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Attitudes Towards Other European Union Countries

Which countries of the European Community are in your opinion the most ... ?

  1. pleasant
  2. conscientious
  3. efficient
  4. trustworthy

ZA Study Number Eurobarometer Fieldwork Month Fieldwork Year Question Number Variable Name (1)
229438.0 9-10 1992 Q.28 (2) V247-V298

  

  1. Which, if any, European Community country or countries do you think can be more trusted politically than others?

  2. And which, if any, do you think, are more committed to the European Union than others?

  3. And which, if any, do you think, are more efficient economically than others?

  4. And which, if any, do you think, are more reliable in business than others?

ZA Study Number Eurobarometer Fieldwork Month Fieldwork Year Question Number Variable Name (1)
245940 10-11 1993 Q.63 (3) V202-V257
256342 11-12 1994 Q.57 (4) V211-V266
269044.1 11-12 1995 Q.86-Q.89 (6) V705-V772
288946.0 10-11 1996 Q.76-Q.79 (8) V539-V606
295948.0 10-11 1997 Q.16-Q.19 (9)  

Please tell me for each of the 12 countries of the European Community, whether you feel close to it or not.

[Please notice differing question wordings as documented in the footnotes!]

ZA Study Number Eurobarometer Fieldwork Month Fieldwork Year Question Number Variable Name (1)
131819 3-4 1983 Q.241 (10) V155-V156
175131A 6-7 1989 Q.241 (10) V189-V190
245940 10-11 1993 Q.62 (3) V190-V201
256342 11-12 1994 Q.56 (4) V199-V210
269044.1 11-12 1995 Q.85 (5) V688-V704
289846.0 10-11 1996 Q.74 (7) V505-V521
393860.1 10-11 2003 Q.42 (11)  
4240CC-EB 2003.5 11-12 2003 Q.8 (12) Q8_1-32
523373.33-42010QB10a/b(13)

(1) Please note that the variable names refer to the final ICPSR/ZA codebook editions, if available. 

(2) only asked in France, West-Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Northern Ireland, and Spain

(3) only asked in France, East- and West-Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and Spain

(4) only asked in Italy, Denmark, Ireland and Portugal

(5) Different question wording: To which of these countries do you feel closer?; only asked in France, East- and West-Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Spain

(6) only asked in France, East- and West-Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Spain

(7) Question text modified: "To which ... do you feel closest?"; additional question: "To which ... do you feel furthest from?"; list of countries modified  

(8) list of countries modified

(9) list of countries as in Eurobarometer 46.0

(10) Here is a list of ... countries other than your own that belong to the European Community. Is there a country on this list that you personally feel closer to than the others, whatever your reasons may be? Which one? - Is there a second country you feel closer to than the rest? Which one?    

(11) To which of the following countries/regions (list of all European countries, United States, Canada, and larger world regions) do you feel greatest affinity?    

(12) To which of the following countries (list of all European countries) do you feel the closest?

(13) Which country other than (OUR COUNTRY) do you feel the most attached to?