A translation error has been detected in Round 1 Austrian translations related to variables IMDETBS (D34) and IMDETMR (D35).

The phrase "race or ethnic group" was translated to "Hautfarbe und sprache" (skin colour and language), where the use of language as a translation for ethnic group would not be considered correct by ESS standards.

The Austrian version of the variables will be removed from future releases of the integrated ESS1 data and published in country-specific Austrian data files.

A mapping error has been detected for Israeli respondents with background from the former Soviet Union education system (eduil2).

After data collection, category 229 of eduil1 (the item related to the Israeli education system) was re-mapped from edulvlb 229 to 311. Accidentally, this re-mapping was also performed for category 229 of eduil2 (the item related to the Soviet Union education system). The latter should have remained in ISCED category 229.

Only 5 respondents (IDNOs: 2155, 2564, 2586, 2645, 2722) are affected by this error, and the following syntax (SPSS) will rectify the error:

IF (eduil2 = 229) edulvlb = 229.
EXECUTE.

The error will be corrected in future updates of the ESS5 data.

An error has been detected in the United Kingdom data related to variables TTMINO12 ("Travel time to child aged 12 or over, in minutes") and TTMINPNT ("Travel time to parent, in minutes").

The data currently available in the data portal for these two variables (in the UK) reflects only the hour component of the questions, hence all substantive values in the datafile refers to hours and not minutes.

Corrected variables will be published in the next update of the integrated ESS10 data file. In the meantime, correct versions of TTMINO12 and TTMINPNT may be obtained by request to the archive via email.

The first edition of data and documentation for ESS Round 11 (2023/24) was released on Thursday 20 June 2024.

Edition 1.0 includes data from the following countries: Austria, Croatia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

The release also includes data from the interviewer's questionnaire and contact form for Austria, Croatia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

ESS Round 11 includes rotating modules on the topics: "Gender in contemporary Europe: Rethinking Equality and the Backlash" and "Social inequalities in health and their determinants" (also fielded in ESS Round 7, 2014/15).

Data and documentation is accessible from the ESS Data Portal.

In the most recent edition of the multilevel dataset for ESS9, ESS9MDWe03.1, we have been alerted to an error in variables c_gdppc_1990 - c_gdppc_2019 ("[COUNTRY] GDP per capita at current prices, US Dollars").

All variables will be corrected in future releases.

In the meantime, we would recommend users to either omit these variables altogether from any analyses or apply the corresponding variables (restricted to c_gdppc_1990 - c_gdppc_2017) published in ESS8MDWe02.1.

A new version of the ESS8 integrated file (edition 2.3) was published on 24 November 2023.

The new release is due to some corrections in the education variables for Norway.

For more information, see version information for the ESS8 integrated file on the ESS Data Portal.

A new version of the ESS9 integrated file (edition 3.2) was published on 24 November 2023.

The new release is due to some corrections in the religion variables for Cyprus and the education variables for Norway.

For more information, see version information for the ESS9 integrated file on the ESS Data Portal.

A new version of the ESS1 integrated file (edition 6.7) was published on 24 November 2023.

The new release is due to some corrections in the region variable for Switzerland. The analysis weight (anweight) has also been added.

For more information, see version information for the ESS1 integrated file on the ESS Data Portal. 

A new version of the ESS4 integrated file (edition 4.6) was published on 24 November 2023.

The new release is due to some corrections in the religion variables for Cyprus. The analysis weight (anweight) has also been added.

For more information, see version information for the ESS4 integrated file on the ESS Data Portal. 

A new version of the ESS5 integrated file (edition 3.5) was published on 24 November 2023.

The new release is due to some corrections in data from Cyprus, Hungary, Lithuania and Norway. The analysis weight (anweight) has also been added.

For more information, see version information for the ESS5 integrated file on the ESS Data portal.