MOSAiCH 2017. Measurement and Observation of Social Attitudes in Switzerland

MOSAiCH stands for “Measurement and Observation of Social Attitudes in
Switzerland” and is a survey conducted under this name since 2005. It integrates
several international repeated surveys, with Swiss data going back as far as 1987. In
practice, a minimum of 1,200 people answer a 1-hour face-to-face interview, with the
survey being conducted every two years. The data offer valuable information about
attitudes and behaviours of the resident population of Switzerland, with strong
analytical power for sociological research.
The questionnaire is structured in five parts: (1+2) At the heart of MOSAiCH stands the
International Social Survey Programme (ISSP). This longstanding survey includes
today 45 countries all over the world. As the fieldwork of MOSAiCH takes place every
two years, two modules of the ISSP are included in each survey. There are currently 12
different modules, regularly repeated for comparisons over time. (3) The
socio-demographic part is designed to meet the ISSP requirements, and is further
elaborated to improve the analytical power. (4) An additional part of the survey takes
over certain repeated parts of the standard Eurobarometer, adapted to the Swiss
context, especially the attitudes toward political and social institutions and issues
related to the European Union. (5) A last part is open for propositions of Swiss
scholars, which have to be related to the topics of the fielded survey.
For the edition in 2017, the ISSP modules are on the repeated topics “Role of Government (V)” and “Social Networks and Social Resources (II)”.
The questions for the last part have been determined by a call for proposals. These questions are related to social engagement, social inequality and social services, political consumerism, and democracy in Switzerland. Except of a single question (CHS4), located in the Face-to_face questionnaire, all these questions have been asked in the drop-off questionnaire.