ESDS International is developing a resource for researchers analysing cross-national survey data. The resource will advise novice users of the advantages and disadvantages of undertaking comparative research and enable more advanced users to extract more from the data. This complements Unit 3 of the Countries and Citizens resource and will be further developed over the next 12 months.

Cross-national survey listings

• A Tabular History of Comparative Survey Research
• European Data Center for Work and Welfare (EDACwowe) - comparative data resources
• Eurostat microdata
• International Household Survey Network (IHSN) international databanks
• Finding and accessing international micro data (ESDS)
• Other international micro data (ESDS)

Database of survey questions/questionnaires

ESDS International has linked up with the Survey Question Bank to allow users to search for survey documents (in PDF format) across a selection of the major cross-national social surveys.

Where we get permission from the questionnaire owners, ESDS International plans to add http links from the PDF documents back to the survey data wherever they are made available in an online browsing tool such as Nesstar. We plan to add these links on a topic-by-topic basis. The first topic chosen is Trust.

The following resources also allow users to search for questions and variables across international surveys:

• Centre for Comparative European Survey Data (CCESD) Information System
• Council of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA) catalogue
• International Household Survey Network (IHSN) question bank (under construction)
• Zentralarchiv's Online Study Catalogue (ZACAT)

International classification systems

• Health
• Education

Resources: Methodology, measurement and analysis

• General
• Translation
• Equivalence, harmonisation
• Other resources

Forums, networks and centres of expertise

• Centre for Comparative European Survey Data (CCESD)
• Comparative Survey Design and Implementation (CSDI)
• Comparative Survey Methodology (GESIS-ZA)
• International Data Forum
• International Household Survey Network (IHSN)
• Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) — International

Health classifications

Reference classifications

• International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
  • General information
• International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
  • General information
• International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI)
  • General information

Derived classifications

• International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) in Occupational Health
• International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, 3rd Edition (ICD-O-3)
• ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders
• Application of the International Classification of Diseases to Neurology (ICD-10-NA)
• Application of the International Classification of Diseases to Dentistry and Stomatology, 3rd Edition (ICD-DA)

Related classifications

• International Classification of Primary Care, Second edition (ICPC-2)

Summary - World Health Organization Family of International Classifications

• Definition, scope and purpose

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Education classifications

• International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED)
  • ISCED 1997 (PDF)

• Comparative Analysis of Social Mobility in Industrial Nations (CASMIN)
  • General information (Prof. Dr. Walter Müller, MZES) and classification (p.3) (PDF)

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Cross-national methods: general

• Cross-Cultural Survey Guidelines
• Harkness, J. (1999) 'In pursuit of quality: issues for cross-national survey research' in International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2, 1999, pp.125-140.
• Harkness, J., van de Vijver, F. and Mohler, P. (eds.) (2002) Cross-cultural survey methods, Wiley and Sons.
• Lynn, P. (2003) 'Developing quality standards for cross-national survey research: five approaches', International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 6(4), pp.323-336, and ISER Working Paper Number 2001-21. Retrieved June 30, 2008, from www.iser.essex.ac.uk/pubs/workpaps/pdf/2001-21.pdf
• Skjåk, K. and Harkness, J. (2002) 'Data collection methods' in J. Harkness, F. van de Vijver and P. Mohler (eds.) Cross-cultural survey methods, Wiley and Sons.
• ZUMA – Nachrichten Spezial, 11. Retrieved December 8, 2008, from
  www.gesis.org/fileadmin/upload/forschung/publikationen/zeitschriften/zuma_nachrichten_spezial/znspezial11.pdf
• ZUMA – Nachrichten Spezial, 12. Retrieved December 8, 2008, from
  www.gesis.org/fileadmin/upload/forschung/publikationen/zeitschriften/zuma_nachrichten_spezial/znspezial12.pdf

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Cross-national methods: translation

• Behling, O. and Law, K.S. (2000) Translating questionnaires and other research instruments: problems and solutions, Sage.
• Harkness, J., Pennell, B-E. and Schoua-Glusberg, A. (2004) 'Survey questionnaire translation and assessment' in S. Presser et al. (eds.) Questionnaire development evaluation and testing methods, Wiley Series in Survey Methodology, New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons Inc.

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Cross-national methods: equivalence, harmonisation

• Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, J. and Wolf, C. (eds.) (2003) Advances in cross-national comparison: a European working book for demographic and socio-economic variables, Kluwer and Plenum.
• Jowell, R. et al. (2007) Measuring attitudes cross-nationally. Lessons from the European Social Survey, Sage.
• ZUMA – Nachrichten Spezial, 3. Retrieved December 8, 2008, from
  www.gesis.org/fileadmin/upload/forschung/publikationen/zeitschriften/zuma_nachrichten_spezial/znspezial3.pdf

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Cross-national methods: other resources

• Rydland, L., Arnesen, S. and Østensen, Å. (2007) Contextual data for the European Social Survey. An overview and assessment of extant resources, Rapport nr. 124. Bergen: NSD. Retrieved June 30, 2008, from
  ess.nsd.uib.no/files/ESS_context_sources.pdf
• Countries and Citizens
• European Social Survey Education Network (ESS EduNet)
• Guide to freely available international data resources (ESDS)
• Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
• Luxembourg Income Study - LIS/LWS databases
• Panel Comparability Project (PACO)

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