25 Version notes
ESS4 edition 4.0 (published 02.02.2011):
Changes from edition 3.0
Additional countries: Ireland, Lithuania.
Changes in data:
The harmonised education variables EDULVL, EDULVLP, EDULVLF, EDULVLM (7 categories) have been replaced with EDULVLA, EDULVLPA, EDULVLFA, EDULVLMA (5 categories).
In addition, for Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and Ukraina additional European Survey version of ISCED has been produced for respondent (EISCED), partner (EISCEDP), father (EISCEDF) and mother (EISCEDM).
For Estonia only EISCED for respondent has been produced.
Changes in country data:
CROATIA:
The data in region variable REGIONHR have been replaced.
Changes in variables:
F32 HINCTNTA: The value labels have been changed to reflect the change in income measurement introduced in ESS4 - 2008.
ESS4 edition 3.0 (published 24.03.10):
Changes from edition 2.0
Additional countries: Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Latvia, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine.
Changes in country data:
GERMANY:
Question G11 (IMPFREE) and G12 (IPHLPPL) asked to women, had been switched in the German questionnaire. The variables IMPFREE and IPHLPPL have now been corrected.
NETHERLANDS:
Minor amendments in household grid variables F4 (RSHIPA2) "second person in household: relationship to respondent" and (RSHIPA3) "third person in household: relationship to respondent". RSHIPA2 has been amended for two respondents, and RSHIPA3 has been amended for one respondent.
PORTUGAL:
Administrative variables measuring the timing of the main and supplementary interview, variables INWDDS INWMMS INWYYS INWSHH INWSMM INWDDE INWMME INWYYE INWEHH INWEMM SUPQDD SUPQMM and SUPQYR, have been replaced. Variable INWTM “Interview length in minutes, main questionnaire” has been recalculated by the archive on the basis of the replaced variables.
ESS4 edition 2.0 (published 17.12.09):
Changes from edition 1.0:
Additional countries: Hungary, Israel, Netherlands.
Slovakia now included in the integrated file.
ESS4 edition 1.0 (published 23.09.09):
Includes data from Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
Data from Slovakia are only available as a separate country file until design weights have been produced and added to their data.
