Journal article

Publication year: 2018

Pages: 15-27

Journal: Survey research methods

Volume number: 12

Issue number: 1

ISSN: 1864-3361

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.18148/srm/2018.v12i1.7212

Publisher: European Survey Research Association

Abstract: 
The 7th round of the European Social Survey (ESS) from 2014-15 includes a partial repetition of the immigration module from the first ESS wave (2002-03) with information on individual attitudes toward immigration and immigrants in both old and new immigration societies. The goal of the present study is to test whether and to what extent questions in the module are equivalent across ESS countries. We performed two types of measurement equivalence tests: exact and approximate. Whereas the exact approach requires that measurement parameters are exactly equal across groups, the approximate and newer approach suggests that it is sufficient that measurement parameters are approximately equal to allow a meaningful comparison across groups. Our findings suggest that two measurement scales, opposition toward immigration and realistic threat, are approximately invariant across most ESS countries and this allows the comparison of both associations with other theoretical constructs of interest and means.

Harvard Citation style: Davidov, E., Cieciuch, J. and Schmidt, P. (2018) The cross-country measurement comparability in the immigration module of the European Social Survey 2014-15, SURVEY RESEARCH METHODS, 12(1), pp. 15-27. https://doi.org/10.18148/srm/2018.v12i1.7212

APA Citation style: Davidov, E., Cieciuch, J., & Schmidt, P. (2018). The cross-country measurement comparability in the immigration module of the European Social Survey 2014-15. SURVEY RESEARCH METHODS. 12(1), 15-27. https://doi.org/10.18148/srm/2018.v12i1.7212