Summary information

Study title

Self-Completion Study Based on the 2021 European Social Survey in Great Britain

Creator

Hanson, T., City University, Department of Sociology
Fitzgerald, R.
Comanaru, R., City University

Study number / PID

9038 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-9038-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This dataset is the result of an experimental fielding of the Round 11 European Social Survey (ESS) as a self-completion (web and paper) survey in Great Britain. Data collection was carried out between November 2021 and March 2022. The total number of cases included in the data file is 2,908. This includes fully completed questionnaires and those where at least 75% of 'ask all' questions were answered. 2,116 responses were via web and 792 were on paper. The response rate was between 36% and 40%, depending on which assumption is applied regarding ineligible cases (see the technical report for further details). The experiment also included an incentive experiment, with different levels of conditional incentive randomly assigned to sample units. The incentive condition is flagged in the data file. It is expected that users may compare this data with the UK ESS Round 10 data (based on a face-to-face approach), which is expected to be released via the ESS Data Archive in early 2023.Main Topics:The European Social Survey (ESS) is a general social survey, which covers public attitudes and behaviour across a range of topic areas. It is divided into a core section (that is repeated for all survey rounds) and two rotating modules (that vary between rounds). The topics covered by the core include media use, internet use, social trust, political interest, trust in institutions, civic participation, voting and political party allegiance, subjective wellbeing, crime, religion, discrimination and identity. For Round 11 of the survey (on which this data set is based), the two rotating modules were "Understandings and Evaluations of Democracy" and "Digital Social Contacts in Work and Family Life". The survey  includes an extensive social-demographics section, collecting information on the respondent, their partner and their parents. The Round 11 survey also includes a module on experiences of and...
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Methodology

Data collection period

29/09/2021 - 29/03/2022

Country

Great Britain

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals
National

Universe

A self-completion survey, comprising a web and paper questionnaire used for Round 10 of the European Social Survey. A stratified (by region and IMD) random sample of 8,000 GB addresses was drawn. All 8,000 addresses were sent an invitation letter with a link to the web survey. The person aged 18+ in the household with the next birthday was instructed to complete the survey. Two reminder letters were sent to non-responders, with the second reminder including a paper copy of the questionnaire. A further 'relaunch' mailing was sent around six weeks after the second reminder to further encourage responses.

Sampling procedure

Multi-stage stratified random sample

Kind of data

Numeric

Data collection mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper
Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Funding information

Grant number

ES/W011824/1

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

2023

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.

Related publications

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