Survey participation and response
Survey participation and response

Summary/Abstract: Questionnaire-based data collection, relying either on classical ‘paper-and-pencil’ or on Internet-based survey approaches, is an economic and valuable means of eliciting information from respondents. Surveys are used in various research contexts, ranging from studies addressing very specific issues in small samples to those collecting representative, large-scale data with a view to deriving conclusions about prospective public policy measures. Typical examples of the latter – that is, of surveys that have potentially far-reaching implications for society – are the European Social Survey (ESS), which measures the attitudes, beliefs and behavior patterns of diverse populations in more than thirty countries; the European Values Study (EVS), a longitudinal survey research program on basic human values; and the OECD’s Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), which measures the key competencies needed for individuals to participate in society and for economies to prosper.

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