European Election Study - 1999

<p>European Election Study 1999 is a survey of the voting age population in the member states of the European Union. The study concerns the European elections of 1999. The survey was fielded immidiately following these elections.<br>Data of the other EES surveys held in 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994 and 2004 are directly accessible via the EES website: http://www.europeanelectionstudies.net/<br><br>General topics:<br>Most important problems in each country / which political party solves problems best / r.: how many days watch news, read paper, which newsprogramme, which paper / how much attention does r. pay to politics, economy, social issues, Europe / did r. vote for European elections, which party / prior to elections: did r. watch programmes on television, read newspaper reports, talk to friends or family, attend public meeting, look into website, about elections / was r. interested in campaign before elections / vote for which party: if elections now, last national elections / probability of r. voting for different parties / r.'s opinion on importance of, and satisfaction with: European integration, immigration and refugies, economy, environment, whose job is it to deal with those issues / political left-right rating / membership of EU good or bad / r. prepared to pay more taxes to help other country in EU / is unification pushed too far or should be pushed further / does r. approve of national governments record / is r. interested in politics / r. satisfied with democracy in own country, EU / r. feels (not) well informed about politics of EU / politics complicated / politicians more interested in fighting each other than in the common interest / voting is important / age / year stopped education / (someone in household) member of trade union / is r. close to any party, which / size of household / work situation / class, self rating / rural-urban / religion, how often attend religious services / net income.</p>