European Social Survey 2002-Austria

The political institutions of the European Community and of single nations are facing new challenges and changes in the 21st century. The European Social Survey poses the question of how this change is reflected in the thinking and behaviour of the various population groups within Europe. The Austrian sub-study also explores this question. What personal ideas do Austrians have about democracy and society in their country and in the European Union? The project idea of the ESS was developed by the European Science Foundation (ESF) and the European Social Survey includes population surveys in all participating countries. A uniform questionnaire on various problems of political and social coexistence (social and political trust, governance, morality, media, social and political values and attitudes, well-being, national identity) is used, which is supplemented by country-specific questions as well as changing focus topics. The country studies are conducted with the highest possible methodological standards of empirical survey research (translation, sampling, reliability and validity control by the Scientific Monitoring Committee). The ESS is designed as a time series; the surveys are to take place every two years. The first survey wave took place in 2002/2003 and focused on migration, citizenship and social participation. The second survey wave was in 2004/2005, the main focus of the ESS 2 was on health, economic morality, family and work. The third wave of the ESS took place in 2006/2007 with the topics life biography, well-being, satisfaction. The fourth wave of the ESS was in 2008/2009, the thematic focuses were welfare state, social policy, age discrimination. The main long-term objective of the European Social Survey (ESS) is to describe and explain the interaction between the changing political and economic institutions and the attitudes, beliefs and behaviour patterns of the populations of the respective countries. The additional Austrian questions include the areas of health, social status and housing conditions (questions H37 - H65, page 49 - 51 of the questionnaire).

21世纪，欧洲共同体及各单一成员国的政治制度正面临全新的挑战与变革。欧洲社会调查（European Social Survey, ESS）旨在探究此类变革如何体现在欧洲境内各人口群体的思想与行为之中，奥地利子研究同样围绕这一议题展开：奥地利民众对本国及欧盟的民主制度与社会现状持有怎样的个人看法？欧洲社会调查的项目构想由欧洲科学基金会（European Science Foundation, ESF）提出，该调查覆盖所有参与国的人口抽样调研。调查采用统一问卷，针对政治与社会共生中的各类议题展开——涵盖社会与政治信任、治理体系、道德观念、媒体环境、社会与政治价值观及态度、幸福感、民族认同等维度，同时辅以各国专属问题与动态聚焦主题。各国调研严格遵循经验调查研究的最高方法论标准，由科学监督委员会负责翻译、抽样、信度与效度管控。欧洲社会调查被设计为纵向时间序列研究，调研每两年开展一轮。首轮调研于2002/2003年进行，核心主题为移民、公民身份与社会参与。第二轮调研于2004/2005年开展，ESS 2的核心聚焦领域为健康、经济道德、家庭与职场。第三轮调研于2006/2007年进行，主题涵盖人生轨迹、幸福感与生活满意度。第四轮调研于2008/2009年开展，主题聚焦福利国家、社会政策与年龄歧视问题。欧洲社会调查的核心长期目标，是阐释并剖析不断演变的政治与经济制度，与各国民众的态度、信念及行为模式之间的互动关系。奥地利子研究的附加问题涵盖健康状况、社会地位与住房条件（对应问卷第49至51页的H37-H65题）。