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Challenges and Successes of ESS in Slovakia: Funding, Timing, and Sampling

This document explores the funding and timing challenges faced during the European Social Survey (ESS) in Slovakia, as well as the sampling methods used. It also discusses translations, fieldwork procedures, and contextual data, and highlights the outcomes and lessons learned from the ESS in Slovakia.

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Challenges and Successes of ESS in Slovakia: Funding, Timing, and Sampling

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  1. Five Rounds of ESS in Slovakia Denisa Fedáková, Michal Kentoš Centre for Social and Psychological Sciences SAS Smolenice, 19 September 2016

  2. Funding and timing • Effort to get support (Slovak Academy of Sciences) • Effort to get funding (Ministry of Education) • Late or very late no matter what how successful the round was • Double pressure: insecurity and delay • Academic year vs. calendar year

  3. Sampling • Dependent on legislation/law R2-R3 • Design: simplerandomsampling • Frame: Central register ofresidents (SK) R4-R6 • Design: stratifiedfour-stageprobalitysampling • Frame: Addresses/Households

  4. Translations and country specific items • 2 languages: Slovak and Hungarian • Shared Hungarian translation (ESS HU team, Budapest) • Translation verification • Country specific items: education, income, religion, political parties....

  5. Fieldwork • R2 Markwin, local survey agency • R3-R6 Gfk Slovakia, leading research company • Duration: November – February • Same budget

  6. Interviewers • Briefings: more than 8 hours • More emphasis on practical issues (how to find and contact the respondent) • Brochure for interviewers • Incentives: R2-R6 extra money for interviewers (completed interview) • Call centre - agency

  7. Number of interviewers Quantity – no effect, Quality – overload of „masters“

  8. Procedures • Briefings- trainings • Advanced letter (R2-R3 addressed, R4-R6 not addressed) • TV, radio, mayors (worked in rural areas) • Honor of participation (worked in rural areas) • Back-checks (in person, by phone) • Incentives:fromrespondents to interviewers

  9. Response rate: target 70%

  10. Non contacts and refusal NC amost stable Ref increasing despite higher effort

  11. Visits Yes visits – decreasing Nc/Ref visits - increasing

  12. Contextual data • Fieldwork background • Monitored R2-R6 • What is behind the changes of attitudes, opinions and feelings • 2 national level „superevents“ • Natural disaster in the High Tatras • Euro currency introduction (similarities and differences in Slovakia (2009) and Estonia(2011))

  13. Dissemination

  14. Dissemination Topics: Response rate enhancement Human Values Social welfare Work-family conflict Events during the ESS Perceived safety Social trust .......

  15. Dissemination • http://www.saske.sk/SVU/europska-socialna-sonda/co-je-ess

  16. ESS documentary (2012) Collectors of flavours

  17. ESS users in Slovakia

  18. Outcomes Didnotwork: • Timing and funding • Fieldwork agency – public procurement procedure • Incentives for respondents • More effort – same results Worked: • Interviewers trainings • Dissemination • PhD students • Back-checks • Events monitoring • Support from theESS community • Experienceexchange

  19. Perception of safety in EU

  20. Victimization in EU

  21. Thank you.

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