Guide to European Election Studies
European Election Studies (EES) have taken place for five of the six European
parliamentary elections since 1979, the most recent being 2004. The exception
is 1984 – though a number of EES-type questions were put to the October 1984
Eurobarometer respondents (Euro-Barometer 22, archived at the Economic and
Social Data Service (ESDS) under SN 2816), allowing the time series for some
questions to remain unbroken. For 2004, national study directors (rather than
the international research group which had co-ordinated the previous studies)
funded and conducted the study in 24 of the 25 European Union (EU) member countries.
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The format for each EES is a core survey – maintaining comparability over time –
and a thematic module, chosen for its pertinence to the election. The focus of
the core survey is on electoral, social and political behaviour, and includes
citizens' perceptions of, and preferences about, the EU
political regime, and people’s evaluations of EU political performance.
Accessing data and documentation
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Users registered with the ESDS have access to 2004 EES data for the United
Kingdom in SPSS, Stata and tab-delimited formats, via the instant download
service or on CD:
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Great Britain:
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Northern Ireland:
To register with ESDS:
Registered users may also use the Data Catalogue to order earlier studies from
the series:
The data for the 1999 and 2004 elections may also be downloaded in SPSS format
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Further information
Aside from data, the study's web site also makes available
the bibliographical details of publications based on the data and allows
current users to submit their own publications to add to the library:
- existing publications:
- submit publications:
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Users also have access to a set of tools to be used in conjunction with the data, including the Electoral Utility Package:
- tools:
- Electoral Utility Package:
The study’s web site also provides details on the Euromanifestos Project, which focuses on the two most recent election studies:
www.esds.ac.uk/international international@esds.ac.uk
I33291 - European Election Studies
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