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Madrid, December 2, 2021. On December 3 , at 11:30 a.m., the CCI (Consumer Confidence Index) will be available to all media on the website of the Sociological Research Center (www.cis.es) . The ICC collects monthly the assessment of the recent evolution and expectations of Spanish consumers related to their family economy, employment and their savings and consumption possibilities. For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

2021 Award Professor Constanza Tobío Soler receives the National Prize for Sociology and Political Science The Professor of Sociology has focused a good part of her studies on gender sociology, the family-employment relationship and care The award jury bases its decision on a brilliant professional and academic career of more than 40 years Madrid, November 25, 2021. The Professor of Sociology at the Carlos III University, Constanza Tobío Soler, has received the 2021 National Prize for Sociology and Political Science. The jury has based its decision on a brilliant professional and academic career of more than 40 years, in which Tobío has focused a good part of his studies on gender sociology, the family-employment relationship and care. The winner is the daughter of the diplomat, writer and translator Lois Tobío. He was born in Uruguay and returned to Spain in the 1960s. He graduated in Sociology from the Faculty of Political Sciences and Sociology of the Complutense University of Madrid in 1977, and in Political Sciences, specializing in Political Sociology, from the same Faculty in 1979. Constanza Tobío Soler has been director of the Department of Political Science and Sociology, as well as Vice Dean of the Degree in Sociology at the Carlos III University. He has directed the European Master in Politics and Society, and the Master in Transatlantic Relations. And she is currently director of the Department of Social Analysis at the Carlos III University. She has been coordinator of the “Sociology of Gender” Working Group of the Spanish Federation of Sociology, has belonged to the Executive Commission of the European Association of Sociology and to various European research networks. In addition, he currently belongs to the Advisory Board of the Center for Sociological Research. He has belonged to the Editorial Board of prestigious national and foreign magazines such as European Societies, Politics and Society, Rétraite et Societé and Revista Española de Sociocología. He currently belongs to the board of the Spanish Journal of Sociological Research, as well as the CIS collections, Classics of Sociology and Contemporary Classics. He has given more than 200 presentations and conferences, and has participated in more than 50 national and international research projects. The winner is the author of 177 publications (5 books, 51 book chapters, 51 articles in national and international scientific journals and 59 other publications). She has just published The Gender View in Sociology, of which she is the author together with Mercedes Alcañiz and María Teresa Martín. She has collaborated in the book Women in the Great Recession (2015), as well as in the collective work of the CIS Spain 2015: Social Situation, which was awarded the UNE Award for the “Best Monograph in Legal and Social Sciences 2015”. And in 2018 she obtained the Quality Mention from the Andalusian Association of Sociology for the article “Change and continuity in three generations of women: a qualitative longitudinal analysis of forms of work” published in the Spanish Journal of Sociological Research. The jury, which has been constituted by the president of the CIS, José Félix Tezanos, is made up of the Professor of Sociology, María Ángeles Durán Heras (National Sociology Prize 2018), the Professor of Sociology of the Complutense University of Madrid, Inés Alberdi Alonso (National Sociology Award 2019), the Professor of Political Science and Administration at the Complutense University, Esther del Campo García, the Full Professor of Sociology at the Complutense University, María José Mateo Rivas, the Professor of Sociology at the University National Distance Education, María Rosario H. Sánchez Morales, and the Professor of Sociology at the Autonomous University of Madrid, Miguel Beltrán (National Sociology Award 2020). For any questions you can contact the CIS Communication telephone number 91 580 76 25/664 470 083

Madrid, November 16, 2021. On November 17 , at 11:30 a.m. , the barometer for the month of November will be available to all media on the website of the Sociological Research Center (www.cis.es). For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

Madrid, November 11, 2021. On November 12 , at 11:30 a.m. , the "Survey on social and emotional relationships in times of the COVID-19 pandemic (II)", will be available to all media in the website of the Center for Sociological Research (www.cis.es). For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

The Consumer Confidence Index stands at 97.3 points in October, double that of a year ago This month's CCI reaches 97.3 points, 48.8 points more than in October 2020 The assessment index of the current situation stands at 85 points, with an increase of 1.9 points in relation to that obtained last September Madrid, October 29, 2021 . Consumer confidence stands at 97.3 points in October according to the monthly index of the Center for Sociological Research. A figure that reaches pre-pandemic levels and is double that of a year ago, when the CCI was 48.5 points. Compared to the month of September, this index drops one point, since it stood at 98.3. Regarding the assessment index of the current situation, it reached 85 points in October, with an increase of 1.9 points compared to last September. This increase in the index is due to the evolution of three factors: the assessment of the current economic situation decreases 1.2 points compared to the previous month, the assessment of the labor market increases 6.3 points compared to September and in the case of the assessment of the situation of households there is an increase of 0.7 points in the last month. The CIS ICC data are based on a representative sample of the Spanish population of 2,816 interviews carried out between October 14 and 20. These and other data are collected in the October ICC, which is available to all media on the website of the Sociological Research Center (www.cis.es). For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

Madrid, October 28, 2021. On October 29 , at 11:30 a.m. , the CCI (Consumer Confidence Index) will be available to all media on the website of the Sociological Research Center (www.cis.es) . The ICC collects monthly the assessment of the recent evolution and expectations of Spanish consumers related to their family economy, employment and their savings and consumption possibilities. For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

Madrid, October 22, 2021. Today, October 22 , at 1:00 p.m. , the special study on the consequences and effects of the coronavirus on the Spanish population will be available to all media on the website of the Center for Sociological Research ( www.cis.es). For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

92% of Spaniards positively value the cessation of ETA violence on its tenth anniversary According to the CIS October barometer, 93.5% of Basques positively value the end of ETA violence for Spain Regarding public resources: 84.6% claim that "too few" resources are dedicated to research in science and technology Regarding mandatory vaccination for COVID-19, the percentage of Spaniards who believe it should be mandatory increases (48.9%) Madrid, October 15, 2021 . On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the announcement of the cessation of violence by ETA, the CIS has asked about it in the October monthly barometer. This survey reveals that 92.2% of Spaniards value the cessation of the terrorist group's violence positively or very positively, of which 59.1% "very positively" and 33.1% " positive". While only 3.7% believe that it has been "very negative" or "negative" for Spain. In the case of Basque society, 93.5% of Basques consider the end of ETA violence "very positive" and "positive" for Spain. When asking specifically about the Basque Country, 86.4% of Spaniards positively value the end of ETA violence ten years later. Of these, 53.6% believe it has been "very positive" and 32.8% "positive." In the case of Basques, 94.5% believe that it has been "very positive" or "positive" for the Basque Country. Questions have also been asked about how the cessation of the terrorist group has affected the economy of the Basque Country. 77.8% of Spaniards value it positively. 30.4% say that it has been "very positive" and 47.4% that it has been "positive." Only 4.6% value it negatively. In the case of Basques, 86.4% positively value the impact of the end of ETA violence on the Basque economy. Public resources This survey also asks about investment in public services. 84.6% of Spaniards believe that "too few" resources are dedicated to research in science and technology, followed by 76.8% who believe that "too few" resources are dedicated to health . Mandatory vaccination Given the risk of coronavirus contagion, 48.9% believe that "everyone should be forced to get vaccinated", a figure that increases compared to the barometer of the previous month, when it stood at 47.4%. To which we must add 32.6% who believe that health personnel, people who work with nursing homes and those who have direct relations with the general public should be forced to be vaccinated. 24.6% think that "no one should be forced to get vaccinated" and 23% say that "it depends on the cases." Vote estimation and assessment of ministers In the October barometer the PSOE stands at 28.5%, 6.4 points behind the PP, which obtains 22.1% of the votes. VOX gets 13.2%, Unidas Podemos 11.8% and Ciudadanos reaches 6%. Esquerra Republicana achieves 3.1% of the votes and Más País/Compromís reach 3%. Regarding the evaluation of ministers, it should be noted that three ministers are the best valued. Margarita Robles in the lead with a 5.5, Nadia Calviño with a 5.4 and Yolanda Díaz also with a 5.4.