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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.
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q2_15d2_49 - Non-European country/countries, not further specified
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_20 - And how well do you speak [CoR language] now?
q2_21b_1 - Which language do you speak at home most of the time? Albanian
q2_22b - And which of these do you speak best?
q2_25 - Do you ever send money abroad for reasons other than purchasing goods or services?
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_27a_48 - European country/countries, not further specified
q2_27a_49 - Non-European country/countries, not further specified
q2_28 - Thinking about the last 12 months, have you purchased any goods or services from sellers or providers who were located abroad?
q3_2 - Do you consider yourself as being...
q3_4 - Did you vote in the last elections of the European Parliament in June 2009?
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)
q3_6a_6 - Pictogram in official publications or documents of state or EU institutions (i.e., everything that has been published by those institutions)
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_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_0 - Did you achieve your highest level of education in [CoO] or in [CoR]?
q4_1a_ru - What is the highest level of education you have achieved?
q2_32_49 - European country/countries, not further specified
q2_32_51 - Autonomous area / overseas territory of CoR
q2_33 - How satisfied are you with your life as a whole nowadays - all things considered?
q4_1b_it - What is the highest level of education you have achieved?
q3_11a - Would it be a good or a bad idea to admit.. Turkey
q4_7_48 - European country/countries, not further specified
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_8it - What is the highest level of education your father has achieved?
q2_15c2_48 - European country/countries, not further specified
q2_15d2_48 - European country/countries, not further specified
q2_25b_2 - Close relatives (i.e. parents, siblings, children)
q2_32_1 - Which national cuisines do you like best? [European Union (EU)]
q2_32_47 - don’t like/eat any foreign dishes
q2_32_50 - Non-European country/countries, not further specified
q3_1b - I feel as a citizen of the region where I live.
q3_1e - I feel as a citizen of the world.
q3_10b - EU institutions should transfer some of their decision-making power back to the member states.
q4_7_1 - What was the national citizenship of your father at his birth? [European Union (EU)]
q3_9d - The right to work in any country of the EU
q4_1de - What is the highest level of education you have achieved?
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_8sp - What is the highest level of education your father has achieved?
q4_9_48 - European country/countries, not further specified
q4_8_1 - Education level of father, 4 categories
q4_9_1 - What was the national citizenship of your mother at her birth? [European Union (EU)]
q4_10_1 - Education level of mother, 4 categories
q4_10_2 - Education level of mother, 6 categories
q4_10ru - What is the highest level of education your mother has achieved?
q4_18a_1 - Education level of partner, 4 categories
q4_19 - Which of these descriptions best describes your current partner’s situation?
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)]
q2_29 - Do you, in general, follow sports in the media (e.g., TV, radio, newspapers, internet)?
q2_28a_49 - Non-European country/countries, not further specified
q3_8b - Increased exposure to foreign films, music, and books is damaging national and local cultures.
q3_9a - The European Union has various aims. Solidarity between the peoples in the EU
q3_9c - Economic stability in the single EU countries
q4_2 - Which of these descriptions applies best to your CURRENT situation?
q3_3 - If you hear the term Europe, which of the following is most likely to come to your mind first?
q3_5 - Did you vote in the last general elections in [CoR] in [month and year]?
q3_6a_2 - Pictogram on license plates of cars
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?
q4_8_2 - Education level of father, 6 categories
q4_16 - Since when have you and your partner been in a relationship?
q4_18en - What is the highest level of education your partner has achieved?
q4_18_1 - Education level of partner, 4 categories
q1_4_48 - European country/countries, not further specified
q1_5a - In which year did you settle in [CoR]?
q1_6 - What is your current marital status?
q1_6a - Do you currently have a partner?
q2_4a_1 - In which country or countries? [European Union (EU)]
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_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_6do2 - When did you live in this country? From:
q2_6e_1 - Why did you move there? To look for a job
q2_2 - Apart from [CoR], are there one or more other countries that you are very familiar with?
q2_1a_10 - Lived there (without further specification)
q2_2a1 - Which country where you thinking of?
q2_2a2_48 - European country/countries, not further specified
q2_2b_11 - Cultural closeness/ mention of cultural elements
q2_6a_48 - European country/countries, not further specified
q2_11a_50 - Autonomous area / overseas territory of CoR
q2_11a_49 - Non-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_15b2_49 - Non-European country/countries, not further specified
q2_15d - And how many are from other countries than [CoR] and live in other countries than [CoR]?
q2_15d2_1 - In which country or countries are they living? [European Union (EU)]
q2_3_4 - Because of my occupation (already employed)
q2_3_7 - To study at university level (undergraduate) (regular, not exchange)
q2_3_12 - To live in a better natural environment, enjoy natural beauty
q2_3_15 - To live together with members of family of origin (e.g. parents)
q2_4bo2 - When did you live in this country? From:
q2_4d - When did you live in this country?
q2_4do1 - When did you live in this country? In:
q2_6e_8 - To study at graduate/post-graduate/specialization level (regular, not exchange)
q2_6e_13 - To live in a better/healthier weather, enjoy climate
q2_6e_15 - To live together with members of family of origin (e.g. parents)
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_13c - And how many are originally from other countries?
q2_14 - Do you have any family members, in-laws or friends who live outside [CoR]?
q2_15a - How many are originally from your country of birth and also live there?
q2_15b - How many are from your country of birth but live neither there nor in [CoR]?
q1_4_1 - The citizenship of which country or countries do you hold? [European Union (EU)]
q2_3_13 - To live in a better/healthier weather, enjoy climate
q2_4 - Have you ever lived in another country for three or more consecutive months before you turned 18?
q2_4a_48 - European country/countries, not further specified
q2_4a_50 - Autonomous area / overseas territory of CoR
q2_4bo1 - When did you live in this country? In:
q2_6a_50 - Autonomous area / overseas territory of CoR
q2_6bo2 - When did you live in this country? From:
q2_6do3 - When did you live in this country? To:
q2_11b_4 - Professional reasons (e.g. business trips, conferences)
q2_11b_5 - Education (e.g. language classes, internships)
q2_13a - How many are originally from your country of birth?
q2_22 - In general, irrespective of the level of your knowledge, have you ever learned any other language besides [official language of CoR]?
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)?
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_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_31dn - Traditional and folk music from [CoO]
q2_31e - Traditional and folk music from other European countries
q2_29a - And do you follow sports on an international level or in another country?
q3_12a - Was it a good or a bad idea to admit... Finland
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_10it - What is the highest level of education your mother has achieved?
q4_24 - Have you ever felt discriminated against in [CoR] because you were born in another country?
q1_4_49 - Non-European country/countries, not further specified
q1_6c - In which country does your partner currently live?
q1_6b - Does your partner currently live in [CoR]?
q2_1 - Apart from the region where you live, are there one or more regions in [CoR] that you are very familiar with?
q2_2a2_50 - Autonomous area / overseas territory of CoR
q2_6e_4 - Because of my occupation (already employed)
q2_6e_6 - To participate in a study exchange program (e.g. Erasmus)
q2_15b2_48 - European country/countries, not further specified
q2_19 - How well did you speak [CoR language] when you arrived here?
q2_21 - Is [official language of CoR] your native language?
q2_26_2 - Close relatives (i.e. parents, siblings, children)
q3_9b - Democracy and human rights in the single EU countries
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_9_49 - Non-European country/countries, not further specified
q4_10_ru - What is the highest level of education your mother has achieved?
q4_11 - When you were 14, did your father or your mother contribute financially the most to the household income?
q4_12 - When you were 14, was your father / mother...
q4_17_1 - What was the national citizenship of your partner at his / her birth? [European Union (EU)]
q4_17_48 - European country/countries, not further specified
q4_17_49 - Non-European country/countries, not further specified
q4_18n - Did your partner achieve his highest level of education in [CoO] or in [CoR]?
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?
q4_18de - What is the highest level of education your partner has achieved?
q4_18it - What is the highest level of education your partner has achieved?
q4_20 - Has your partner ever had a paid job?
q2_2a2_1 - Which countries where you thinking of? [European Union (EU)]
q2_3_1 - Why did you decide to settle in [CoR]? To look for a job
q2_3_8 - To study at graduate/post-graduate/specialization level (regular, not exchange)
q2_4do3 - When did you live in this country? To:
q2_5 - How many countries did you visit before you turned 18?
q2_6e_14 - To live in a culturally stimulating place (cultural activities,internat. community etc.)
q2_6e_16 - To live together with partner/spouse/children
q2_11n - How many trips to [CoO] have you had in the last 24 months?
q2_11a_48 - European country/countries, not further specified
q2_11b_2 - To visit friends and/or relatives
q3_6a_4 - Pictogram on passport, ID cards
q4_1b_ru - What is the highest level of education you have achieved?
q4_1b_2 - Education level of respondent, 6 categories
q3_2a - Do you consider yourself as being... (alternatives)
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?
q4_1_1 - Education level of respondent, 4 categories
q4_8_tr - What is the highest level of education your father has achieved?
q4_18a_2 - Education level of partner, 6 categories
q4_18b_de - 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_15d2_50 - Autonomous area / overseas territory of CoR
q2_18 - And how frequently via social networks? (e.g. Facebook, Hi5, Google+ etc)
q3_6a_3 - Pictogram on money (i.e., EURO paper money and coins)
q2_3_14 - To live in a culturally stimulating place (cultural activities,internat. community etc.)
q2_3_16 - To live together with partner/spouse/children
q2_11b_6 - Volunteering (e.g. doing unpaid work for an NGO)
q2_13 - I would like to know how many are originally from other countries.
q2_31a - How much do you like the following kinds of music? World music (e.g. Brazilian, African, Caribbean, Middle Eastern)
q4_8ru - What is the highest level of education your father has achieved?
q2_22a_1 - Which other language or languages have you learned? Albanian
q4_1b_en - What is the highest level of education you have achieved?
q4_10sp - 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_6e_12 - To live in a better natural environment, enjoy natural beauty
q2_10 - Imagine you have school age children, would you like them to spend three months or more in another country?
q2_15b2_50 - Autonomous area / overseas territory of CoR
q2_22c - And how well do you speak this language?
q2_28a_48 - European country/countries, not further specified
q2_28a_1 - In which countries were these sellers or providers located? [European Union (EU)]
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_4a_49 - Non-European country/countries, not further specified
q2_4bo3 - When did you live in this country? To:
q2_4c - In which of these countries have you lived the longest and when did you live there?
q2_15c2_49 - Non-European country/countries, not further specified
q2_15c2_50 - Autonomous area / overseas territory of CoR
q4_10de - What is the highest level of education your mother has achieved?
q2_3_20 - Political reasons and/or humanitarian reasons
q2_3_21 - Family origin/ descent/ ancestry
q2_6a_49 - Non-European country/countries, not further specified
q4_1a_2 - Education level of respondent, 6 categories
q4_1b_de - What is the highest level of education you have achieved?
q2_2a2_49 - Non-European country/countries, not further specified
q2_2b_1 - And why exactly <<is this country/are those countries>> familiar to you?
q2_11a_1 - Which country or countries did you visit? [European Union (EU)]
q4_18b_dk - What is the highest level of education your partner has achieved?
q4_18b_en - What is the highest level of education your partner has achieved?
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?
q1_4_49 - European country/countries, not further specified
q2_6do1 - When did you live in this country? In:
q2_6e_7 - To study at university level (undergraduate) (regular, not exchange)
q2_2b_11 - Cultural closeness/ mention of cultural elements (e.g. language)
q2_2b_10 - Lived there (without further specification)
q2_3_6 - To participate in a study exchange program (e.g. Erasmus)
q2_4do2 - When did you live in this country? From:
q2_15b2_1 - In which country or countries are they living? [European Union (EU)]
q4_18ru - What is the highest level of education your partner has achieved?
q4_18_2 - Education level of partner, 6 categories
q3_7 - In politics people sometimes talk of left and right. Which of the following positions best describes your political outlook?
q4_7_49 - Non-European country/countries, not further specified
q4_10dk - What is the highest level of education your mother has achieved?
q4_18a_tr - What is the highest level of education your partner has achieved?
q1_3 - Firstly, in what year were you born?
q2_1a_1 - And why exactly <<is it/are they>> familiar to you? Work
q2_27a_50 - Autonomous area / overseas territory of CoR
q2_28a_50 - Autonomous area / overseas territory of CoR
q3_16 - If you were told tomorrow that the European Union had been dissolved, would you be sorry about it, indifferent or relieved?
q4_1a_1 - Education level of respondent, 4 categories
q4_1b_dk - 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.
q2_31d - Traditional and folk music from [CoR]
q4_1b_1 - Education level of respondent, 4 categories
q2_4b - When did you live in this country?
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_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?
q2_17 - And how frequently did you communicate with them by mail or e-mail?
q4_1_2 - Education level of respondent, 6 categories
q4_10_tr - What is the highest level of education your mother has achieved?
q4_18a_ru - What is the highest level of education your partner has achieved?
q4_18b_it - What is the highest level of education your partner has achieved?
q4_18b_ru - 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?
q2_6bo3 - When did you live in this country? To:
q4_18dk - What is the highest level of education your partner has achieved?
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_15c - How many are originally from [CoR] and live in another country?
q2_15c2_1 - In which country or countries are they living? [European Union (EU)]
q2_21 - Is [official language of CoO] your native language?
q2_25b_1 - Who do you send money to? Partner
q3_2am - Do you consider yourself as being... (alternatives)
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?
q4_1a_tr - What is the highest level of education you have achieved?
q4_1b_sp - What is the highest level of education you have achieved?
q4_1dk - What is the highest level of education you have achieved?
q4_1it - What is the highest level of education you have achieved?
q4_8_ru - What is the highest level of education your father has achieved?
q4_8en - What is the highest level of education your father has achieved?
q4_18sp - What is the highest level of education your partner has achieved?
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