Paper #790

Title:

The European Social Survey. Methodological aspects

Authors:

Anna Cuxart and Clara Riba

Date:

October 2004

Abstract:

From a scientific point of view, surveys are undoubtedly a valuable tool for the knowledge of the social and political reality. They are widely used in the social sciences research. However, the researcher's task is often disturbed by a series of deficiencies related to some technical aspects that make difficult both the inference and the comparison. The main aim of the present paper is to report and justify the European Social Survey's technical specifications addressed to avoid and/or minimize such deficiencies. The article also gives a characterization of the non-respondents in Spain obtained from the analysis of the 2002 fieldwork data file.

Keywords:

European Social Survey, comparative studies, fieldwork, non-respondents

JEL codes:

C42

Area of Research:

Statistics, Econometrics and Quantitative Methods

Published in:

Torcal Mariano; Pérez-Nievas, Santiago y Morales, Laura (eds.), Colección Ciencia Política, nº 18, p. 21-40, 2005, Ed. Tirant Lo Blanc, València
With the title:
Aspectos metodológicos de la Encuesta Social Europea, en España: Sociedad y política en perspectiva comparada. Un análisis de la primera ola de la Encuesta Social Europea

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