Eurobarometer

^{For details on all aspects of this database, see Eurobarometer}
 

1. General description

<sup>The standard Eurobarometer is a large-scale, European cross-national, longitudinal survey research programme on attitudes, values and beliefs regarding a wide range of topics in the socio-cultural and socio-political domain. The standard Eurobarometer has been conducted since 1970 in the member states of the European Union.

In addition to the standard Eurobarometer, Flash Eurobarometers are conducted at the request of the European Commission. The Flash Eurobarometer surveys provide extra information on specific target groups or topics when required by the Commission. The Flash Eurobarometer is available at ZA.</sup>
 

2. Survey type

• Cross-national
• Cross-sectional and sometimes longitudinal, depending on topic. The first Eurobarometer was carried out in 1962, the second one in 1970. From 1970 on, each year a Eurobarometer has been conducted. Overall, two or three Eurobarometer surveys are carried out every year in the participating countries
• Representative national samples, > 15 year of age
• Varying and rotating modules and topics, no single core questionnaire. For an overview of the topics per Eurobarometer, see ZA

  

3. Participating countries

• Participating countries differ per Eurobarometer. With every European Union enlargement more countries participate in the Eurobarometer
• EU 27: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
• Participating countries differ slightly per topic/module
• Norway: one single Eurobarometer was conducted in 1991
• Finland: one single Eurobarometer was conducted in 1993
• Switzerland: Eurobarometer conducted from 1999-2003

  

4. Topics

a. Socio-demographics

• Respondent: age, sex, education, work and employment, marital status, socio-economic status, roots, type of community
• Partner:
• Parents:
• Children:
• Household: composition, income

  

b. General

^{The general topics listed here are frequently used in Eurobarometer surveys. However, these topics are not present in every Eurobarometer survey.}

• Age groups
• Communication
• Consumer behaviour and protection
• Cultural identity
• Education
• Employment and labour
• Family
• Gender roles
• Leisure
• Living conditions
• Natural environment and resources
• Politics: political attitudes and participation
• Politics: political parties and elections
• Politics: political issues
• Politics: (international) institutions, relations and events
• Population
• Public health

  

c. Regarding work and welfare

^{ZA provides a clear and broad overview of the topics present in the Eurobarometer. For each topic ZA shows a list of Eurobarometers which contain the selected topic.}

^{For a list of the main topics conducted as time series, see ZA.}
 

5. Questionnaires available

^{Questionnaires and codebooks downloadable in pdf-format; from ZA}
 

6. Keyword search in questionnaires

• Keyword search; at ZA QBase
• Search by topic; at ZA

  

7. Data available

• Pooled micro datasets downloadable per Eurobarometer; from ZACAT
  • The standard Eurobarometers are not yet completely published in ZACAT
  • After registration, free of charge
• A Eurobarometer trend file from 1970-2002 can be ordered; from ZA
  • Requires registration and payment

  

8. Online data analysis

^{Frequencies, crosstabs and regressions; from ZACAT. The Standard Eurobarometers are not yet completely published in ZACAT.}
 

9. Contact

^{eurobarometer@ec.europa.eu}