EQLS 2007 - Methodology: sample size
The target number of interviews was 1,000 in most countries although the larger countries had bigger sample targets: 1,500 interviews in Poland, Italy, France and the UK, and 2,000 interviews in Turkey and Germany. The target sample size and number of interviews actually carried out in each country is summarised in the following table.
Table: Completed interviews
|
Target number of interviews |
Actual number of interviews |
EQLS 2007 |
35000 |
35634 |
Austria |
1000 |
1043 |
Belgium |
1000 |
1010 |
Bulgaria |
1000 |
1030 |
Cyprus |
1000 |
1003 |
Czech Republic |
1000 |
1227 |
Germany |
2000 |
2008 |
Denmark |
1000 |
1004 |
Estonia |
1000 |
1023 |
Greece |
1000 |
1000 |
Spain |
1000 |
1015 |
Finland |
1000 |
1002 |
France |
1500 |
1537 |
Croatia |
1000 |
1000 |
Hungary |
1000 |
1000 |
Ireland |
1000 |
1000 |
Italy |
1500 |
1516 |
Lithuania |
1000 |
1004 |
Luxembourg |
1000 |
1004 |
Latvia |
1000 |
1002 |
Malta |
1000 |
1000 |
Netherlands |
1000 |
1011 |
Poland |
1500 |
1500 |
Portugal |
1000 |
1000 |
Romania |
1000 |
1000 |
Sweden |
1000 |
1017 |
Slovenia |
1000 |
1035 |
Slovakia |
1000 |
1128 |
Turkey |
2000 |
2000 |
United Kingdom |
1500 |
1507 |
Norway |
1000 |
1000 |
Macedonia |
1000 |
1008 |