Czech Attitude Barometer: From Panel Design to Early Results

Czech Attitude Barometer: From Panel Design to Early Results

Matouš Pilnáček, Ivan Petrúšek, Michaela Prokeš

This mid-term seminar introduces the Czech Attitude Barometer (CAB) panel survey and provides a structured overview of the survey design, data collection process, and initial analytical insights based on the data collected to date. Data collection within the Czech Attitude Barometer started in June 2024, and to date, eight waves of panel data have been completed by the end of 2025.

The seminar aims to reflect on the implementation of the probability-based panel, assess key aspects of data collection, and discuss the analytical potential of the longitudinal data. It will introduce the underlying probability-based panel, including sampling procedures, recruitment, incentives, and fieldwork organization.

The seminar then provides an overview of the Czech Attitude Barometer as a longitudinal panel survey, covering its individual panel waves, core and rotating variables, measurement structure, survey periodicity, and data availability. Finally, the selected preliminary findings will be presented, focusing on the stability of key attitudes and behaviors over time, based on analyses of the first eight waves of the survey.

Matouš Pilnáček is a sociologist and Head of the Public Opinion Research Centre (CVVM) of the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on public opinion, political polarization, trust in institutions, and the role of expertise in contemporary societies. He regularly contributes to academic publications and participates in public debates on societal and political developments.

Ivan Petrúšek is a political sociologist at the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. His research interests include political participation, political inequality, attitudes toward economic inequality and income redistribution, as well as advanced quantitative methods in social science research.

Michaela Prokeš is a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, where she works within the OP JAK CORE project. Her research interests are mainly well-being, quality of life, social inequalities and their link to sleep.

The Czech Attitude Barometer is developed within the project Beyond Security: Role of Conflict in Resilience-Building, supported by the European Regional Development Fund (reg. no.: CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004595).

The seminar is freely accessible for those attending f2f, if you intend to attend online, please fill in your email here  and we will send you a link on the day of the seminar.