Regional Identity
People may feel different degrees of attachment to their town or village, to their region, to their country, [Eurobarometer 36: to the European Community; Eurobarometer 43.1bis: to the European Union] or to Europe [as a whole].
Please tell me how attached you feel to ...?
Starting with Eurobarometer 82.3
Please tell me how attached you feel to ...? Your city/town/village - (OUR COUNTRY) - The European Union - Europe
- very attached
- fairly attached
- not very attached
- not at all attached
| ZA Study Number | Eurobarometer | Fieldwork Month | Fieldwork Year | Question Number | Variable Name (1) |
| 0627 | ECS71 | 7 | 1971 | Q.1 (2) | V6-V7 |
| 0628 | ECS73 | 9-10 | 1973 | Q.40/Q.41 (2) | V34-V35 |
| 0990 | 6 | 11 | 1976 | Q.115/Q.116 (2) | V15-V16 |
| 1037 | 12 | 10 | 1979 | Q.112/Q.113 (2) | V9-V10 |
| 2081 | 36 | 10-11 | 1991 | Q.64 | V187 |
| 2639 | 43.1bis | 5-6 | 1995 | Q.34 | V262 |
| 3086 | 50.1 | 11-12 | 1998 | Q.57 (2) | |
| 3171 | 51.0 | 3-4 | 1999 | Q.13 | |
| 3387 | 54.1 | 11-12 | 2000 | Q.8 | |
| 3635 | 56.3 | 1-2 | 2002 | Q.47 | |
| 3640 | 57.2 | 4-6 | 2002 | Q.25_1-5 (3) | |
| 3693 | 58.1 | 10-11 | 2002 | Q.31a-d | |
| 3938 | 60.1 | 10-11 | 2003 | Q.46 a-d | |
| 3986 | CCEB2003.4 | 10-11 | 2003 | Q.11 a-d | |
| 4229 | 62.0 | 10-11 | 2004 | Q.47 a-d | |
| 4411 | 63.4 | 5-6 | 2005 | QA35 | |
| 4506 | 65.2 | 3-5 | 2006 | QA35 (4) | |
| 4529 | 67.1 | 2-3 | 2007 | QA14 (5) | |
| 4530 | 67.2 | 4-5 | 2007 | QA33 (6) | |
| 4565 | 68.1 | 9-11 | 2007 | QA10 (6) | |
| 4973 | 71.3 | 6-7 | 2009 | QE4 (7) | |
| 5233 | 73.3 | 3-4 | 2010 | QB13 (8) | |
| 5612 | 77.3 | 5 | 2012 | QD2 (6) | |
| 5875 | 79.5 | 6 | 2013 | QP21 | |
| 5876 | 80.1 | 11 | 2013 | QD2 (6) | |
| 5932 | 82.3 | 11 | 2014 | QD1 | |
| 6596 | 84.1 | 9 | 2015 | QP19 (9) | |
| 6643 | 84.3 | 11 | 2015 | QD1 | |
| 6788 | 86.2 | 11 | 2016 | QD1 | |
| 6861 | 87.1 | 3 | 2017 | QA8 | |
| 6863 | 87.3 | 5 | 2017 | QD1 | |
| 6928 | 88.3 | 11 | 2017 | QD1 | |
| 6963 | 89.1 | 3 | 2018 | QD1 | |
| 7489 | 90.3 | 11 | 2018 | QD1 | |
| 7576 | 91.5 | 6-7 | 2019 | QD1 | |
| 7601 | 92.3 | 11-12 | 2019 | QC1 | |
| 7649 | 93.1 | 7-8 | 2020 | QC1 | |
| 7780 | 94.3 | 2-3 | 2021 | QC1 | |
| 7783 | 95.3 | 6-7 | 2021 | QC1 | |
| 7848 | 96.3 | 1-2 | 2022 | QC1 | |
| 7902 | 97.5 | 6-7 | 2022 | QD1 | |
| 7953 | 98.2 | 1-2 | 2022 | QD1 | |
| 7997 | 99.4 | 5-6 | 2023 | QD1 |
(1) Please note that the variable names refer to the final ICPSR/ZA codebook editions, if available.
(2) Different question: To which of these areas (ECS73: the following geographical groups) do you feel you belong most strongly (ECS73: would you say that you belong to first)? And which next? ECS71: city/locality, department, region, country, Europe, other; ECS73/EB 12: locality/town where you live, region/county where you live, [COUNTRY] as a whole, Europe, world as a whole; EB 50.1: city/town/village, region, country, Europe, whole world.
(3) Different question: I would like you to tell me how close you feel to the following groups of people. 1. The inhabitants of the the city or village where you live/have lived most of your life; 2. The inhabitants of the region where you life; 3. Fellow (Nationality); 4. European Union citizens; 5. Fellow Europeans; ... (very close - quite close - not very close - not at all close).
(4) Item 4 split: ... how attached you feel to ... (SPLIT A:) Europe ... (SPLIT B:) European Union
(5) Five items in accordance with Eurobarometer 50.1: Please tell me how attached you feel to a) your village, town or city; b) to your region; c ) to your country; d) to Europe or e) to the world.
(6) Three items: a) city/town/village; b) OUR COUNTRY (TCC: our community); c) European Union
(7) Modified items and question based on the one listed under (5): "to what extent do you personally feel you are..."
(8) Replicating items asked in EB 68.1 (QA10) and 67.1 (QA14). Some items are splitted and/or modified.
(9) Four items: a) Your city/town/village; b) Your region; c) OUR COUNTRY; d) The European Union