EU surveys and opinion polls

Enseignants

Rizzi Ester Lucia;

Langue
d'enseignement

Français

Thèmes abordés

The course LDEMO2650 presents and compare the main European social surveys and pools used to measure public opinion: their aims, topics, types of variables, results and other characteristics (sample design, mode of questionnaire administration, questionnaire tests, and sample nonresponse).
To better understand surveys characteristics, data will be analysed by focusing on a specific socio-demographic topic (for example, women work conditions, intentions to have a child, intergenerational ties, etc.) and by conducting some explorative analyses.

Acquis
d'apprentissage

A la fin de cette unité d’enseignement, l’étudiant est capable de :
1	At the end of the course the student will be able: [1] To choose the most appropriate EU survey to answer a specific research question [2] To harmonize socio-economic variables of different surveys [3] To conduct exploratory comparative analysis with EU surveys and to interpret results [4] To evaluate the quality of survey data

La contribution de cette UE au développement et à la maîtrise des compétences et acquis du (des) programme(s) est accessible à la fin de cette fiche, dans la partie « Programmes/formations proposant cette unité d’enseignement (UE) ».

Contenu

[1] The European Surveys System: diffusion and data protection
[2] Main characteristics of European cross-sectional surveys and opinion polls (ESS, EVS, HBS, Health Survey, Eurobarometer)
[3] Main characteristics of European longitudinal and panel surveys (GGP, EU-SILC, SOEP, SHP)
[4] Published results with European surveys
[5] Harmonized socio-economic variables
[6] Comparability of European and non-European surveys
[7] Evaluation of the quality of data and adjustments for sample nonresponse (some notions)

Méthodes d'enseignement

- Lectures
- Assignments
- Presentations by experts

Modes d'évaluation
des acquis des étudiants

The evaluation is based on assignments during the course (50%) and a final dissertation (50%)

Autres infos

Program proposing this course: Master [120] en sciences de la population et du développement
 
The basic knowledge of the statistical software Stata is recommended.

Faculté ou entité
en charge

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