European Communities Study, 1971

<p>The study contained four major sections: a measure of the respondents' feelings of regional belonging, their awareness of and ideas about agricultural problems, their opinions of the Common Market end European unification and a measure of the amount and source of their knowledge in these areas. Themes: influence of Common Market on own region / local versus European dealing with political problems / farmers, farming, agricultural problems / farmers demonstrations / influence of Common Market on agriculture, industry, trade, import, export / new EC memberships / Mansholt plan / desirability of political goals / chances of war, economic crisis / united states of Europe / personal sacrifice for unification of Europe / respondent feels well informed about several problems / opinion leadership / progressiveness - conservatism. Background variables: basic characteristics/ residence/ occupation/employment/ income/capital assets/ education/ politics/ religion/ organizational membership</p>