MOSAiCH 2019. Measurement and Observation of Social Attitudes in Switzerland. Study on Social Inequality and related topics

Ref. 13362

Methods

Method description

Mode: Web-paper interviews, 3 parts Population, unit of observation: Individuals among the permanent resident population of Switzerland, aged 18 and over (no upper age limit), living in private households (and speaking either German, French or Italian) Simple random sample, drawn on national level by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office from the SRPH (Population register: Stichprobenrahmen für Personen- und Haushaltserhebungen) Individuals are invited through postal letters and up to 3 reminders, paper is offered with the second reminder (push-to-web design). Respondents to Part 1 are invited to participe also in Part 2 in the mode of their first answer (for details, refer to the Survey Report). All web respondent of Part 1 are also invited to participate in Part 3. - Gross sample size 7840 - Net sample size (without ineligibles): 7826 - Valid interviews Part 1: 3043 (AAPOR response rate=38.9%) - Valid interviews Part 2: 2031 (66.7% of the Part 1 valid interviews, 26.0% overall) - Valid interviews Part 3: 1675 (55.0% of the Part 1 valid interviews, 21.4% overall) Design: - Cross-sectional, annual survey since 2018 (bi-annual before), most background questions are repeated, the ISSP modules are mostly repeated every 10 years - Fieldwork period: 04.02.2019-01.08.2019 Fieldwork institute: FORS, Lausanne No weighting, all weight=1, according to the sample design (all respondents have the same probability to be selected); for bias in Part 2 and 3, please refer to the analysis in the Survey Report

Method (instruments)