European Social Survey 2008-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，欧洲共同体与各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映射于欧洲境内各人口群体的思想与行为模式之中，奥地利子研究同样围绕该问题展开，旨在了解奥地利民众对本国及欧盟的民主与社会所持有的个人见解。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，调查覆盖所有参与国的人口抽样调研。调查采用统一问卷，涵盖政治与社会共存领域的各类议题，包括社会与政治信任、治理、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，并辅以各国专属问题与轮换主题议题。各国子研究均严格遵循经验调查研究的最高方法论标准开展，相关翻译、抽样及信效度管控工作均由科学监测委员会（Scientific Monitoring Committee）负责实施。欧洲社会调查为时间序列式研究，调查每两年开展一轮：首轮调查于2002/2003年实施，核心主题为移民、公民身份与社会参与；第二轮调查于2004/2005年开展，ESS第二轮的核心主题为健康、经济道德、家庭与工作；第三轮调查于2006/2007年进行，议题涵盖人生轨迹、幸福感与生活满意度；第四轮调查于2008/2009年开展，主题聚焦福利国家、社会政策与年龄歧视。欧洲社会调查的长期核心目标，在于描述并解释不断变迁的政治与经济制度，与各国民众的态度、信念及行为模式之间的互动关系。奥地利专属补充问题涉及健康、社会地位与居住条件（对应问卷第49至51页的H37至H65题）。