Czech national node ESS (European Social Survey)

The European Social Survey (ESS) is an international academic research project. ESS surveys have been conducted across Europe every two years since 2001. The surveys measure patterns of attitudes, beliefs and behaviour among populations in more than thirty countries. The topics covered include:

• Citizenship, Civic Engagement and Democracy

• Immigration (Attitudes towards Immigration)

• Family, Work and Well-being

• Health Care Seeking

• Economic Morality

• Personal and Social Well-being: Creating Indicators for a Flourishing Europe

• Timing of Life: The Organisation of the Life Course in Europe

• Experiences and Expressions of Ageism

• Attitudes towards Welfare in a Changing Europe

• Work, Family and Well-being: The Consequences of the Economic Recession

• Trust in Criminal Justice: A Comparative European Analysis

• Personal and Social Well-being

• Europeans’ Understandings and Evaluations of Democracy

• Social Inequalities in Health and Their Determinants

• Attitudes towards Immigrants and Their Descendants

• Public Attitudes towards Climate Change, Energy Security and Energy Preferences

• Attitudes towards Welfare in a Changing Europe: Solidarity under Pressure

The project is commissioned by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.