EU surveys and opinion polls

Teacher(s)

Rizzi Ester Lucia;

Language

French

Main themes

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).
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Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
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

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Content

[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)

Teaching methods

- Lectures
- Assignments
- Presentations by experts

Evaluation methods

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

Other information

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

Faculty or entity

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