Main Eurobarometer trends

This continuity guide is listing selected main trend questions mainly from the Standard Eurobarometer. The detailed trend lists cover tabular overviews of occurrence (survey number, fieldwork date, question/variable identification) as well as a detailed documentation of question texts and possible modifications in question wording and/or answer categories over time.

Please notice that detailed continuity documentation is only available for linked trend entries. Trends included in the Mannheim Eurobarometer Trend File are marked by *.

Select a trend from the following main groups:

General topics

Cultural and national identity

International relations

Living conditions and issues

Political efficacy and attitudes

Political & social participation

Voting behaviour

Values and religion

EU-Topics

European Unification

Att. tw. European unification *
Membership good/bad *
Membership country benefit *
Regret EC/EU scrap *
European unification speed *
Att. tw. a political union *
Enlargement - country approval
Interest in EC/EU politics *
Feeling informed about EU *
Importance of EC/EU matters *
Personal. meaning of the EU
Personal EU image

European institutions

EP media awareness *
EP impression *
EP importance for EC/EU *
EP role preference *
Att. tw. a European Government *
Europ. Com. media awareness *
Europ. Com. impression *
EU Presidency awareness *
EU Presidency importance *
Trust in European institutions *

European Single Market

Single Market media awareness *
Att. tw. the Single Market *
Single Market anticipation *
Att.tw. the European Currency

European policies

National vs. EU policy areas *
EC/EU charter of social rights

Demographics

Respondent

Age *
Age when finished education *
Marital status (<EB71.2) *
Marital status & children (EB71.2 ff.)
Membership: polit. party (<EB37) *
Membership: trade union (<EB56) *
Occupation of respondent - ESOMAR *
Gender *
Subj. social class (<EB44) *
Subj. social position (EB71.2 ff.)
Financial situation (EB71.2 ff.)
National provenance (EB62 ff.)
Internet use (>EB71.1)
Fixed/mobile telephone (EB63.4-64.3)
Mobile telephone (EB64.4 ff.)

Household

Head of HH / MIE (<EB62) *
HH composition: children *
HH composition: size *
HH brutto income (<EB62) *
Membership: trade union (<EB42) *
Occupation of MIE - ESOMAR (<EB62) *
Ownership of durables
Social class of HH (EB77.3 ff.)
Fixed/mobile telephone (EB58-63.3)
Fixed telephone (EB64.4 ff.)

Locality

Region (NUTS) *
Size of community *
Type of community *

Contact persons

Eurobarometer

Dr. Boris Heizmann & Serap Firat

eurobarometer-dataservice[at]gesis•org