The data contained in this data set were collected by a project entitled "The Welfare State in Comparative Perspective: Determinants, Program Characteristics, and Outcomes" directed by Evelyne Huber, Charles Ragin, and John Stephens.
CSES is a collaborative program of research among election study teams from around the world. Participating countries include a common module of survey questions in their post-election studies. The resulting data are deposited along with voting, demographic, district and macro variables.
The survey included questions regarding the conception of the 'good society', requirements of membership in the 'good society', required individual qualities and principles of behaviour, entitlements, threats to the 'good society', experiential variables, consequence variables, and respondent's f
The Charter Project measured Canadians' attitudes and support for civil liberties.
Monitoring the public opinion in the European Union is the mission of the Eurobarometer programme, consisting of four survey instruments: the Standard & Special Eurobarometer, the Flash Eurobarometer, and in addition the Central & Eastern and Candidate Countries Eurobarometer.
The European Social Survey (the ESS) is an academically-driven social survey designed to chart and explain the interaction between Europe's changing institutions and the attitudes, beliefs and behaviour patterns of its diverse populations.
The Globalbarometer Surveys (GBS) is the first comprehensive effort to measure, at a mass level, the current social, political, and economic atmosphere around the world.
The International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) is a continuing annual programme of cross-national collaboration on surveys covering topics important for social science research.
Research data made freely available to academic researchers.
The Looking West survey evaluates the feeling of alienation of Western Canadians. It probes people in regards to their feelings towards the federation and whether they understand tensions that rule the country.