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Release:4.0.1
Availability:available
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Data Kind:
individual data
Time Dimensions:
cross-section
Series Name:
EB - Eurobarometer
The Eurobarometer survey is designed to provide regular monitoring of public social and political attitudes in the EU through specific trend questions. Therefore, the general aim of EB is to know the attitudes and evaluations of European citizens about large general themes. The questions concern to the European integration issues, but sometimes they regard also specific problem about single country or common problems of economic, political or social nature.
The arguments of Eurobarometer 68.1 are as follows:
- attitudes towards the European institutions (European Parliament, European Commission, etc. – trend questions);
- the national economic situation: opinions and expectations;
- trust in national and international institutions;
- the European Parliament: knowledge and evaluation;
- media use: tv, radio, press, web.
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Keywords: media, politics, economy
Topic Classification:
Nations: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Turkish Cypriot Community
Geographical Unit: size community
Analysis Unit: individual
Universe: whole national population of 15 years and older
Sample Procedure: about 1.000 individuals for each country. Multi-stage stratified random sample
Weight: Weight used. Please read the documentation for any details
Collection Mode: face to face interview, Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI)
Collection Size: UniData supplies: 1 dataset in SPSS format; 2 questionnaires in PDF format (ita, eng); 1 methodological notes and codebook in PDF format; 1 SPSS syntax file for missing values (5 file)
Documentation:
| Methodological Notes and codebook (pdf): |
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| DDI Documentation: |  |
Data Use Restriction:
UniData – official representative for the dissemination of Eurobarometer surveys in Italy – provides a free data access for all Italian residents upon registration. Data are released in according to GESIS Licence (Category 0), available at this link. Other users will need to contact the GESIS Data Archive.
Source Contact: Meinhard Moschner - GESIS
Citation:
DG Communication, Public Opinion Analysis Sector. (2007) Eurobarometer 68.1: The European Parliament and Media Usage. TNS OPINION & SOCIAL [Producer]. GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences [Producer]. UniData - Bicocca Data Archive, Milan. Study Number SI231. Data file version 2.0
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