European Election Studies, EES

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

1. General description

^{The EES is a large-scale, European cross-national, longitudinal survey research programme on attitudes, beliefs and values regarding electoral participation and voting behaviour in European Parliament elections as well as perceptions and beliefs with respect to the EU in general.}
 

2. Survey type

• Cross-national
• Cross-sectional, with some longitudinal questions (waves in 1979, 1989, 1994, 1999 and 2004). Each of the waves consists mainly of questions provided by various Eurobarometers. For the 1984 wave, the dataset is not available and the Eurobarometer codebooks are not integrated as a single EES codebook. For this reason, the 1984 wave will not be discussed here in detail. For more information on the EES 1984 wave, see ZA
• Representative national samples, > 15 years of age
• Single core questionnaire, no varying modules. The extent and content of the questionnaire differs slightly per wave

  

3. Participating countries

• The 1979 wave: EU 9
  • All countries: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands
• The 1989 wave: EU 12 and Northern Ireland
  • All countries: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Spain
• The 1994 wave: EU 12
  • All countries: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom
• The 1999 wave: EU 15
  • All countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
• The 2004 wave: EU 25 (except for Malta) and Northern Ireland
  • All countries: Austria, Belgium, Britain, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

  

4. Topics

a. Socio-demographics

• Respondent: Age, sex, education, work and employment, marital status, socio-economic status, national region, community size, left-right placement, voting behaviour
• Partner:
• Parents:
• Children:
• Household: Composition, income

  

b. General

• Economic integration: e.g. effects of European Currency Unit (ECU) on EU member states, effects of European Single Market on EU member states
• European elections campaigns: e.g. awareness of campaigns, campaign issues, sources of information
• European Union: e.g. unification of Europe, European citizenship, membership of European Union
• European Parliament: e.g. amount of power, attention of EP regarding various policy areas, future effects of EP
• Interest in and satisfaction with politics: e.g. interest in EU politics, satisfaction with democracy
• National Parliaments: e.g. amount of power, attention of National Parliaments regarding various policy areas, future effects of National Parliaments
• Political issues: e.g. national currency vs common European currency, single European market, most competent party, removing national borders, decision-making at regional, national or European level, women's movements, environmental movements
• Trust in institutions: e.g. trust in European Court, trust in the European Commission, trust in European Parliament
• Voting behaviour: e.g. reasons for not voting, vote based on domestic or European issues, party attachment, issue which influences your vote most

  

c. Regarding work and welfare

^{Economic situation in country, job entitlement, job opportunities in country, life satisfaction, making ends meet, tolerance, welfare entitlement}
 

5. Questionnaires available

• 1979 wave downloadable in pdf-format; from UKDA
• 1989 wave downloadable; from ICPSR (available after registration)
• 1994 wave downloadable; from ICPSR (available after registration)
• 1999 and 2004 waves downloadable in pdf-format; from EES

  

6. Keyword search in questionnaires

^No
 

7. Data available

• 1979 wave:
  • Pooled dataset downloadable; from UKDA
  • Free of charge, after registration
• 1989 wave
  • Dataset downloadable per country in SPSS- and SAS-format; from ICPSR
  • Free of charge, after registration
• 1994 wave:
  • Pooled dataset downloadable in SPSS- and SAS-format; from ICPSR.
  • Free of charge, after registration
• 1999 and 2004 waves:
  • Data downloadable per country and pooled dataset downloadable in SPSS-format; from EES
  • Free of charge, no registration required

  

8. Online data analysis

^No
 

9. Contact

^{Hermann.Schmitt@mzes.uni-mannheim.de}