The Mannheim Eurobarometer Trend File 1970-2002 (ed. 2.00)

Cumulated dataset of the standard Eurobarometer.

1. Technical variables.
2. Weighting variables.
3. Attitude towards the EU.
4. Attitude towards political and social values.
5. Voting behaviour.
6. Demography.
7. Attitude towards political and social values (indices).
8. Attitude towards the EU (indices).

1. Technical variables: nationality; number of Eurobarometer;
registration of the respondent in an electoral register; split
variable.

2. Weighting variables: sample weight, EU weight.

3. Attitude towards the EU: attitude towards unification of Western Europe;
attitude towards the EU membership of one´s country; advantages or
disadvantages of the EU membership; regret of a possible failure of the EU;
estimated and desired pace of development of the EU and the European
unification; knowledge about the EU, EU policy and EU institutions;
knowledge and importance of the present EU presidency of one´s country;
knowledge of the European Parliament and the European Commission;
attitude towards the European Parliament and the European Commission;
importance of future EU elections; preference for a national or an
European orientation of a representative in the European Parliament;
attitude towards an European government; knowledge of the European domestic
market launched in 1992; hopes as well as fears concerning the domestic
market; general attitude towards the European domestic market; trust in
European institutions; interest in European policy; interest in EU
problems and importance of these problems for the country; assessment
of the understanding between the EU countries; national versus European
identity.

4. Attitude towards political and social values: life satisfaction,
happiness; personal financial situation; changes of financial situation
during the last year; estimation of change of the general economic
situation; expectation of peace or war for the coming year; expected
increase of economic conflicts (strikes); political interest, opinion
leadership; political discussions with friends; media use (TV watching,
reading of newspaper and radio listening); attitude towards a change of
society; postmaterialism; importance of religion; national pride;
satisfaction with the functioning of democracy in the country and in
Europe; political efficacy; sympathy for environmental protection
movement, anti-war movement and the feminist movement.

5. Voting behaviour: party preference; party identification; voting
behaviour at the last elections; intention to participate in the next
elections.

6. Demography: self-assessment on a left-right continuum; party
affiliation; union membership; marital status; age at end of education;
sex; size of household; number of children less than 8 years old and
from 8 to 15 years old; occupation; branch of trade; company size; head
of household; position in household; self-assessment of social class;
degree of urbanisation; religious denomination; frequency of church
attendance; income; city size; region; mother tongue in the family.

7. Attitude towards political and social values (indices). Postmaterialism,
use of media.

8. Attitude towards the EU (indices): attitude towards the economic integration
of the EU countries; party preference; general attitude towards the European
unification.