Quarterly National Household Survey

Anonymised Microdata

The CSO make anonymised microdata files relating to the core QNHS data and selected ad-hoc social modules available free of charge to students and researchers for non-commercial purposes through the Irish Social Science Data Archice (ISSDA), which can be accessed at http://www.ucd.ie/issda/dataset-info/qnhs-details.htm.

Legal Basis

The core QNHS is conducted in accordance with EU regulations.

Fieldforce Structure

A field staff of 12 Field Co-Ordinators and 152 Interviewers are employed to collect information continuously. The field staff interviews some 3,000 households nationwide every week, using Blaise, a Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) package, on laptop computers. All CSO fieldstaff working on household surveys carry a CSO identity card.