European Social Survey 2016 (Round 8)

Ref. 13102

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 2946 - Net sample size (without ineligibles): 2923 - Interviews: 1525 (Response rate=52.2%) Design: - cross-sectional, repeated every 2 years, part of the questionnaire being identical - Fieldwork period: 1 September 2016 - 2 March 2017 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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