Summary information

Study title

EU Neighbourhood Barometer Wave 1 - Spring 2012

Creator

European Commission, Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, Unit B2 - Regional Programmes Neighbourhood South

Study number / PID

ZA6288, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.12410 (DOI)

Data access

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Series

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Abstract

Attitudes towards the European Union. Cooperation between the EU and the own country. Trust in institutions. Media use. Topics: 1. Attitudes towards the European Union: life satisfaction; frequency of political discussions about international, national, and local matters with friends and relatives; opinion leadership; assessment of the current situation in the following areas: national economy, global economy, personal job situation, financial situation of the own household; expected development in the next twelve months regarding: national economy, personal job situation, financial situation of the own household, national employment situation, personal life in general; most important problems in the own country; general direction things are going in the own country; image of the EU; knowledge test on the EU: number of member states, own flag, euro as the common currency of all member states; characteristics that best represent the European Union; assessment of the relations of the own country with the EU; awareness of financial support for the own country provided by the EU in the context of cooperation programmes; knowledge of specific programmes; area with the highest benefit from current European Union’s policies for the own country; attitude towards the following statements: EU has appropriate level of involvement in the own country, EU brings peace and stability in region surrounding the own country, EU is an important partner of the own country, sufficient common values of own country and EU as the basis for cooperation, EU support contributes a lot to own country’s development, position taken by the EU during the Arab Spring was supportive of local populations; prioritized areas the EU should play a greater role in in the own country. 2. Cooperation between the EU and the own country: attitude towards selected statements: appropriate amount of information on the EU available in the own country, clear communication from the EU regarding the own country,...
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Methodology

Data collection period

09/07/2012 - 09/09/2012

Country

Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Territory, Occupied, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Republic of, Ukraine, Belarus, Russian Federation

Time dimension

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Analysis unit

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Universe

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Sampling procedure

Probability Sample: Proportionate Stratified Multistage Sample (sampling points allocated with respect to regions and urbanization / population density) combined with Non-Probability Sample: Proportional Quota Sample (respondent selection within households are based on pre-defined quotas for gender by age according to national statistics).

Kind of data

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Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

2016

Terms of data access

A - Data and documents are released for academic research and teaching.

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