Flash Eurobarometer 455 (European Youth)

Political attitudes and volunteering of European Youth.<br>Topics: participation in activities of sports, leisure, cultural, political, local, environmental, human rights or global development, non-governmental organisation in the last 12 months; vote participation during the last three years on local, regional, national and EU level; participation in activities or projects with young people from other European countries or from other continents in the last 12 months; most important topics for the EU; prioritized fields of EU action to encourage young people to volunteer or work for reasons of solidarity; attitude towards the following statements: European matters as part of compulsory school education, strengthening of school education by national governments with regard to rights and responsibilities as EU citizens, strengthened feeling of European identity by European initiatives such as Erasmus and the European Solidarity Corps; most important ideas for the future of Europe; involvement in organised voluntary activities in the last twelve months; voluntary activities were aimed at changing something in the local community, the own country, other European countries or another part of the world; formal recognition for participation in voluntary activities; ever volunteered abroad.

Demography: age; sex; nationality; age at end of education; occupation; professional position; region; type of community; own a mobile phone and fixed (landline) phone; household composition and household size.

Additionally coded was: respondent ID; country; type of phone line; nation group; weighting factor.