, SK, BG, RO, TR
  • Period/Type: 2003 ff.; repetition planned once every 4-5 years
  • Method(s): Multi-stage stratified random sample; face-to-face interview s
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 18+; n=600 / 1000
  • Topic(s): Quality of life: employment, economic resources, family and households, community life and social participation, health and health care, knowledge, education and training
  • P.I. / Funding: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound)
  • Access: Data Archives: UK-DA
  • Special Products/Services:ESDS study guide

Start 2004

Survey Series: Americas Barometer

  • Project website (LAPOP)

  • Countries (ISO 2): Up to 20 countries covering Noth America, the Caribbean, Central America and South America:
    • BO, BR, CL, CO, CR, DO, EC, SV, GT, GY, HN, HT, JM, MX, NI, PA, PY, PE, CA, US
  • Period/Type: 2004 ff.; biennial (?)
  • Method(s): Probability sampling
  • Universe/Sample: Voting-age adults
  • Topic(s): Democratic values and behaviours
  • P.I. / Funding: Latin American Public Opinion Project, Vanderbilt University
  • Access: Access: through project website (forthcoming 2007)
  • Special Products/Services:

Start 2005

Survey Series: European Crime and Safety Survey (EU ICS)

  • See also: International Crime and Victime Survey (1989)
  • Countries (ISO 2): 18 EU member countries:
    • AU, BE, DK, EE, FI, FR, DE, GR, HU, IE, IT, LU, NL, PL, PT, ES, SE, GB, GB_NIR, GB_SCT
  • Period/Type: 2005 ff.
  • Method(s): Random Digital Dialling (RDD), except GR, SE, FI, DK, HU: random based on white pages directory, IE, NL, GB:
  • other method; WebCATI, GB, IE, ES: CATI
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 16+; with special city part sample for all countries except EE, LU, PL; n=2000 (1200+800), LU: 800
  • Topic(s): Experience with crime, policing, crime prevention and feelings of safety
  • P.I. / Funding: EUICS Consortium: The Gallup Organisation Europe, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, UNICRI, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, CEPS/INSTEAD, GeoX
  • Access: Data Access: currently restricted to the members of the consortium and those who contributed to the costs of data collection; Contact: euics@gallup-europe.be
  • Special Products/Services: Project website: research papers, geographic information system, data browsing (NESSTAR), methodological / technical reports

Start 2005

Survey Series: Gallup World Poll

  • Countries (ISO 2): more than 150 countries, representing 95% of the world's adult population:
    • AF, AL, DZ, AO, AR , AM, AU, AT, AZ, BH*, BD, BY, BE, BZ, BJ, BT, BO, BA, BW, BR, BG, BF, BI, KH , CM, CA, CF, TD, CL, CN, CO, KM*, CG, CR, HR, CU, CY, CZ, CD, DK, DJ, EC, EG, SV, ER*; EE, ET, FI, FR, GE, DE, GH, GR, GT, GN, GY, HT, HN, HK, HU, IS, IN, ID, IR, IQ, IE, IL, IT, CI*, JM, JP, JO, KZ, KE, Kosovo, KW, KG, LA, LV, LB, LR, LY*, LT, LU, MK, MG, MY, MW, ML, MT, MX, MD, MN, ME, MA, MZ, MM, NA, NP, NL, NZ, NI, NE, NG, KP, NO, OM*, PK, PS, PA, PY, PE, PH, PL, PT, PR, QA, KR, RO, RU, RW, SA, SN, RS, SL, SG, SK, SI, ZA, ES, LK, SD, SE, CH, SY, TW, TJ, TZ, TH, TG, TT, TN, TR, TM*, UG, UA, AE, GB, UY, UZ, US, VE, VN, YE, ZM, ZW

      *planned for 2009

  • Period/Type: 2005 ff.
  • Method(s): main way of selecting the sample: census listings of Primary Sampling Units (PSU), consisting of clusters of households; telephone interviews if at least 80% coverage or if customary survey methodology (RDD or nationally representative list of phone numbers), face-to-face interviews in developing countries (Latin America, the former Soviet Union countries, nearly all of Asia, the Middle East, and Africa)
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 15+; n=1000 (in some countries oversamples in major cities or areas of special interest, n=2000+ in some large countries, such as China and Russia, in rare instances n=500-1000)
  • Topic(s): Abortion, Alcohol, Automotive, Banks, Behavioral Economics, Branding, Business, Business Services, Caribbean, Central America, Central Asia, Citizen Engagement, Climate Change, Congress, Consumers, Corruption, Credit Crisis, Crime, Democracy, Development, Eastern Africa, Eastern Asia, Eastern Europe, Economy, Editors, Blog, Education, Elections, Energy, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Ethics, Europe, Events, Favorability Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, Gas Prices, Gender Equality, Governance, Government, Health, Healthcare, Hospitality, Housing, Immigration, Industries, Institutions, Investors, Iraq War, Job Approval, Jobs, Latin America, Law, Order, Leadership, Manufacturing, Marriage, Media, Migration, Military, Moral Issues, Muslim World, Muslim-West Relationships, National Defense, Northern Africa, Northern America, Northern Europe, Oceania, Perceptions of Foreign Countries, Personal Finances, Political Parties, Politics, Presidential Job Approval, Press Releases, Productivity, Race Relations, Religion, Religion and Social Trends, Retail, Same-Sex Relations, Science, Smoking, Social Issues, South America, SouthEastern Asia, Southern Africa, Southern Asia, Southern Europe, Spending, Sports, Stocks, Supreme Court, Taxes, Technology, Terrorism, The Presidency, Tolerance, Trade, Unemployment, Unions, United Nations, US Political Involvement, War, Weight, Well-Being, Well-Being Index, Western Africa, Western Asia, Western Europe, Workplace, World (standard set of core questions used around the world)
  • P.I. / Funding: The GALLUP Organization
  • Access: Data Access: limited free access to survey results through the website; client access to respondent level micro-data. Contact: worldpollpartners@gallup.com
  • Special Products/Services: Project website: web-based dynamic, on-demand access to all World Poll data, macro-level analyses, visually oriented display of findings, geographic information system, in-depth reports, methodololgy information 

Start 2006

Survey: Caucasus Barometer (formerly the CRRC's annual Data Initiative) 

  • Countries (ISO 2):
    • AM, AZ, GE (not conducted in territories affected by military conflicts)
  • Period/Type: annual (forerunner surveys on sub-national level since 2004)     
  • Method(s): stratified two stage sampling design; face-to-face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: adults 18 years or older (all households), ca. 2000 cases per country
  • Topic(s): wide range of attitudes and opinions on economic, social and political issues; religiosity; (new in 2010:) gender issues, employment, internet and cell phone usage, Armenia-Turkey and Georgia-Abkhazia relations.
  • P.I. / Funding: Dr. Tinatin Zurabishvili (project Coordinator), Caucasus Research Resource Centers program (the CRRC program of Eurasia Partnership Foundation is a network of resource, research and training centers and is supported by Carnegie Corporation of New York)
  • Access: free access to primary data after registration through the project website 
  • Special Products/Services: access to English and national language questionnaires, fieldwork reports, online data analysis, online tutorials

Start 2006

Survey Series: East Asian Social Survey 

EASS

  • Countries (ISO 2):
    • Four East Asian societies: CN, JP, KR ,TW
  • Period/Type: every second year after 2006
  • Method(s): national representative multistage-probability sampling; face-to-face interviews (JP: partly self-administered)
  • Universe/Sample: adult population aged 18 or over (country specific deviations), designed to achieve a norm of 1,400 cases (2006: n=1.600 to 3200)
  • Topic(s): 2006: Familiy, 2008: Culture and Globalization (topical modules plus standard background variables)
  • P.I. / Funding: China - Survey Research Center, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong; Japan - JGSS Research Center, Osaka University of Commerce, Osaka, Japan; Korea - Survey Research Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea; Taiwan - Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
  • Access: free access for research on individual request and after notification by the executive committee of the EASS Data Archive: East Asian Social Survey Data Archive (EASSDA), at the academy of East Asian Studies at the SungKyunKwan University, Seoul
  • Special Products/Services: project/archive website [availability not assured]; access to detailed country specific study descriptions and study monitoring questionnaires; completely combined and harmonized dataset

Start 2006

Survey: The Surveillance Project, 2006 - An International Survey on Privacy and Surveillance 

  • Countries (ISO 2):
    • BR, CA, CN, FR, HU, JP, MX, ES, US
  • Period/Type: 2006/2007, singular
  • Method(s): primarily telephone and and some face-to-face and online interviews. For Canada, U.S.A., France, Spain, Hungary, and China, respondents were screened to ensure nationally representative samples based on gender, age and regional distribution.
  • Universe/Sample: adult population aged 18 or over, 2000 cases per country (CN: n=4000)
  • Topic(s): Attitudes and experiences with the global flow of personal data, with special focus on privacy and surveillance: about issues like consumer surveillance, racial profiling at airports, terrorism and security, national ID cards, CCTV, media coverage of surveillance issues, workplace privacy, knowledge of privacy regulations, knowledge of various technologies, actions taken to protect information, control over personal data and public trust in government and private companies.
  • P.I. / Funding: Prof. Elia Zureik, The Surveillance Project at Queen's University / Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • Access: for members of the ODESI data portal
  • Special Products/Services: reports

Start 2007

Survey Series: Arab Barometer 

Arab Barometer Project
   

Global Barometer Surveys

  • See also: Global Barometer Network

  • Countries (ISO 2): MA, DZ, KW (1st wave), PS (West Bank and Gaza), JO, YE, (starting with 2nd wave:) EG, IQ, LB, SA, SD, TN
  • Period/Type:2006-2008 (1st wave); 2010-2011 (2nd wave)
  • Method(s): Face-to-face interviews
  • Universe/Sample: Pop 18+ / n=±1200, KW: 750
  • Topic(s): Support for democracy; Models of governance, including Islamist and Arab nationalist; Political and civic participation and political culture, including tolerance, political trust, political interest and political efficacy; State and regime performance and legitimacy; Conceptions and interpretations of Islam; Preferred relationship between religion and politics; Religiosity; Terrorism and political violence; Middle East and International relations; Core instrument: measuring and tracking over time citizen attitudes, values, and behavior patterns relating to pluralism, freedoms, tolerance and equal opportunity; social and inter-personal trust; social, religious and political identities; conceptions of governance and an understanding of democracy; and civic engagement and political participation.
  • P.I. / Funding: Arab Barometer Project (established in 2005); Principal Investigators: Mark Tessler (University of Michigan), Amaney Jamal (Princeton University); Participating Institutions: Center for Strategic Studies, University of Jordan; Center for Policy and Survey Research, Ramallah; Hassan II University, Mohammedia; University of Algiers; Kuwait University
  • Access: Data access for secondary use after two-year time span (1st wave data released) Data Archives: ICPSR
  • Special Products/Services: Project website: primary data, questionnaires, reports, papers, ...

Start 2011/2012

Survey Series:  Making Electoral Democracy Work 

  • Countries (ISO 2): CA, CH, DE, ES, FR
  • Period/Type: 3 waves 2001-2015 in each country
  • Method(s): Panel, ...
  • Universe/Sample: n=2000 (minimal panel sample size across all waves n=1000)
  • Topic(s): vote choice, preferences, strategic considerations, political attitudes, political awareness, evaluations of electoral institutions
  • P.I. / Funding: Prof. Andre Blais, Department of Political Science, University of Montreal (Project team leader)
  • Access: ...
  • Special Products/Services: Systematic comparisons across individuals and parties, across countries and regions within countries, and over time within regions and countries as well as among the same individuals and parties. The study covers elections held under a variety of voting rules and contexts, and it encompasses both parties and voters. The study will examine 26 elections (national, supranational, and sub-national), to be held between 2011 and 2015. Observational analyses of party strategies and voter choice will be complemented by a series of laboratory experiments designed to isolate the impact of electoral institutions and/or contexts on party and voter behaviour.

1 This overview was originally developed to complement "The SAGE Handbook of  Public Opinion  Research", edited by Wolfgang Donsbach and Michael W. Traugott. It represents a compilation from survey project web sites, social science data archive information resources and data catalogues, namely from the infrastructure network web resources provided by the Network of Economic and Social Science Infrastructures in Europe (NESSIE and the International Federation of Data Archive organizations for the Social Sciences (IFDO). See also: Ekkehard Mochmann: International Social Science Data Service Scope and Accessibility. Report for the International Social Science Council (ISSC). Cologne, 2002.

2 For practical reasons, projects aiming at subpopulations or target groups are not considered. References to especially relevant studies based on large subpopulations like "people in work" might be added in the future.

All information under reserve with respect to completeness, details, ongoing developments, or migration of internet resources. Comments, corrections and additions in this regard are always appreciated (E-Mail to Meinhard Moschner). Fields in brackets [...] are under development.

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