Director
European Social Survey
Held every two years, this survey maps long-term attitudes and behaviours in over 30 countries across Europe.
The European Social Survey (ESS) takes place every two years and maps long-term attitudes and behaviours in over 30 countries across Europe. The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) coordinates the UK’s participation in the study. Core topics each year include:
- political engagement and trust
- social and political values
- national, ethnic and religious identity.
Details of the latest findings are available on the European Social Survey website.
Read the latest publications
- Fairness and Justice in Britain
- Family Life Attitudes to non-traditional family behaviours
- Our blogs: Revealing the differences between high and low salaries might just pay and How are attitudes to immigration in Britain changing?
Methodology
The survey is carried out to the highest methodological standards. All countries that take part sign up to a rigorous set of protocols and procedures that set out how the survey has to be carried out. The interviews are all carried out face-to-face, and participants are selected using random probability sampling methods.
All ESS datasets are freely available via the ESS’ data portal. This offers users the option of carrying out simple online analysis or downloading the data. A webinar, available to view on YouTube, takes you through how to carry out analysis.
As part of Round 8, an experiment to recruit an online panel was carried out. The results of this experiment can be found here. An online panel is also being recruited in 12 countries at Round 10.
Research team
Research Director
Natalie Maplethorpe
Client
Partners
