Research data

Eurobarometer 85.2 (2016)

GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6694 Data file Version 2.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13438
Other Title (type): Standard Eurobarometer 85 (Alternative Title) | Priorities of the European Union, European Economy, and European Citizenship (Alternative Title)
Abstract: Since the early 1970s the European Commission´s Standard & Special Eurobarometer are regularly monitoring the public opinion in the European Union member countries. Principal investigators are the Directorate-General Communication and on occasion other departments of the European Commission or the European Parliament. Over time, candidate and accession countries were included in the Standard Eurobarometer Series. Selected questions or modules may not have been surveyed in each sample. Please consult the basic questionnaire for more information on country filter instructions or other questi ... more
Content: Topics: 1. Attitudes towards the EU (standard EU and trend questions): life satisfaction; frequency of political discussions about local, national, and European matters with friends and relatives; assessment of the current situation in the following areas: national economy, European economy, personal job situation, financial situation of the own ho ... more

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 21.05.2016 - 31.05.2016
Date(s) of Data Collection: 21.05.2016 - 31.05.2016, total | 21.05.2016 - 30.05.2016, Belgium | 21.05.2016 - 30.05.2016, Bulgaria | 21.05.2016 - 30.05.2016, Czech Republic | 21.05.2016 - 30.05.2016, Denmark | 21.05.2016 - 30.05.2016, Germany | 21.05.2016 - 30.05.2016, Estonia | 21.05.2016 - 30.05.2016, Ireland | 21.05.2016 - 30.05.2016, Greece | 21.05.2016 - 30.05.2016, Spain ... more
Geographic coverage: Belgium (BE) | Bulgaria (BG) | Czech Republic (CZ) | Denmark (DK) | Germany (DE) | Estonia (EE) | Ireland (IE) | Greece (GR) | Spain (ES) | France (FR) | Italy (IT) | Cyprus (CY) | Latvia (LV) | Lithuania (LT) | Luxembourg (LU) | Hungary (HU) | Malta (MT) | Netherlands (NL) | Austria (AT) | Poland (PL) | Portugal (PT) | Romania (RO) | Slovenia (SI) ... more
Universe: Population of the respective nationalities of the European Union Member States and other EU nationals, resident in each of the 28 Member States and aged 15 years and over. The survey has also been conducted in Turkey, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, and in the Turkish Cypriot Community. In these countries, i ... more
Number of Units: 32987
Sampling Procedure: Probability Sample: Multistage Sample
Mode of Data Collection: Face-to-face interview Face-to-face interview: CAPI (Computer Assisted Personal Interview)
Data Collector: TNS Dimarso, Brussels, Belgium; TNS BBSS, Sofia, Bulgaria; TNS Aisa, Prague, Czech Republic; TNS GALLUP DK, Copenhagen, Denmark; TNS Infratest, Munich, Germany; TNS Emor, Tallinn, Estonia; Behaviour & Attitudes, Dublin, Ireland; TNS ICAP, Athens, Greece; TNS Demoscopia, Madrid, Spain; TNS Sofres, Montrouge, France; TNS Italia, Milan, Italy; CYM ... more
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Number of Variables: 577
Notes: All question modules in the standard Eurobarometer context and largely replicating questions asked in the context of Eurobarometer 84.3 [ZA6643] or 83.3 [ZA5998]. Data for protocol variables p1 (interview date), p8 (postal code), p9 (sample point number) and p10 (interviewer number) as well as ms1 to ms3 (social media usage) have not been made ava ... more

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: - European Commission, Brussels; Directorate General Communication COMM.A.1 ‘Strategy, Corporate Communication Actions and Eurobarometer’
Publication year: 2020
DOI: 10.4232/1.13438 | 10.4232/1.12800 | 10.4232/1.12633
Alternate IDs: doi:10.3886/ICPSR36734.v1
Study number: ZA6694
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive

Versions

Current Version: 2.0.0, 2020-03-09, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13438
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Reference publications

Publications: European Commission: Standard Eurobarometer 85. Spring 2016. Public opinion in the European Union. Survey conducted by TNS opinion & social at the request of the European Commission Directorate-General Communication. Survey coordinated by the European Commission, Directorate-General Communication ‘Strategy, Corporate Communication Actions and E ... more
Study group:
EB - Standard and Special Eurobarometer | show all hits of the group
Since the early nineteen seventies the European Commission´s “Standard and Special Eurobarometer” are regularly monitoring the public opinion in the European Union member countries at times. Interviews are conducted face-to-face, in each spring and each autumn, at all times based on new samples with a size 1000 respondents per country. Separate sam ... more

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