Access the initial Round 11 dataset
Data is now available from 13 countries who participated in Round 11 (2023/24) of our survey.
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The way you access our data has changed
All European Social Survey (ESS) data and documentation is now only accessible through the ESS Data Portal.
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Online panel data now available
Download data collected from the world’s first large scale, cross-national, probability-based input-harmonised web panel (CRONOS-2).
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Findings and Publications
Read our Topline Findings series of publications, our Exploring public attitudes, informing public policy series and special reports on the human values scale and wellbeing.
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We regularly post on our Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube channels so you can instantly keep up to date with news, events and survey results.
Follow usThe European Social Survey (ESS) is a pan-European research infrastructure providing freely accessible data for academics, policymakers, civil society and the wider public. It was awarded European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) status in 2013.
A key aim of the ESS has always been to implement high quality standards in its methodology and to improve standards in the field of cross-national surveys more generally.
The methods used on the ESS are outlined in the Survey Specification:
Information about ESS methodology can be accessed be accessed via the flow diagram or main menu.
