Flash Eurobarometer 165 (Euro, third anniversary)

Attitude towards the euro three years after the introduction.<br>Topics: attitude towards the euro three years after the introduction; currency used for counting or calculating when doing common or exceptional purchases; usefulness of continued dual price displays; difficulty to distinguish and handle euro bank notes and specific coins; opinion about the number of existing coins and which euro coin denominations should be removed; attitude towards a 1-euro bank note; personal spending behaviour since the introduction of the euro: spend more due to difficulty realizing how much one is spending, spend less due to fear of spending too much; expected impact of the abolition of 1- and 2-cent euro coins on consumer prices; assessment of the impact of the introduction on the prices in the own country; obligation to pay supplementary fees for the use of bank debit card in another country of the euro zone; attitude towards the following statements on the euro: is already an international currency like dollar or yen, reduced price differences between euro zone countries; travels outside the euro zone in 2004; currency taken on the trip: euros, dollar, other currency; impact of the adoption of the euro for the own country; expected extension of the euro to the new member states; preferred statement: euro zone should be enlarged because of positive effects for consumers, euro zone should not be extended because this weakens euro zone; changes in feeling European due to the euro; value of the euro against the dollar; concern about the value of the euro against the dollar; knowledge test: coordination of economic policies within the member states; importance of the coordination of economic policies within the member states; assessment of the economic situation in the own country compared to other European countries; state of national budget in 2003: surplus, deficit, balance; awareness of the ´Stability and Growth Pact´; attitude towards selected statements on the ´Stability and Growth Pact´: countries should be free not to respect the Pact in difficult economic periods, makes the euro a stable and strong currency, unequal application of economic sanctions against countries that do not respect the ´Stability and Growth Pact´; own country respects the ´Stability and Growth Pact´.

Demography: sex; age; age at end of education; occupation; professional position; region; type of community.

Additionally coded was: country; respondent ID; weighting factor.