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Workshop introduction: Cross-nationally comparative social survey research. Fifth International Conference on e-Social Science Cologne, 24 th June 2009 A workshop organised by the DAMES research Node of the National Centre for e-Social Science, and the CESSDA-PPP
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Workshop introduction: Cross-nationally comparative social survey research Fifth International Conference on e-Social Science Cologne, 24th June 2009 A workshop organised by the DAMES research Node of the National Centre for e-Social Science, and the CESSDA-PPP www.dames.org.uk / www.ncess.ac.uk / www.cessda.org/project/ X-Nat Surveys, 24 Jun 2009
Micro-survey data resources have flourished.. • Cross-national data projects have developed very successfully… {Cross-national survey analyses matter} • Canons of many social science disciplines • [Erikson & Goldthorpe 1992] [Blossfeld et al. 2005] X-Nat Surveys, 24 Jun 2009
1) Micro-survey data resources have flourished • Volume of micro-social surveys conducted and available to secondary analysts • E.g. UK Data Archive highlights 34 contemporary cross-sectional, repeated cross-sectional, or longitudinal large-scale UK surveys www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/majorstudies.asp • Access to data resources • Data archives • Online data analysis tools • Documentation and support X-Nat Surveys, 24 Jun 2009
2) Cross-national data projects enjoy great success… X-Nat Surveys, 24 Jun 2009
..and many more.. • Data (& resource) providers… • CESSDA - http://www.cessda.org/ • ISSP - http://www.issp.org/ • WVS – http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/ • CNEF – Cross-National Equivalence File (6 panel studies) • ISMF – International Stratification and Mobility File • ‘Small N’ as well as ‘Large N’ [e.g. Charles & Grusky, 2004] • Resource providers… • Reference texts [e.g. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik & Wolf 2003] [Harkness et al 2003] [Jowell et al. 2007] • OECD - http://www.oecd.org/statsportal/ • Edacwowe - http://www.edacwowe.eu/en/ • ESDS International – www.esds.ac.uk/International/ X-Nat Surveys, 24 Jun 2009
Today’s workshop: ‘Where next?’ • Problems / challenges with cross-national survey analysis • Quantity of data (and metadata) • Debates on harmonisation, equivalence, data quality • Access to data • The contribution of e-social science X-Nat Surveys, 24 Jun 2009
Also featuring at the Fifth International Conference:Session 3B “Data Integration”: 1130-1300hrs on Friday 26th June(Topics include CESSDA-PPP, DISS, Digital libraries, ZACAT Data Portal) References cited • Blossfeld, H. P., Klijzing, E., Mills, M., & Kurz, K. (Eds.). (2005). Globalization, Uncertainty and Youth in Society: The Losers in a Globalizing World London: Routledge. • Charles, M., & Grusky, D. B. (2004). Occupational Ghettos: The Worldwide Segregation of Women and Men. Stanford: Stanford University Press. • Erikson, R., & Goldthorpe, J. H. (1992). The Constant Flux: A study of class mobility in industrial societies. Oxford: Clarendon Press. • Harkness, J., van de Vijver, F. J. R., & Mohler, P. P. (Eds.). (2003). Cross-Cultural Survey Methods. New York: Wiley. • Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, J. H. P., & Wolf, C. (Eds.). (2003). Advances in Cross-national Comparison: A European Working Book for Demographic and Socio-economic Variables. Berlin: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers. • Jowell, R., Roberts, C., Fitzgerald, R., & Eva, G. (2007). Measuring Attitudes Cross-Nationally. London: Sage. • Office for National Statistics (Social and Vital Statistics Division). (2007). General Household Survey, Time Series Dataset, 1972-2004 [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], SN: 5664, July 2007. X-Nat Surveys, 24 Jun 2009