European Social Survey

European Social Survey
Charts, data and analysis on EU institutions and its diverse populations

Initiated and seed-funded by the European Science Foundation (and now also by the European Commission and scientific bodies in the over 30 participating countries), the European Social Survey (ESS) provides bi-annual charts, data and surveys related to Europe’s changing institutions and behaviour patterns of its diverse populations. Managed by a professional team, the website provides several data files for each survey and a cumulative data file for the first three rounds of the ESS (dated back to 16/10/2008) – both as pdf and zipped files. In addition, the download areas hosts more than 220 pdf files, covering history & background, data archive documentation, training courses, and more. The top downloads the ESS Brochure (7577) and Round 3 Final Questionnaire (6401). To access the actual data files, however, a free registration is required (there are 24,800 registered users in summer 09). Other sections include ESS EduNet, a training resource mainly developed for use in higher education, includes small extracts from the complete ESS dataset on specific topics (Well-being, Country Level Data, Family, Gender and Work, etc.), and a bibliography with external publications based on ESS activities. With a simple and effective outline, the website has a keyword search in each page and more advanced features, a news bullettin, a page with some (internal and external) links, a sitemap and a page to access the intranet for the co-ordinating team. No RSS Feeds or other social media tools are provided.

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offer access to a variety of demographic, economic, political and social statistics. Data generally belong to institutions specialized in the digital acquisition and preservation of data for social sciences and humanities (mainly data produced by official agencies, international statistical societies and market research organizations). An example of such an institution is the German Zentral Archiv, which is one of the richest European databanks, open and free for navigation and search.
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