European Social Survey

The principal long term aim of the European Social Survey (ESS) is to chart and explain the interaction between Europe's changing institutions, its political and economic structures, and the attitudes, beliefs and behaviour patterns of its diverse populations. An equally important shorter term aim is to develop and demonstrate an approach to the conduct of rigorous quantitative multinational social surveys in Europe that matches that of the best national surveys in Europe and the USA.

The data and other outputs of the ESS are freely available to the research and policy communities throughout Europe and beyond. As the ESS biennial time series builds survey upon survey, it will provide a unique long-term account of change and development in the social fabric of modern Europe.

Since the start of the study the Netherlands Institute for Social Research / SCP has been a member of the Central Coordinating Team of the ESS.

More information is to be found at http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/