- Read more: Moving to Survey Self-Completion in Poland: Sensitive and Cultural Questions
This paper explores the introduction of self-completion mode in the European Social Survey (ESS) Poland Round 10 and examines how mode of data collection shapes responses to culturally sensitive topics such as sexual minorities, religiosity and climate change. The study is part of the “Moving to Survey Self-Completion” series of public policy papers by Olga…
- Read more: Moving to Survey Self-Completion: Mode Choice and Sensitive Questions
Research and evidence used to understand changes in our societies, both over time and comparatively, relies heavily on survey data. The European Social Survey (ESS) has long been recognised as a pioneer in high-quality cross-national survey research. Since its inception, the ESS has relied on rigorous face-to-face interviewing to ensure comparability across countries and over…
- Read more: Moving to Survey Self-Completion: Exploring Mode Preferences
This paper builds on our earlier analysis of response patterns and turns to the specific issue of mode preferences. We examine the socio-demographic factors that shape respondents’ choices between paper and web, focusing on five basic characteristics: gender, age, education, domicile, and household income. In doing so, we aim to shed light on whether web…
- Read more: Moving to Self-Completion: Challenges and Opportunities for Survey Data Collection in Ireland
This paper discusses some findings from the Irish European Social Survey self-completion pilot study and offers key insights into the challenges and opportunities of switching to a self-completion mode.
- Read more: Attitudes to Climate Change: Insights from the European Social Survey Round 10
In this paper, European Social Survey (ESS) data is used to examine whether attitudes to climate change have shifted between 2016-2021, with a focus on Ireland. Understanding attitudes to climate change is important as the State of Climate Action Report (WRI, 2023) found that global efforts to limit global warming to 1.5ºC are “failing across the…
