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All social surveys suffer from different types of errors, of which one of the most studied is non-response bias. Non-response bias is a systematic error that occurs because individuals differ in their accessibility and propensity to participate in a survey according to their own characteristics as well as those from the survey itself. The extent of the problem heavily depends on the correlation between response mechanisms and key survey variables. However, non-response bias is difficult to measure or to correct for due to the lack of relevant data about the whole target population or sample. In this paper, non-response follow-up surveys are considered as a possible source of information about non-respondents. Non-response follow-ups, however, suffer from two methodological issues: they themselves operate through a response mechanism that can cause potential non-response bias, and they pose a problem of comparability of measure, mostly because the survey design differs between main survey and non-response follow-up. In order to detect possible bias, the survey variables included in non-response surveys have to be related to the mechanism of participation, but not be sensitive to measurement effects due to the different designs. Based on accumulated experience of four similar non-response follow-ups, we studied the survey variables that fulfill these conditions. We differentiated socio-demographic variables that are measurement-invariant but have a lower correlation with non-response and variables that measure attitudes, such as trust, social participation, or integration in the public sphere, which are more sensitive to measurement effects but potentially more appropriate to account for the non-response mechanism. Our results show that education level, work status, and living alone, as well as political interest, satisfaction with democracy, and trust in institutions are pertinent variables to include in non-response follow-ups of general social surveys.

The ESS survey (European Social Survey, http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org) emerged from the need to obtain comparative data in Europe on a number of issues of political science, sociology, social psychology, mass communication or economics. The ESS is a study introduced in 2002 and replicated every two years. This is the fifth edition of the study in Switzerland. The ESS provides indicators on the practices and representations of the Swiss population, making it possible to compare them with European countries and to observe the evolution over time. The 2010 edition focuses on the image of police and justice as well as the relationship between work and family.

Named MOSAiCH since 2005, this project carries out the International Social Survey Program (ISSP) and Eurobarometer surveys in Switzerland every second year. The survey is designed to allow comparative analyses both geographically and over time. The composition of the questions remains largely unchanged and includes a recurrent socio-political part, two ISSP modules, a wave-specific topic initiated by the Swiss researchers and a detailed socio-demographic part. See also description under study "MOSAiCH 2011" and on the following website http://www2.unil.ch/fors/spip.php?rubrique136&lang=en.

The specific modules of the 2011 edition include:
- ISSP 2010: Environment III
- ISSP 2011: Health I (especially health policy)
- Additional international questions ISSP 2010 and 2011
- Additional Swiss questions on the environment (partly from the Swiss Environmental Survey 2007 carried out by ETH Zurich)
- Trust in institutions, Swiss politics and attitude towards Europe - Socio-demographic questions
- Additional questions: survey climate, telephony

The ESS survey (European Social Survey, http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org) emerged from the need to obtain comparative data in Europe on a number of issues of political science, sociology, social psychology, mass communication or economics. The ESS is a study introduced in 2002 and replicated every two years. This is the fifth edition of the study in Switzerland. The ESS provides indicators on the practices and representations of the Swiss population, making it possible to compare them with European countries and to observe the evolution over time. The 2010 edition focuses on the image of police and justice as well as the relationship between work and family.

Named MOSAiCH since 2005, this project carries out the International Social Survey Program (ISSP) and Eurobarometer surveys in Switzerland every second year. The survey is designed to allow comparative analyses both geographically and over time. The composition of the questions remains largely unchanged and includes a recurrent socio-political part, two ISSP modules, a wave-specific topic initiated by the Swiss researchers and a detailed socio-demographic part. See also description under study "MOSAiCH 2011" and on the following website http://www2.unil.ch/fors/spip.php?rubrique136&lang=en.

The specific modules of the 2011 edition include:
- ISSP 2010: Environment III
- ISSP 2011: Health I (especially health policy)
- Additional international questions ISSP 2010 and 2011
- Additional Swiss questions on the environment (partly from the Swiss Environmental Survey 2007 carried out by ETH Zurich)
- Trust in institutions, Swiss politics and attitude towards Europe - Socio-demographic questions
- Additional questions: survey climate, telephony

"All social surveys suffer from different types of errors, of which one of the most studied is non-response bias. Non-response bias is a systematic error that occurs because individuals differ in their accessibility and propensity to participate in a survey according to their own characteristics as well as those from the survey itself. The extent of the problem heavily depends on the correlation between response mechanisms and key survey variables. However, non-response bias is difficult to measure or to correct for due to the lack of relevant data about the whole target population or sample. In this paper, non-response follow-up surveys are considered as a possible source of information about non-respondents. Non-response follow-ups, however, suffer from two methodological issues: they themselves operate through a response mechanism that can cause potential non-response bias, and they pose a problem of comparability of measure, mostly because the survey design differs between main survey and non-response follow-up. In order to detect possible bias, the survey variables included in non-response surveys have to be related to the mechanism of participation, but not be sensitive to measurement effects due to the different designs. Based on accumulated experience of four similar non-response follow-ups, we studied the survey variables that fulfill these conditions. We differentiated socio-demographic variables that are measurement-invariant but have a lower correlation with non-response and variables that measure attitudes, such as trust, social participation, or integration in the public sphere, which are more sensitive to measurement effects but potentially more appropriate to account for the non-response mechanism. Our results show that education level, work status, and living alone, as well as political interest, satisfaction with democracy, and trust in institutions are pertinent variables to include in non-response follow-ups of general social surveys." (author's abstract)

Over the years a variation of tests has been conducted within the various international surveys, as ESS, EVS and ISSP. Both at the international and national level tests regarding the wording of the questions and the response categories have been conducted. This study provides on overview of these language tests. Very often multiple tests are conducted on the same main question (versions A, B, etc), which are all included. More information on these variables is provided in the word document "Methodological data - Test variables_version 4".

The Swiss PILOT ISSP 2017 SOCIAL NETWORKS survey is the pretest survey of the 2017 version of the International Social Survey Program (ISSP; http://www.issp.org) about 'Social Networks' realized in Switzerland. The survey focuses on social resources and support, contact frequency with family and friends and diversity and hierarchy of personal network. Issues such as access and mobilization of social relations, perception and justification of social inequalities, perceived integration, norms of obligation and reciprocity and social strain are also covered.
This pilot has been realized in Switzerland, Germany, China, Venezuela, Taiwan, Turkey and the Unites States of America with the scope to pretest and finalize the questionnaire for the main survey in 2017. In Switzerland, the pilot has surveyed just over a thousand residents, between the end of 2015 and the beginning of 2016 through a paper questionnaire.
The main ISSP survey is conducted every year in more than 40 countries over the world. Every edition of the ISSP covers a specific theme, which is repeated at a regular interval. In Switzerland, the ISSP modules are included in the MOSAiCH survey (Measurement and Observation of Social Attitudes in Switzerland; http://forscenter.ch/en/our-surveys/international-surveys/mosaich-issp-2/). The "ISSP 2017 Social Networks III" module will be integrated in the MOSAiCH 2017 survey along with the ISSP 2016 module 'Role of Government' to be fielded in spring/summer 2017 with a representative sample of the resident Swiss population. Most questions of the present pilot survey will be fielded identically or slightly amended in the main survey in 2017 in all ISSP countries.

This study provides information on the Non Response Surveys (NRS) executed after the main questionnaires of several international questionnaires conducted in Switzerland between 2002 and 2015. Each dataset contains the NRS questions and their relation to the questions in the main questionnaire. The principal information on these NRS questionnaires is noted down in the Word document "697_NRS_doc_Comparison".

The Swiss PILOT ISSP 2015 WORK ORIENTATION survey is the pretest survey of the 2015 version of the International Social Survey Program (ISSP; http://www.issp.org) about 'Work Orientation' realized in Switzerland. The survey focuses on work values, work-life balance, worker flexibility and job search. Issues such as satisfaction at work, occupational commitment, relations at workplace, (temporary) unemployment, discrimination at work and personal economic situation are also covered.
This pilot has been realized in Switzerland, Czech Republic, South-Korea, Venezuela, Germany and Israel with the scope to pretest and finalize the questionnaire for the main survey in 2015. In Switzerland, the pilot has surveyed several hundred residents of the German speaking part of Switzerland (several people from Lichtenstein were included too), between the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014 through web and paper questionnaires.
The main ISSP survey is conducted every year in more than 40 countries over the world. Every edition of the ISSP covers a specific theme, which is repeated at a regular interval. In Switzerland, the ISSP modules are included in the MOSAiCH survey (Measurement and Observation of Social Attitudes in Switzerland; http://forscenter.ch/en/our-surveys/international-surveys/mosaich-issp-2/). The "ISSP 2015 Work Orientation IV" module will be integrated in the MOSAiCH 2015 survey along with the ISSP 2014 module 'Citizenship II' to be fielded in spring/summer 2015 with a representative sample of the resident Swiss population. Most questions of the present pilot survey will be fielded identically or slightly amended in the main survey in 2015 in all ISSP countries.

MOSAiCH is a cross-sectional survey that focuses on the Swiss population's values and attitudes toward a wide range of social issues.
The thematic focus of the 2018 edition lies on "Religion IV", the current module of the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) which is repeated for the 4th time. This international part is supplemented by selected socio-demographic questions, as well as a module composed of Switzerland specific questions. The questions of this Swiss part are determined by means of a public call and either expand the ISSP module thematically or measure other dimensions that are of special interest to Switzerland.

MOSAiCH is a cross-sectional survey that focuses on the Swiss population's values and attitudes toward a wide range of social issues.
The thematic focus of the 2018 edition lies on "Religion IV", the current module of the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) which is repeated for the 4th time. This international part is supplemented by selected socio-demographic questions, as well as a module composed of Switzerland specific questions. The questions of this Swiss part are determined by means of a public call and either expand the ISSP module thematically or measure other dimensions that are of special interest to 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 48 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 2013, the ISSP modules will be on the repeated topics "Family and
changing gender roles (IV)" and "National identity (III)".
The questions for the last part have been determined by a call for proposals. The additional questions in the Face-to-Face questionnaire are related to National identity, gender role and work complexity. The drop-off questionnaire is related to family network.

MOSAiCH is a cross-sectional survey that focuses on the Swiss population's values and attitudes toward a wide range of social issues.
The thematic focus of the 2018 edition lies on "Religion IV", the current module of the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) which is repeated for the 4th time. This international part is supplemented by selected socio-demographic questions, as well as a module composed of Switzerland specific questions. The questions of this Swiss part are determined by means of a public call and either expand the ISSP module thematically or measure other dimensions that are of special interest to Switzerland.

The ESS survey (European Social Survey, http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org) emerged from the need to obtain comparative data in Europe on a number of issues of political science, sociology, social psychology, mass communication or economics. The ESS is a study introduced in 2002 and replicated every two years. This is the seventh edition of the study in Switzerland. The ESS provides indicators on the practices and representations of the Swiss population, making it possible to compare them with European countries and to observe the evolution over time. The 2016 edition focuses on 'Climate change' and 'Welfare'.