Summary information

Study title

Eurobarometer 44.1 (Nov-Dec 1995)

Creator

European Commission, Brussels; DG X - Information Communication Culture Surveys Research Analyses

Study number / PID

ZA2690, Version 1.0.1 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.10917 (DOI)

Data access

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Series

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Abstract

Attitude to the EU, European unification, the currency union. Purchase preferences of foods. Defense questions of the EU. Third world. Attitude of young people to education. Topics: Expected economic situation for the next year and expectations regarding the financial situation of one´s own household, the employment situation in the country, one´s own job situation as well as regarding general contentment with life; interest in politics; personal opinion leadership; attitude to membership of the country in the EU and advantageousness of membership for one´s own country; judgement on the speed of unification of the EU and desired progress of this unification (scale); attitude to a common European currency; self-assessment of extent to which informed about the European currency; knowledge about the convergence criteria for participants in the common currency specified in the Maastricht Treaty; knowledge about the two countries that have a special arrangement regarding their opportunity to join the common currency; knowledge about the time of introduction of the currency; hope, concerns and general attitudes to the effects of the European currency (scale); preference for an introduction on one day or a gradual introduction of the new bank notes; desire for more slow or short-term transition time in dual pricing of products; expected transition difficulties in the introduction of the new currency; preferred information provider for the introduction of the European currency; preferred institutions and media for conveying this information; vision of Europe in the year 2010; European citizenship; significant European controversies and events noticed in the media; relative significance of decision-making European institutions; preference for national or common European decisions in selected areas (split: presentation of different topics and political areas); hopes or fears in the Common Market and the European Union; attitude to a common European foreign and security...
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Methodology

Data collection period

11/11/1995 - 15/01/1996

Country

Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Norway

Time dimension

Cross-section

Analysis unit

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Universe

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Sampling procedure

Probability: Multistage
Multi-stage stratified random sample

Kind of data

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Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview: Paper-and-pencil (PAPI)
Oral survey with standardized questionnaire

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

2012

Terms of data access

0 - Data and documents are released for everybody.

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