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The Europeanisation of Everyday Life: Cross-Border Practices and Transnational Identities among EU and Third-Country Citizens (EUCROSS)
Soziales Verhalten und soziale Einstellungen
EUCROSS examined the relationship between the manifold activities of EU residents (nationals, mobile EU citizens, and third-country nationals) across the borders of nation states and their collective identities. Topics: 1. Cross-border practices: regions and countries the respondent is familiar with; reasons for this familiarity (work, study, family, partner relationship, friends, leisure, holidays, other); motivation for the decision to settle in the country; ever lived in another country for three or more consecutive months before the respondent turned 18 and countries; year or period the respondent lived in this country; country, and year or period of the longest stay; number of visited countries for journeys abroad; willingness to move back to the country of birth to improve work and living conditions; participation in an international exchange program that has been funded or co-funded by the European Union; own school age children should spend some months in another country; number of trips abroad with at least one overnight stay in the past 24 months; visited countries; main reasons for those trips; percentage of family members, in-laws and friends who are originally from other countries (migrants: from respondent´s country of birth, from the country of residence, from other countries); percentage of family-members, in-laws or friends living outside respondent´s country and origin of those people; frequency of communication with family-members, in-laws or friends living abroad; ways of communication; official language of the country is respondent´s native language; native language; primarily spoken language in the respondent´s household; ever learned other languages beside the native language and the official language in the country; foreign language competence; foreign language the respondent speaks best; percentage of all received private and business related messages which came from abroad; activity in any organisation or group which is oriented towards other countries or cultures; frequency of sending money abroad for reasons other than purchasing good or services; recipient of the money (relationship to the respondent); respondent received money from someone who is living in another country; relationship to those persons; respondent or his partner owns property in the country of residence or in another country; country of property; purchase of good or services from sellers or providers located abroad; place of business of these sellers or providers (country); frequency of following sports in the media; sports on international level or in another country; frequency of receiving TV content in other languages (and not dubbed) than the official country language or the native language; preferred kinds of music; preferred foreign cuisine; life satisfaction. 2. European identification and cosmopolitan values: identification as a citizen of the town of residence, of the region, of the country, European, of the world); identity: (regional only, regional and European, European and regional, European only, country of birth, etc.); association with the term Europe (the European continent, the European Union, a shared European culture and history, the Christian Religion, none of these); voted in the last elections of the European Parliament in June 2009 (not included in the Turkish questionnaire) and in the last general elections in the country; perception of the flag of the European Union or an image of the flag during the last seven days, and occasion (e.g. flag as such, Pictogram on passport, ID cards, on drivers licenses, etc.; left-right self-placement; it is a good thing of a society to be made up of people from different ethnic groups, religions and cultures; increased exposure to foreign films, music, and books is damaging national and local cultures; importance of different aims of the European Union (solidarity between the peoples in the EU, democracy and human rights in the single EU countries, economic stability in the single EU countries, the right to work in any country of the EU, a common currency); the EU should not continue to accept new member states; EU institutions should transfer some of their decision-making power Back to the member states; opinion on the admittance of several countries to the European Union (Turkey, Croatia, Ukraine, Norway, and in retrospect: Finland, Greece, Poland and Bulgaria); financial contributions in the case of a natural disaster of another country´s relevant ad...
Sozialwissenschaftliches Umfragezentrum (SUZ), Duisburg BERENT Deutschland GmbH, Witzenhausen (only the interviews with Danish nationals)
6016 (nationals) 1248 (migrants Romania) 1250 (migrants Turkey)
Recchi, E., Braun, M., Favell, A., Medrano, J. D., Savage, M. L. H., & Sandu, D. (2016). The Europeanisation of Everyday Life: Cross-Border Practices and Transnational Identities among EU and Third-Country Citizens (EUCROSS) (ZA5911; Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. GESIS, Cologne. https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12381
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q2_2a2_48 - European country/countries, not further specified
q2_2a2_49 - Non-European country/countries, not further specified
q2_3_6 - To participate in a study exchange program (e.g. Erasmus)
q2_3_7 - To study at university level (undergraduate) (regular, not exchange)
q2_4d - When did you live in this country?
q2_4do2 - When did you live in this country? From:
q2_4do3 - When did you live in this country? To:
q2_6 - Have you lived in another country for three or more consecutive months since you turned 18?
q2_6a_1 - In which country or countries? [European Union (EU)]
q2_6e_13 - To live in a better/healthier weather, enjoy climate
q2_11 - Please think of trips abroad which included at least one overnight stay. How many of these trips have you had in the past 24 months?
q1_3 - Firstly, in what year were you born?
q1_4_1 - The citizenship of which country or countries do you hold? [European Union (EU)]
q2_3_1 - Why did you decide to settle in [CoR]? To look for a job
q2_2b_11 - Cultural closeness/ mention of cultural elements
q1_6 - What is your current marital status?
q1_6c - In which country does your partner currently live?
q2_1 - Apart from the region where you live, are there one or more regions in [CoR] that you are very familiar with?
q2_1a_1 - And why exactly <<is it/are they>> familiar to you? Work
q2_6a_50 - Autonomous area / overseas territory of CoR
q2_6b - When did you live in this country?
q2_6bo1 - When did you live in this country? In:
q2_6c - In which of these countries have you lived the longest and when did you live there?
q2_6d - When did you live in this country?
q2_1a_10 - Lived there (without further specification)
q2_2 - Apart from [CoR], are there one or more other countries that you are very familiar with?
q2_2a1 - Which country where you thinking of?
q2_2a2_1 - Which countries where you thinking of? [European Union (EU)]
q2_3_20 - Political reasons and/or humanitarian reasons
q2_4 - Have you ever lived in another country for three or more consecutive months before you turned 18?
q2_4a_1 - In which country or countries? [European Union (EU)]
q2_11a_1 - Which country or countries did you visit? [European Union (EU)]
q2_4a_48 - European country/countries, not further specified
q2_4a_50 - Autonomous area / overseas territory of CoR
q2_4b - When did you live in this country?
q2_4bo1 - When did you live in this country? In:
q2_4bo3 - When did you live in this country? To:
q2_6do1 - When did you live in this country? In:
q2_6do3 - When did you live in this country? To:
q2_6e_4 - Because of my occupation (already employed)
q2_6e_8 - To study at graduate/post-graduate/specialization level (regular, not exchange)
q2_11a_49 - Non-European country/countries, not further specified
q2_11a_50 - Autonomous area / overseas territory of CoR
q2_11b_6 - Volunteering (e.g. doing unpaid work for an NGO)
q2_15c2_48 - European country/countries, not further specified
q2_15d2_50 - Autonomous area / overseas territory of CoR
q2_16 - Please think about the last 12 months: How frequently did you talk to family members, in-laws and friends abroad by phone or using your computer?
q2_15d2_1 - In which country or countries are they living? [European Union (EU)]
q2_21 - Is [official language of CoO] your native language?
q2_22b - And which of these do you speak best?
q2_27a_50 - Autonomous area / overseas territory of CoR
q2_28 - Thinking about the last 12 months, have you purchased any goods or services from sellers or providers who were located abroad?
q2_31dn - Traditional and folk music from [CoO]
q2_31e - Traditional and folk music from other European countries
q2_32_1 - Which national cuisines do you like best? [European Union (EU)]
q3_2am - Do you consider yourself as being... (alternatives)
q3_6a_2 - Pictogram on license plates of cars
q4_21 - In his main job your partner is...
q4_23 - Which of the following descriptions comes closest to how you feel about how well off your household is today?
q3_15 - The EU member states are currently pooling national state funds to help EU countries having difficulties in paying their debts. Please tell me how much you agree with this measure?
q2_32_49 - European country/countries, not further specified
q4_1a_1 - Education level of respondent, 4 categories
q4_1a_2 - Education level of respondent, 6 categories
q2_32_51 - Autonomous area / overseas territory of CoR
q4_1b_de - What is the highest level of education you have achieved?
q3_1a - Please tell me how much you agree with the following statements: I feel as a citizen of the town where I live.
q4_17_49 - Non-European country/countries, not further specified
q4_18dk - What is the highest level of education your partner has achieved?
q4_18ru - What is the highest level of education your partner has achieved?
q4_20 - Has your partner ever had a paid job?
q4_24 - Have you ever felt discriminated against in [CoR] because you were born in another country?
q2_15a - How many are originally from your country of birth and also live there?
q2_15b2_50 - Autonomous area / overseas territory of CoR
q2_15d - And how many are from other countries than [CoR] and live in other countries than [CoR]?
q2_21b_1 - Which language do you speak at home most of the time? Albanian
q2_22a_1 - Which other language or languages have you learned? Albanian
q2_15d2_49 - Non-European country/countries, not further specified
q2_25b_2 - Close relatives (i.e. parents, siblings, children)
q2_26_1 - In the last 12 months, have you received money from someone who is living in another country? Yes, from my partner
q2_30 - How often do you watch TV content which is in another language and has not been dubbed, either directly on TV or via the Internet?
q2_31a - How much do you like the following kinds of music? World music (e.g. Brazilian, African, Caribbean, Middle Eastern)
q2_31d - Traditional and folk music from [CoR]
q3_1b - I feel as a citizen of the region where I live.
q4_8_1 - Education level of father, 4 categories
q4_9_49 - Non-European country/countries, not further specified
q4_9_1 - What was the national citizenship of your mother at her birth? [European Union (EU)]
q4_18a_2 - Education level of partner, 6 categories
q4_16 - Since when have you and your partner been in a relationship?
q4_18b_de - What is the highest level of education your partner has achieved?
q4_17_1 - What was the national citizenship of your partner at his / her birth? [European Union (EU)]
q4_18b_it - What is the highest level of education your partner has achieved?
q2_15b2_1 - In which country or countries are they living? [European Union (EU)]
q2_28a_48 - European country/countries, not further specified
q3_2 - Do you consider yourself as being...
q4_6a - In your work, how often did you interact with people (e.g. business partners, clients, colleagues) who are located in [CoO] during the last 12 months?
q4_6b - And how often did you, in your work, interact with people who are located in other countries than [CoO] and [CoR] during the last 12 months?
q3_6a_4 - Pictogram on passport, ID cards
q4_8dk - What is the highest level of education your father has achieved?
q4_8de - What is the highest level of education your father has achieved?
q4_18n - Did your partner achieve his highest level of education in [CoO] or in [CoR]?
q2_11b_2 - To visit friends and/or relatives
q2_11b_4 - Professional reasons (e.g. business trips, conferences)
q2_11b_5 - Education (e.g. language classes, internships)
q3_9a - The European Union has various aims. Solidarity between the peoples in the EU
q3_11a - Would it be a good or a bad idea to admit.. Turkey
q4_7_48 - European country/countries, not further specified
q4_17_48 - European country/countries, not further specified
q4_7_49 - Non-European country/countries, not further specified
q4_8_2 - Education level of father, 6 categories
q4_18a_ru - What is the highest level of education your partner has achieved?
q4_18a_tr - What is the highest level of education your partner has achieved?
q4_18a_1 - Education level of partner, 4 categories
q4_18b_dk - What is the highest level of education your partner has achieved?
q4_18b_sp - What is the highest level of education your partner has achieved?
q4_18b_1 - Education level of partner, 4 categories
q4_18b_2 - Education level of partner, 6 categories
q2_6e_16 - To live together with partner/spouse/children
q2_7 - If you could significantly improve your work or living conditions, would you be willing to move back to your country of birth?
q2_8 - If you could significantly improve your work or living conditions, would you be willing to move to a country other than [CoR]?
q2_10 - Imagine you have school age children, would you like them to spend three months or more in another country?
q2_11n - How many trips to [CoO] have you had in the last 24 months?
q2_15c2_49 - Non-European country/countries, not further specified
q2_15c2_50 - Autonomous area / overseas territory of CoR
q2_17 - And how frequently did you communicate with them by mail or e-mail?
q2_21 - Is [official language of CoR] your native language?
q3_14 - Now please imagine that another member-state of the European Union was struck by a natural disaster. Who do you think should make financial contributions to its reconstruction?
q4_1b_it - What is the highest level of education you have achieved?
q4_1b_ru - What is the highest level of education you have achieved?
q4_1b_sp - What is the highest level of education you have achieved?
q4_1b_en - What is the highest level of education you have achieved?
q1_4_48 - European country/countries, not further specified
q1_4_49 - Non-European country/countries, not further specified
q2_6bo2 - When did you live in this country? From:
q2_6do2 - When did you live in this country? From:
q2_6e_14 - To live in a culturally stimulating place (cultural activities,internat. community etc.)
q2_6e_15 - To live together with members of family of origin (e.g. parents)
q2_13a - How many are originally from your country of birth?
q2_14 - Do you have any family members, in-laws or friends who live outside [CoR]?
q2_15b - How many are from your country of birth but live neither there nor in [CoR]?
q2_22c - And how well do you speak this language?
q4_19 - Which of these descriptions best describes your current partner’s situation?
q2_2b_1 - And why exactly <<is this country/are those countries>> familiar to you?
q2_27_1 - Do you <<or your partner>> own property in [CoR] or another country? Yes, in [CoR]
q2_27a_1 - And in which country is this property? [European Union (EU)]
q3_6 - Please think about the last seven days. Did you see the flag of the European Union or an image of the flag during this this time?
q3_8a - Please tell me how much you agree with each of the following statements. It is a good thing for a society to be made up of people from different ethnic groups, religions and cultures.
q4_10ru - What is the highest level of education your mother has achieved?
q4_10en - What is the highest level of education your mother has achieved?
q2_4a_49 - Non-European country/countries, not further specified
q2_4c - In which of these countries have you lived the longest and when did you live there?
q2_4do1 - When did you live in this country? In:
q2_15b2_48 - European country/countries, not further specified
q2_28a_49 - Non-European country/countries, not further specified
q2_28a_50 - Autonomous area / overseas territory of CoR
q2_29 - Do you, in general, follow sports in the media (e.g., TV, radio, newspapers, internet)?
q2_28a_1 - In which countries were these sellers or providers located? [European Union (EU)]
q2_29a - And do you follow sports on an international level or in another country?
q3_10b - EU institutions should transfer some of their decision-making power back to the member states.
q4_8it - What is the highest level of education your father has achieved?
q4_8ru - What is the highest level of education your father has achieved?
q2_2b_10 - Lived there (without further specification)
q2_3_4 - Because of my occupation (already employed)
q2_6a_48 - European country/countries, not further specified
q2_6a_49 - Non-European country/countries, not further specified
q2_11a_48 - European country/countries, not further specified
q2_11b_1 - Which were the main reasons for those trips? Vacations (including short and week-end trips etc.)
q2_22 - In general, irrespective of the level of your knowledge, have you ever learned any other language besides [official language of CoR]?
q2_26_2 - Close relatives (i.e. parents, siblings, children)
q4_2 - Which of these descriptions applies best to your CURRENT situation?
q3_6a_6 - Pictogram in official publications or documents of state or EU institutions (i.e., everything that has been published by those institutions)
q4_10_1 - Education level of mother, 4 categories
q4_10_2 - Education level of mother, 6 categories
q4_11 - When you were 14, did your father or your mother contribute financially the most to the household income?
q2_3_12 - To live in a better natural environment, enjoy natural beauty
q2_3_16 - To live together with partner/spouse/children
q2_25 - Do you ever send money abroad for reasons other than purchasing goods or services?
q3_1e - I feel as a citizen of the world.
q3_4 - Did you vote in the last elections of the European Parliament in June 2009?
q3_5 - Did you vote in the last general elections in [CoR] in [month and year]?
q4_18de - What is the highest level of education your partner has achieved?
q4_18sp - What is the highest level of education your partner has achieved?
q4_18en - What is the highest level of education your partner has achieved?
q1_6b - Does your partner currently live in [CoR]?
q4_1b_dk - What is the highest level of education you have achieved?
q4_1b_1 - Education level of respondent, 4 categories
q4_9_48 - European country/countries, not further specified
q3_12a - Was it a good or a bad idea to admit... Finland
q4_1a_tr - What is the highest level of education you have achieved?
q4_7_1 - What was the national citizenship of your father at his birth? [European Union (EU)]
q4_8_tr - What is the highest level of education your father has achieved?
q2_3_13 - To live in a better/healthier weather, enjoy climate
q2_3_14 - To live in a culturally stimulating place (cultural activities,internat. community etc.)
q2_3_21 - Family origin/ descent/ ancestry
q2_6e_1 - Why did you move there? To look for a job
q2_6e_7 - To study at university level (undergraduate) (regular, not exchange)
q2_6e_12 - To live in a better natural environment, enjoy natural beauty
q2_15d2_48 - European country/countries, not further specified
q2_27a_48 - European country/countries, not further specified
q2_27a_49 - Non-European country/countries, not further specified
q3_7 - In politics people sometimes talk of left and right. Which of the following positions best describes your political outlook?
q3_8b - Increased exposure to foreign films, music, and books is damaging national and local cultures.
q4_8sp - What is the highest level of education your father has achieved?
q4_12 - When you were 14, was your father / mother...
q2_15b2_49 - Non-European country/countries, not further specified
q2_33 - How satisfied are you with your life as a whole nowadays - all things considered?
q3_6a_1 - And where did you see the flag of the European Union? Flag as such (e.g., in front of a public building, during a TV broadcast, in a newspaper picture)
q4_1dk - What is the highest level of education you have achieved?
q4_1_2 - Education level of respondent, 6 categories
q4_8en - What is the highest level of education your father has achieved?
q2_9 - Have you ever (e.g. as student or during your professional career) participated in an international exchange program that has been funded or co-funded by the European Union?
q2_32_47 - don’t like/eat any foreign dishes
q2_32_50 - Non-European country/countries, not further specified
q3_9b - Democracy and human rights in the single EU countries
q3_9c - Economic stability in the single EU countries
q3_9d - The right to work in any country of the EU
q1_5a - In which year did you settle in [CoR]?
q1_6a - Do you currently have a partner?
q2_3_8 - To study at graduate/post-graduate/specialization level (regular, not exchange)
q2_4bo2 - When did you live in this country? From:
q2_5 - How many countries did you visit before you turned 18?
q2_24 - In the last 12 months, have you in your spare time been active in any organization or group which is oriented towards other countries or cultures?
q2_25b_1 - Who do you send money to? Partner
q3_6a_3 - Pictogram on money (i.e., EURO paper money and coins)
q3_10a - Please tell me how much you agree with each of the following statements. The EU should not continue to accept new member states.
q4_18it - What is the highest level of education your partner has achieved?
q2_6bo3 - When did you live in this country? To:
q2_18 - And how frequently via social networks? (e.g. Facebook, Hi5, Google+ etc)
q3_13 - Imagine that another [country’s relevant administrative district or region] was struck by a natural disaster. Who do you think should make financial contributions to its reconstruction?
q3_16 - If you were told tomorrow that the European Union had been dissolved, would you be sorry about it, indifferent or relieved?
q4_0 - Did you achieve your highest level of education in [CoO] or in [CoR]?
q4_1b_2 - Education level of respondent, 6 categories
q2_23 - Please think about all private and business related messages you received by e-mail... Approximately which percentage of them came from abroad (excluding spam and junk messages)?
q4_1de - What is the highest level of education you have achieved?
q4_10dk - What is the highest level of education your mother has achieved?
q4_10de - What is the highest level of education your mother has achieved?
q4_18b_ru - What is the highest level of education your partner has achieved?
q2_15c - How many are originally from [CoR] and live in another country?
q4_10_tr - What is the highest level of education your mother has achieved?
q4_10_ru - What is the highest level of education your mother has achieved?
q4_14 - Which of the following descriptions comes closest to your feelings about how well off the household you were living in was when you were 14 years old?
q2_20 - And how well do you speak [CoR language] now?
q4_1it - What is the highest level of education you have achieved?
q4_18_2 - Education level of partner, 6 categories
q2_2b_11 - Cultural closeness/ mention of cultural elements (e.g. language)
q2_3_15 - To live together with members of family of origin (e.g. parents)
q2_6e_6 - To participate in a study exchange program (e.g. Erasmus)
q3_3 - If you hear the term Europe, which of the following is most likely to come to your mind first?
q2_2a2_50 - Autonomous area / overseas territory of CoR
q2_13c - And how many are originally from other countries?
q4_8_ru - What is the highest level of education your father has achieved?
q4_18b_en - What is the highest level of education your partner has achieved?
q4_1a_ru - What is the highest level of education you have achieved?
q2_13 - I would like to know how many are originally from other countries.
q2_19 - How well did you speak [CoR language] when you arrived here?
q4_10it - What is the highest level of education your mother has achieved?
q4_10sp - What is the highest level of education your mother has achieved?
q4_18_1 - Education level of partner, 4 categories
q1_4_49 - European country/countries, not further specified
q4_6 - In your work, how often did you interact with people (e.g. business partners, clients, colleagues) who are located in another country than [CoR] during the last 12 months?
q2_15c2_1 - In which country or countries are they living? [European Union (EU)]
q3_2a - Do you consider yourself as being... (alternatives)
q4_1ru - What is the highest level of education you have achieved?
q4_1sp - What is the highest level of education you have achieved?
q4_1en - What is the highest level of education you have achieved?
q4_1_1 - Education level of respondent, 4 categories
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