EB86.1 Public Opinion in the European Union
European Commission: Public Opinion
Fieldwork: September/October 2016
Special topics
- Europeans and the European Union
- The European Parliament
- Europeans and their Media
Analytic reports:
The Future of Europe. Publication
The European Parliament. Download page
Media Pluralism and Democracy. Publication
Sampling info:
Representative samples, age 15 +, resident in each of the Member States Average number of respondents 1000 pr. country, save for Luxembourg (500), Cyprus (500), Malta (500). Germany (West + East) 1.500) and UK (England + Northern Ireland) = 1000 + 300 Cyprus-TCC (500), Iceland (500), Montenegro (500) Multi-stage national probability samples
1. stage: Primary sampling units
2. stage: Addresses chosen systematically using standard random route procedures.
In order to produce samples more representative of the populations in each country, the national weight variables ("Weight Result from Target" (W1) )should be used when analyzing the background files at national level. At European level there is a row of "European weights" available to correctly weight combinations of countries into common totals.
Participating countries:
France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany (West and East), Italy, Luxembourg, Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Czech Republic, Rep.of Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia
Remarks:
The report on the "Future of Europe" is the sixth in the series, following previous surveys in 2006 , 2009 , 2011 , 2012 , 2014 . It presents a snapshot of the way Europeans perceived the EU and its future direction in early 2014.
