The intention of this paper is to provide the scientific community with information on research carried out in the course of the comparative research programme EuReporting - Towards a European System on Social Reporting and Welfare Measurement. This research is being funded by the European Commission and is being conducted by research teams throughout Europe. In this paper, we will report on the findings of the research carried out by the team in Vienna. The Viennese research team is to assess the existing stock of comparative and cross-sectional surveys in the field of social reporting and welfare measurement. Of concern here is not only documentary work, but also the quality and comparability of existing survey data. The focus of the Vienna project is upon such cross-national and cross-sectional surveys as the World Values Survey, the International Social Survey Programme, the Eurobarometer and the New Democracies Barometer, as well as national longitudinal studies.
