Summary information

Study title

Flash Eurobarometer 318 (Attitudes towards the EU in the United Kingdom, 2010)

Creator

Papacostas, Antonis (European Commission, Brussels DG Communication Public Opinion Analysis Sector)

Study number / PID

ZA5475, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.10733 (DOI)

Data access

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Series

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Abstract

Attitudes in the United Kingdom towards the EU.Topics: EU image; awareness of the following initiatives: European Health Insurance Card, Bathing Water Report, Blue Flag Guide, European Arrest Warrant, Air Passenger Rights Regulation, pet passport, hedge fund proposal, guidelines for pay in financial institutions, citizens’ initiative for launching EU-level legislation; personal importance of benefits from each of the aforementioned issues; impact on personal image of the EU; knowledge test on the EU: right of EU citizens to travel to or study in other EU countries, decrease of mobile phone charges for travelers within the EU, existence of strict food-safety standards, existence of a standing army, existence of an EU tax, EU budget is larger than the UK’s; estimated percentage of the UK’s gross national income going towards the EU budget; assessment of the economic benefit-cost ratio of being in the EU; assessment of the influence of the UK government on EU legislation; impact of the influence of the UK government on EU legislation on personal attitude towards the UK’s EU membership; attitude towards selected statements on the UK’s EU membership: consumers benefit from European Single Market, improved working conditions, cleaner environment, more say in global trade negotiations, easier prosecution of criminals, more effective regulation of financial markets; attitude towards the UK not being part of the European Single Market; assessment of the role of the EU in: economic governance, regulating financial markets, protecting human rights, global poverty, security of energy supplies, tackling climate change, global terrorism, tackling cross-border crime; assessment of the presentation of the EU in the national media as positive; self-rated knowledge about the European Union, its policies and institutions; assessment of the information available on the European Union as simple and clear; desire for additional information on the EU; interest in clearer information on...
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Keywords

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Methodology

Data collection period

22/11/2010 - 26/11/2010

Country

United Kingdom

Time dimension

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Analysis unit

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Universe

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Sampling procedure

Probability

Kind of data

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Data collection mode

Telephone interview

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

2011

Terms of data access

0 - Data and documents are released for everybody.

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