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: simple random sampling
Frame: Central register of residents (SK)
R4-R6
Design: stratified four-stage probality sampling
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: from respondents to interviewers

9. Response rate: target 70%

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

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

12. R2 R3 R4 R5 R6
Sampling
Simple random
Stratified
Probability (4 stages)
Agency
Markwin
GfK
N interv
119
272
129
106
144
Resp. rate
62,7%
73,2%
72,6%
74,7%
74,1%
NonCont
1,5%
3,9%
4,1%
5,5%
3,2%
Ref
21,5%
14%
12,7%
16,4%
20,6%
N visits int
2,09
2,03
1,96
1,94
1,92
N visits non
2,07
2,42
2,66
2,69
2,7
Incentives resp
voucher
cash no
Incentives interv
Extra money
Adv. letters
addressed
No address
Briefings
Less than 8 hrs
8 hrs
More than 8 hrs

13. 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))

14. Dissemination Books 7 Slovak Book chapters 33 ESS brochures 2
Book chapters 33
ESS brochures 2
Conference papers (home) 37
Slovak/English
Conference presentations (abroad) 16
English
PL, IT, CH, ES, BG, CZ, SI
Journals 14
TV documentary 1
Slovak TV
TV discussions 3
Radio talks, interviews 11
National and Local Radio
Press/dissemination conferences 5
Bratislava,
Stará Lesná

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

16. Dissemination

17. ESS documentary (2012) Collectors of flavours

18. ESS users in Slovakia

19. Outcomes
Worked:
Interviewers trainings
Dissemination
PhD students
Back-checks
Events monitoring
Support from the ESS community
Experience exchange
Did not work:
Timing and funding
Fieldwork agency – public procurement procedure
Incentives for respondents
More effort – same results

20. Perception of safety in EU

21. Victimization in EU

25. Thank you.