Summary information

Study title

Eurobarometer 48.0 (Oct-Nov 1997)

Creator

European Commission, Brussels; DG X - Information Communication Culture Public Opinion Surveys and Research Unit

Study number / PID

ZA2959, Version 1.0.1 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.10929 (DOI)

Data access

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Series

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Abstract

Attitude to the EU, European unification and the currency union. Attitudes, knowledge, expectations, preferences as well as ideas about the further development of the EU. Vacation behavior. Topics: citizenship (multiple responses possible); interest in politics; personal opinion leadership; future expectations in the areas of economic situation of the country, one´s own financial situation, employment situation in the country, personal employment situation and life in general; satisfaction with democracy at country level as well as in Europe; trust in media, the police, church, military, trade unions, parties, large concerns as well as national and supranational institutions; most important sources of information or information channels about the EU and preferred means of information about the EU; media usage; judgement on the extent and quality of reporting about European affairs in the media; judgement on the membership of the country in the EU; advantageousness of this membership; judgement on the progress of European unification and personally preferred unification progress; attitude to a common European currency, foreign policy and defense policy; attitude to support of the president and the members of the European Commission by a majority of the European Parliament; attitude to equal rights for the European Parliament regarding the Council of Ministers; attitude to a local passive and active right to vote for all Europeans; attitude to school instruction about the job of the European institutions; attitude to a subsidy for European film and television productions; preference for national or European decision power in selected political areas; preference for a reduction of inflation or unemployment; attitude to a common European currency; self-assessment of extent to which informed about the Euro; attitude to an information campaign before introduction of the common European currency; desired priorities in EU policies, such as e.g. fight against poverty,...
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Keywords

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Methodology

Data collection period

12/10/1997 - 16/11/1997

Country

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

Time dimension

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Analysis unit

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Universe

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Sampling procedure

Multi-stage stratified random sample

Kind of data

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Data collection mode

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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