A Review of General Social Surveys

Abstract

Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development 19-Oct-2016 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________ English-Or. English STATISTICS DIRECTORATE A REVIEW OF GENERAL SOCIAL SURVEYS WORKING PAPER No.75

Diversity statistics in the OECD

“…A French survey conducted on a representative sample of students and employees to test their reactions to different methods for recording ethnic origins found that 12% of respondents felt very such as Travellers and the Roma, or indigenous communities more generally, being considerably underestimated in surveys and censuses (FRA, 2009 [38]; Font and Meńdez, 2013 [39]). Similar difficulties may impact migrant communities and undocumented individuals who might face denunciation and deportation (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, 2011 [40]). Training of enumerators and the involvement of minority communities in all stages of the data collection process including questions of data ownership are critical to mitigate these problems (Box 4.1).…”

OECD Guidelines on Measuring the Quality of the Working Environment

“…GSSs originated in the United States in the 1970s in order to monitor societal change and people's behaviours, attitudes and attributes. GSSs of this type are now being carried out by a large number of countries on a regular basis (Fleischer et al, 2016) (1989,1998,2005,2015) and the Work, Family and Well-being modules of the ESS (2004 and.…”