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Knowledge of (foreign) languages

Attitudes towards Europe 1962, Eurobarometer 6

Which of these languages can you understand (without difficulty)?

Eurobarometer 28/28.1, 34.0/34.2, 41.0

What (which of the following) languages have you learned (except your mother tongue)?

Eurobarometer 28/28.1, 34.0/34.2, 41.0:

What (And which of these) language(s) do you use at home?

Eurobarometer 41.0, 44.0, 50.0, 52.0, 54LAN, 55.1, 63.4, 64.3, 73.3, 77.1
Candidate Countries Eurobarometer 2001.1, 2002.2

What is your mother tongue? (77.1: Thinking about the languages that you speak, which language is your mother tongue?)

Eurobarometer 54LAN

What other languages do you know?

Eurobarometer 28, 28.1, 34.0, 34.2, 41.0, 44.0, 47.2, 50.0, 52.0, 55.1, 63.4, 64.3, 73.3, 77.1, 97.4
Candidate Countries Eurobarometer 2001.1, 2002.2, 2003.1Youth

What (which of the following) languages can you speak well enough to take part in (have) a conversation (except your mother tongue)?

Eurobarometer 54LAN, 63.4, 64.3, 77.1

Is your (languages mentioned) very good, good or basic?

Eurobarometer 44.0, 47.0, 50.0, 52.0, 54LAN, 55.1, 64.3, 77.1
Candidate Countries Eurobarometer 2001.1, 2002.2

Which two languages do you think are the most useful to know (except / apart from your mother tongue) ((EB64.3/77.1:) ... for your personal development (64.3:) and career?)

Eurobarometer 34.2, 47.2
Candidate Countries Eurobarometer 2003.1Youth

Would you like to learn any of these languages? (Which ones...)

ZA Study Number Eurobarometer Fieldwork Month Fieldwork Year Question Number Variable Name (1)
0078 Att.tw.Europe 1-3 1962 Q.23  V165-V170
0990 6 11 1976 Q.114 V7-V14
0990 6 11 1976 Q.114 V7-V14
1713 28 10-11 1987 Q.148-Q.150 V77-V106
2041 28.1 (2) 10-11 1987 Q.148-Q.150  
1960 34.0 10-11 1990 Q.63-Q.65 V182-V218
1962 34.2 (2) 10-11 1990 Q.30-Q.32 V162-V195
2346 39.0 3-4 1993 Q.39 (3) V236-V259
2490 41.0 4-5 1994 Q.64-Q.66 V216-V245
2689 44.0 10-11 1995 Q.35 V247-V297
2935 47.0 1-2 1997 Q.10 V47-V63
2938 47.2Y 4-6 1997 Q.19  
3085 50.0 10-11 1998 Q.2  
3204 52.0 10-11 1999 Q.2-Q.4  
3389 54LAN 12 2000 Q.1a-c  
3507 55.1 4-5 2001 Q.2-Q.4  
3978 CCEB2001.1 10 2001 Q.5-Q.7  
4153 CCEB2002.2 9-10 2002 Q.5-Q.7  
3982 CCEB2003.1(2) 3-5 2003 Q.34a/b  
4411 63.4 5-6 2005 D48a-f  
4415 64.3 11-12 2005 QA2a D48a-f  
5233 73.3 3-4 2010 QB7a, QB7b  
5597 77.1 2-3 2012 QE1a D48a-f  
7901 97.4 5-6 2022 SD18  

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

(2) Youth sample

(3) Only asked in SPAIN: Which languages do you know well enough to take part in a conversation? And which other languages have you learned or are you learning?