Our statistics about Ireland are independent and reliable, because you told us.
The information you give us lets us create a very accurate picture of what it means to live in Ireland today - our lives, our economy, our health, our happiness and well-being.
The Social Connections Survey is a pilot survey that gathers information about social connectedness, solidarity, and trust among individuals or groups of people, and society at large. Questions are included on values, connections between groups, fairness, discrimination, and grievances.
The survey is undertaken as part of United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) taskforce on the measuring between group relations.
The objective of the Social Connections Survey is to test questions that could provide evidence-based data on the strength of personal and societal bonds between different groups of people in Ireland.
The statistics produced from future iterations of the survey will be used by people, academics, local authorities and national government to make policy decisions and to plan for our futures.
The CSO has set up a panel of randomly selected people to participate in a series of short surveys. If you were selected for this panel, you may be contacted by email to complete this survey.
If you are contacted via email, information on how to take part in the Social Connections Survey will be included in the email. You can access and complete the questionnaire using your CSO identifier and PIN provided in the email and following the provided link, or click on the link here: https://launch.survey.cso.ie/
If you are asked to take part, please do so because your voice matters.
Protecting your confidentiality is at the heart of everything we do. Your confidentiality is guaranteed by law under the Statistics Act, 1993, which means no individual, household or enterprise can be identified from the data we publish. The information you provide is generalised, so nobody is identifiable from the data you provide, and it is only used for statistical purposes. We would like to thank you for your trust in us.
Because confidentiality is so important to our work, we have developed a Trust & Transparency page.
If you have any questions about your participation, please contact us.
Email: CSOTakePart@cso.ie
Telephone: 021 453 5110
Learn about our data and confidentiality safeguards, and the steps we take to produce statistics that can be trusted by all.