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ESS2 Sample design data files (SDDF) available
Sample design data files (SDDF) are available in SPSS format, along with a PDF file describing the structure and use of the SDDFs.
Sample design data files (SDDF) are available in SPSS format, along with a PDF file describing the structure and use of the SDDFs. The files are available from the ESS2 - 2004 Data download section for the following countries: Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Finland, United Kingdom, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Ukraine.
ESS2 Deviation in Ukrainian and Estonian income variables
The income variable F32 (HINCTNT) was posed as an open question and later recoded into the ESS standard categories.
The income variable F32 (HINCTNT) was posed as an open question and later recoded into the ESS standard categories. In future ESS2 data releases, the Ukrainian and Estonian income variables will thus be removed from the integrated international data file, renamed and included in country-specific data files.
ESS2 Third edition of call record data
A third edition of data from Contact forms for ESS2-2004 has been published on the ESS Data web site.
A third edition of data from Contact forms for ESS2-2004 has been published on the ESS Data web site. The variable interviewer number (intnum1) was by mistake empty, and the data file has now been updated with corrected values. The integrated file is available for download from the ESS 2 - 2004 Data download section. A separate report, "Evaluation of Contact Files per Country", is available from the ESS 2-2004 Survey documentation section. Please contact Jaak Billiet: jaak.billiet@soc.kuleuven.be for any queries on the Contact form data.
Sources to contextual data
The report "Contextual data for the European Social Survey. An overview and assessment of extant resources" has been published.
The report "Contextual data for the European Social Survey. An overview and assessment of extant resources" has been published. The report examines the comparability and quality of contextual data, and provides an overview of 50 sources with details on contents and explaining how users can get access to them.
ESS1 and ESS2 Error in ISCO coding for Portugal
ESS1 and ESS2 Error in ISCO coding for Portugal - The occupation variables ISCOCO and ISCOCOP contain some errors of classification, and should be used with great caution.
ESS1 and ESS2 Error in ISCO coding for Portugal - The occupation variables ISCOCO and ISCOCOP contain some errors of classification, and should be used with great caution. For rounds 1 and 2, too many respondents were assigned to major group 1 (most of them to submajor group 13, "Managers of small enterprises"), whereas they should have been assigned to major group 5 or 7.
ESS2 Second edition of call record data
A seond edition of data from Contact forms for ESS2-2004 has been published on the ESS Data Web Site.
A seond edition of data from Contact forms for ESS2-2004 has been published on the ESS Data Web Site. The data from United Kingdom has been updated. The integrated file is available for download from the ESS 2 - 2004 Data download section. A separate report, "Evaluation of Contact Files per Country" is available from the ESS2 - 2004 Survey documentation section. Please contact Jaak Billiet: jaak.billiet@soc.kuleuven.be for any queries on the Contact form data.
ESS2 Release of call record data
The ESS Data Web Site has been upgraded with data from Contact forms for ESS2-2004.
The ESS Data Web Site has been upgraded with data from Contact forms for ESS2-2004. The integrated file is available for download from the "Data download" option. A separate report, "Evaluation of Contact Files per Country", is available from the ESS 2-2004 Survey documentation section. Please contact Jaak Billiet: jaak.billiet@soc.kuleuven.be for any queries on the Contact form data.
ESS2 Revised Response Based Quality Assessment Report
Changes from version dated 01 Feb 2007: Refusal conversion figure for France has been corrected from 160 to 16 in Figure 13, 14 and in Table 11 (in appendix).
Changes from version dated 01 Feb 2007: Refusal conversion figure for France has been corrected from 160 to 16 in Figure 13, 14 and in Table 11 (in appendix). Loose ends section has been updated with comments for Slovenia.
ESS2 Regional documentation for Italy
Incorrect documentation for the variable REGIONIT for Italy has been presented in the "ESS2 - 2004 Documentation Report, ed. 3.1".
Incorrect documentation for the variable REGIONIT for Italy has been presented in the "ESS2 - 2004 Documentation Report, ed. 3.1". However, the correct codes are used in the data file, which is also identical to the ones used in ESS round 1. The following codes were wrong in the documentation report and the correct ones are; Piemonte=1, Valle d'Aosta=2, Lombardia=3, Trentino-Alto Adige=4, Friuli-Venezia Giulia=6, Liguria=7, Umbria=10, Marche=11, Campania=15, Puglia=16, Basilicata=17. The Documentation Report will be corrected in subsequent editions.
ESS2 Adjusted response rates
The ESS2-2004 Summary and deviations table has been updated with revised response rates for the following countries: Denmark, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine and United Kingdom. The revised rates are based on further analysis of the Contact Form data.
The ESS2-2004 Summary and deviations table has been updated with revised response rates for the following countries: Denmark, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine and United Kingdom. The revised rates are based on further analysis of the Contact Form data.
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