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Cross-national surveys typically refer to studies where the same survey instrument and - where practical - methods and fieldwork protocols are used across many nations.
We hold several surveys of this type and point users to where they can access other key cross-national surveys online.
The European Company Survey (ECS) (formerly the Establishment Survey on Working Time and Work-Life Balance (ESWT)) aims to map working time policies and practices at the level of the establishment in the European Union and to survey the views of the different actors at establishment level on these policies and practices.
European Election Studies (EES) have taken place for six of the seven European parliamentary elections held since 1979, with the exception of 1984. The format for each EES is a core survey – maintaining comparability over time – and a thematic module, chosen for its pertinence to the election.
http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-5341-1
The European Values Study and World Values Survey series are designed to enable a cross-national, cross-cultural comparison of values and norms on a wide variety of topics and to monitor changes in values and attitudes across the globe. The surveys provide data from representative national samples of the publics of more than 90 countries and cover a full range of social, economic, cultural and religious variation.
http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-6757-1
The International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) is a continuing annual programme of cross-national collaboration on surveys covering topics important for social science research. Every survey includes questions about general attitudes toward various social issues such as the legal system, gender, and the economy.
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