European Parliament COVID-19 Survey – Round 1

Attitudes towards the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Topics: satisfaction with the national government in general; satisfaction with the measures of the national government to fight the Coronavirus pandemic; preferred statement with regard to the consequences of the restriction measures in the own country: health benefits are greater than economic damage, economic damage is greater than health benefits; satisfaction with solidarity between EU member states in fighting the Coronavirus pandemic; awareness of measures taken by the EU to respond to the Coronavirus pandemic; satisfaction with these measures; EU should have more competences to deal with crises such as the Coronavirus pandemic; preferred EU measures to respond to the Corona crisis; preferred statement: fight against the Coronavirus pandemic fully justifies recent limitations to individual freedom, fully opposed to any limitation of individual freedom regardless of the pandemic; attitude towards public authorities using mobile phone applications of citizens to fight the virus’ expansion; current emotional status; concern about the effect of the Coronavirus on: personal health, health of family and friends; personally experienced effects of the Coronavirus pandemic in the own country: loss of income, difficulties paying rent or bills or bank loans, use of personal savings sooner than planned, unemployment, bankruptcy, difficulties having proper and decent-quality meals, asked for financial help to family or friends, other financial issues; impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on personal situation: respondent receives help from people around, respondent helps people in need, more contact to people on the phone or via internet apps, engagement in online debates on the measures against the pandemic; use of selected online social networks in the last week; most trustworthy persons or institutions with regard to information about the Coronavirus pandemic; EU image; impact of the pandemic on EU image; participation in the last elections to the European Parliament.

Demography: sex; age; age at end of education; head of household; occupation of main income earner in the household; professional position of main income earner in the household; employment status; marital status; household composition and household size; region.

Additionally coded was: respondent ID; country; date of interview; weighting factor.