Eurobarometer 59.1 : The Euro and Parental Leave, March-April 2003 Thomas Christensen.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 3930.

Eurobarometer Survey Series (Series) ; 3930.

ICPSR ; 3930

Eurobarometer Survey Series ; 3930

Language:

English

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

ICPSR Version, 2005-12-15.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2004.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

This round of Eurobarometer surveys queried respondents on standard Eurobarometer measures, such as how satisfied they were with their present life, whether they attempted to persuade others close to them to share their views on subjects they held strong opinions about, whether they discussed political matters, and what the European Union's priorities should be. Additional questions focused on the respondents' knowledge of and opinions about the European Union (EU), including sources of information about the EU and whether their country had benefited from being an EU member. Respondents were also asked how informed they were about EU enlargement, their preferred option for the immediate future of the EU as it concerned the enlargement (i.e., whether the EU should include all, some, or none of the countries wishing to join), and whether they agreed or disagreed with statements regarding the EU enlargement (e.g., whether having more countries in the EU would mean more guaranteed peace and security in Europe, whether the EU should financially help future member countries before they join, and whether the EU should reform the way its institutions work before welcoming new members). In addition to the selected standard trend variables (which included additional questions about the perception of and attitudes toward the European Parliament, the European Convention, and the United States of America), the survey also elicited respondents' opinions about the euro and its introduction as the common European currency. Respondents were asked a series of questions about dual pricing (prices in both the euro and their own respective national currency), its usefulness and necessity, whether they felt handling eight coins was complicated, the usefulness of 1- and 2-cent coins, and whether some of the coins should be replaced by notes. General attitudes regarding the euro replacing th... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03930

Contents:

Part 1: Data File

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2006-09-15.

Start: 2003-03-18; and end: 2003-04-30.

OCLC:

61155906

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