Summary information

Study title

Flash Eurobarometer 283 (Entrepreneurship in the EU and Beyond)

Creator

European Commission, Brussels DG Communication Public Opinion Analysis Sector

Study number / PID

ZA5439, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.10210 (DOI)

Data access

Information not available

Series

Not available

Abstract

Attitudes towards entrepreneurship.Topics: preferred employment status: employed, self-employed; reasons for preferred employment status; feasibility to become self-employed within the next five years; reasons for non-feasibility; attitude towards the following statements on personal school education with regard to entrepreneurship: helpful to develop entrepreneurial attitude, helpful to understand role of entrepreneurs in society, made interested in becoming entrepreneur, has given essential skills; attitude towards selected statements on entrepreneurs: create benefit for society, only think of themselves, are job creators, take advantage of other people’s work; activities in starting a business; considerations with regard to staring a business; current situation in own business; importance of each of the following issues in the decision to start a business: dissatisfaction with previous job situation, appropriate business idea, contact with appropriate business partner, getting necessary financial resources, role model, addressing special needs; reasons for starting own business; preference to set up new business or to take over existing one; most important risks for setting up a business; attitude towards selected groups of people: entrepreneurs, civil servants, top managers in large production companies, managers in banks or similar institutions, politicians, liberal professions; use of an assumed heritage; preference for quick expansion or slow growth; importance of each of the following issues with regard to starting a business: lack of financial support, complex administrative procedures, find information on how to start a business, risk of failure, possibility to have a second chance. Demography: sex; age; age at end of education; occupation; professional position; type of community; parents’ occupation; satisfaction with household income; self-characterization (e.g. equifinality, willingness to take risks, etc.). Additionally coded was: respondent ID;...
Read more

Keywords

Not available

Methodology

Data collection period

10/12/2009 - 16/01/2010

Country

Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Sweden, Spain, United Kingdom, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Iceland, Norway, United States of America, Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Turkey, Switzerland, Japan, Korea, Republic of, China

Time dimension

Not available

Analysis unit

Not available

Universe

Not available

Sampling procedure

Probability

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview
Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI)
Telephone interviews were conducted in each country, with the exception of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia where both telephone and face-to-face interviews were conducted.

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

2011

Terms of data access

0 - Data and documents are released for everybody.

Related publications

Not available