European Social Survey 2018 (Round 9)

Ref. 13363

Methods

Method description

Data collection mode: Standardized face to face Interviews, CAPI (Computer Aided Personal Interviewing) Sample: Swiss resident population aged 15 and over, living in private households, who speak one of the main national languages (German, French or Italian). No upper age limit. Sampling: Single stage equal probability systematic sample (no clustering); the sampling is done by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office out of the register sample frame - Gross sample size 3015 - Net sample size (without ineligibles): 2976 - Interviews: 1542 (Response rate=51.8%) Design: - cross-sectional, repeated every 2 years, part of the questionnaire being identical - Fieldwork period: 1 September 2018 - 8 February 2019 Fieldwork institute: M.I.S. Trend SA, Lausanne No weighting, all weight=1, according to the sample design (all respondents have the same probability to be selected)

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