The second pre-release of EVS2017 is now available.

What is new in the 2nd pre-release?

• In addition to the 16 countries already available in the first pre-release, there are 14 new countries: Albania, Azerbaijan, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Romania, Serbia, Sweden
• 6 countries additionally used self-administered mode: Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands, Switzerland (matrix design was applied by 4 countries DE IS, NE, CH) –> Please consult App D: Guide to mixed mode approach and matrix design (Matrix_Design_Question_Blocks.xlsx) of the Variable Report.
• Further harmonized variables on education and occupation added
• First weight variables included –>  please consult App E: Weighting data of the Variable Report.

Here you can find data and documentation.

Current version of the integrated dataset: ZA7500, v2-0-0 (2019-07-15), doi:10.4232/1.13314.
Documentation: as of 15 July 2019.

For further information on data download, see Data Access

One goal of EVS Pre-releases is to improve the quality of the data and its documentation. Information on errors or omissions in the data and the documentation is very welcome. Please report any problems to the EVS Data Service at GESIS, Cologne. Many thanks!