Euro-barometer 12: European Parliamentary Elections, October/November 1979  (ICPSR 7778 )

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Euro-barometer 12: European Parliamentary Elections, October/November 1979

7778

Rabier, Jacques-Rene, and Ronald Inglehart.

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Euro-barometer 12: European Parliamentary Elections, October/November 1979

7778

Rabier, Jacques-Rene, and Ronald Inglehart.

Euro-barometer 12: European Parliamentary Elections, October/November 1979

7778

Rabier, Jacques-Rene, and Ronald Inglehart.

EURO-BAROMETER 12 -- OCTOBER - NOVEMBER, 1979 JUNE, 1979, EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS (ICPSR STUDY NUMBER 7778) PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS JACQUES-RENE RABIER SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES RONALD INGLEHART CENTER FOR POLITICAL STUDIES THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FIRST ICPSR EDITION, 1981 FIRST PRINTING, 1981 INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH P.O. BOX 1248 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN 48106 U.S.A. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NUMBER: ISBN (PAPERBACK) C 1981 THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISHED, 1981 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS DO NOT APPLY TO MEMBER INSTITUTIONS OF THE ICPSR. ALL OR PART OF THIS CODEBOOK MAY BE REPRODUCED FOR USE AT MEMBER INSTITUTIONS WITH APPROPRIATE CITATION TO THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS AND THE ICPSR. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE NO. INTRODUCTION THE EURO-BAROMETER SURVEY SERIES I STUDY DESCRIPTION III PUBLICATIONS III SAMPLING INFORMATION IV WEIGHTING INFORMATION AND FREQUENCIES VI CODEBOOK INFORMATION VII DATA PREPARATION AND FORMATTING X VARIABLE DESCRIPTION LIST XI CODEBOOK 1 APPENDIX BRITISH QUESTIONNAIRE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF ASSISTANCE ALL MANUSCRIPTS USING DATA MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CONSORTIUM SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FACT AS WELL AS IDENTIFY THE ORIGINAL COLLECTOR OF THE DATA. THE ICPSR COUNCIL URGES ALL USERS OF ICPSR DATA FACILITIES TO FOLLOW SOME ADAPTATION OF THIS STATEMENT WITH THE PARENTHESES INDICATING ITEMS TO BE FILLED IN APPROPRIATELY OR DELETED BY THE INDIVIDUAL USER. THE DATA (AND TABULATIONS) UTILIZED IN THIS (PUBLICATION) WERE MADE AVAILABLE (IN PART) BY THE INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH. THE DATA FOR EURO-BAROMETER 12 WERE ORIGINALLY COLLECTED BY JACQUES-RENE RABIER, SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, AND BY RONALD INGLEHART, THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. NEITHER THE ORIGINAL COLLECTORS OF THE DATA NOR THE CONSORTIUM BEAR ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ANALYSES OR INTER- PRETATIONS PRESENTED HERE. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FUNDING AGENCIES WITH ESSENTIAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE USE OF ARCHIVAL RESOURCES, AND TO FACILITATE THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ABOUT ICPSR PAR- TICIPANTS' RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, EACH USER OF THE ICPSR DATA FACILITIES IS EXPECTED TO SEND TWO COPIES OF EACH COMPLETED MANUSCRIPT OR THESIS ABSTRACT TO THE CONSORTIUM. PLEASE INDICATE IN THE COVER LETTER WHICH DATA WERE USED. I THE EURO-BAROMETER SURVEY SERIES THE SURVEYS DOCUMENTED IN THIS CODEBOOK ARE THE FRUIT OF A UNIQUE PROGRAM OF CROSS-NATIONAL AND CROSS-TEMPORAL SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH. THIS EFFORT BEGAN IN EARLY 1970, WHEN THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES SPONSORED SIMULTANEOUS SURVEYS OF THE PUBLICS OF THE SIX NATIONS THAT WERE THEN MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY. THESE SURVEYS WERE DESIGNED TO MEASURE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF, AND ATTITUDES TOWARD, THE COMMON MARKET AND OTHER EUROPEAN COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS; IN COMPLEMENTARY FASHION, THEY ALSO PROBED INTO THE GOALS GIVEN TOP PRIORITY FOR ONE'S OWN NATION. THESE CONCERNS HAVE REMAINED A CENTRAL PART OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY'S RESEARCH EFFORTS--WHICH WERE CARRIED FORWARD WITH ANOTHER SIX-NATION SURVEY IN THE SUMMER OF 1971 THAT GAVE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO AGRICULTURAL PROBLEMS. THESE THEMES WERE OF CENTRAL INTEREST AGAIN IN A SURVEY OF THE PUBLICS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY COUNTRIES--NOW NINE IN NUMBER--CARRIED OUT IN SEPTEMBER 1973. AT THIS POINT THE SURVEYS TOOK ON A SOMEWHAT BROADER SCOPE IN CONTENT AS WELL AS IN GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE, WITH MEASURES OF SUBJECTIVE SATISFACTION AND THE PERCEIVED QUALITY OF LIFE BECOMING A STANDARD FEATURE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY PUBLIC OPINION SURVEYS. IN 1974, THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES LAUNCHED THE EURO-BAROMETER SERIES OF SURVEYS, DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A REGULAR MONITORING OF THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ATTITUDES OF THE PUBLICS OF THE NINE MEMBER-NATIONS, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREAT BRITAIN, ITALY, THE NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM, DENMARK, IRELAND AND LUXEMBOURG. CARRIED OUT IN THE SPRING AND FALL OF EACH YEAR, A TOTAL OF TWELVE EURO-BAROMETERS HAD BEEN COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1979. IN ADDITION TO OBTAINING REGULAR READINGS OF SUPPORT FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND THE PERCEIVED QUALITY OF LIFE, GIVEN EURO-BAROMETERS HAVE EXPLORED A VARIETY OF SPECIAL TOPICS. THUS EURO-BAROMETER 3 (CARRIED OUT IN THE SPRING OF 1975) PROBED INTO PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARD THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LIFE. BAROMETER 4 CARRIED A SUPPLEMENTARY SECTION ON CONSUMER ATTITUDES. BAROMETER 5 INCLUDED AN INVESTIGATION OF MASS PERCEPTIONS OF AND ATTITUDES TOWARD POVERTY AND TOWARD MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS. BAROMETER 6 CONTAINED AN EXPANDED SERIES OF QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE COMMON MARKET, IN CONNECTION WITH THE FACT THAT IT WAS THEN ENTERING ITS TWENTIETH YEAR OF EXISTENCE. BAROMETERS 7 AND 10A COMPLEMENTED EACH OTHER IN AN EXPLORATION OF PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, WHILE EURO-BAROMETER 8, CARRIED OUT IN THE FALL OF 1977, INQUIRED ABOUT ATTITUDES TOWARD EARLY RETIREMENT, AS WELL AS A FURTHER EXPLORATION OF ATTITUDES TOWARD THE ROLE OF WOMEN. II BAROMETER 9 INCLUDED A SECTION ON EMPLOYMENT AND ATTITUDES TOWARD UNEMPLOYMENT AND BAROMETER 11 FOCUSED ON THEMES RELATED TO CHILD-REARING AND THE FAMILY. IN ADDITION, ATTITUDES TOWARD THE ORGANIZATION AND ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT HAVE BEEN EXPLORED IN EACH EURO-BAROMETER BEGINNING WITH NUMBER 7 IN THE SPRING OF 1977. EURO-BAROMETERS 9 AND 10 TOOK UP THE QUESTION OF WHETHER EUROPEANS APPROVE OF THE DIRECT ELECTION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, WHILE BAROMETERS 11 AND 12 SAMPLED REACTIONS TO THE CAMPAIGN AND TO THE NEWLY ELECTED EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. ATTITUDES TOWARD EXPANSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY HAVE ALSO BEEN PROBED. THIS ENTIRE SERIES OF PUBLIC OPINION SURVEYS HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JACQUES-RENE RABIER, SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES; RONALD INGLEHART OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COLLABORATED WITH HIM IN DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF THE SURVEYS, AND IN HELPING MAKE THE RESULTING DATA AVAILABLE TO THE SOCIAL SCIENCE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE ICPSR SURVEY DATA ARCHIVE. AS OF EURO-BAROMETER 12, THE SERIES CONTAINS 108 NATIONAL SURVEYS COORDINATED ACROSS BOTH TIME AND SPACE. KEY QUESTIONS IN THIS DATA COLLECTION HAVE BEEN ASKED IN COMPARABLE FORM ACROSS NINE NATIONS AT GIVEN TIME POINTS, AND ACROSS A PERIOD OF NEARLY EIGHT YEARS IN GIVEN COUNTRIES. IT IS HOPED THAT THESE DATA WILL PROVIDE A VALUABLE RESOURCE TO EMPIRICALLY-ORIENTED SOCIAL SCIENTISTS. RESPONDENTS FOR BAROMETER 12 WERE INTERVIEWED IN OCTOBER-NOVEMBER,1979. THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUPPORT OF THE NSF, GRANT NUMBER SOC-7914619, FOR THE CLEANING AND PROCESSING OF THE STUDY. III STUDY DESCRIPTION EURO-BAROMETER 12 WAS CONDUCTED BY JACQUES-RENE RABIER, SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, AND BY RONALD INGLEHART OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. THIS STUDY IS PART OF AN ONGOING PROGRAM OF PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH SPONSORED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY. THE FIELDWORK WAS CARRIED OUT BY A CONSORTIUM OF EUROPEAN POLLING ORGANIZATIONS IN ALL NINE NATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY. RESPONDENTS FOR EURO-BAROMETER 12 WERE INTERVIEWED IN OCTOBER-NOVEMBER, 1979. THIS STUDY FOCUSES EXCLUSIVELY ON ATTITUDES TOWARD THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY IN THE WAKE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ON JUNE 10-12, 1979. EXPECTATIONS OF THE ELECTED PARLIAMENT AND OF THE FUTURE OF THE COMMON MARKET AS A WHOLE ARE EXPLORED. THIS IS DONE PRI- MARILY THROUGH AN EXTENSION OF THE SERIES OF QUESTIONS ON EUROPEAN INTEGRATION THAT HAS BEEN USED IN PAST EURO-BAROMETERS. THE PERSONAL DATA SECTION OF THE INTERVIEW OBTAINED INFORMATION ABOUT THE EDUCATION, OCCUPATION, MARITAL STATUS, AGE AND SEX OF THE RESPONDENT. THIS SECTION ALSO ASCERTAINS THE OCCUPATION OF THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD AND COMPOSITION OF THE HOUSEHOLD. RELATED PUBLICATIONS COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, EURO-BAROMETRE 12 (BRUSSELS: COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, DECEMBER, 1979). RONALD INGLEHART, THE SILENT REVOLUTION: CHANGING VALUES AND STYLES AMONG WESTERN PUBLICS. (PRINCETON: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1977). RONALD INGLEHART AND JACQUES-RENE RABIER, "EUROPE ELECTS A PARLIAMENT: COGNITIVE MOBILIZATION, POLITICAL MOBILIZATION AND PRO-EUROPEAN ATTITUDES AS INFLUENCES ON VOTER TURNOUT," GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION, VOLUME 14, NO.4, AUTUMN, 1979, PP. 479-507. IV SAMPLING INFORMATION EACH NATIONAL SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY A PROFESSIONAL POLL- ING AGENCY. A LIST OF THE SURVEY ORGANIZATIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EURO-BAROMETER SERIES IN EACH NATION IS INCLUDED AT THE END OF THIS SECTION. REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES OF THE TOTAL POPULATION OF AGE FIFTEEN YEARS AND OLDER WERE DRAWN IN EACH COUNTRY. THE SAMPLING DESIGNS WERE EITHER MULTI-STAGE NATIONAL PROBABILITY SAMPLES OR NATIONAL STRATIFIED QUOTA SAMPLES. 1) NATIONAL PROBABILITY SAMPLES WERE DRAWN IN BELGIUM, DENMARK, AND THE NETHERLANDS. THESE SAMPLES RELY ON COMPLETE LISTINGS OF THE NATIONAL POPULATION, FIFTEEN YEARS AND OLDER, FROM WHICH RESPONDENTS ARE RANDOMLY CHOSEN (IN SEVERAL STAGES). 2) STRATIFIED NATIONAL QUOTA SAMPLES WERE DRAWN IN FRANCE, GERMANY, GREAT BRITAIN (INCLUDING NORTHERN IRELAND), ITALY, IRELAND, AND LUXEMBOURG. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT REGION AND THE SIZE OF LOCALITIES, RESPONDENTS ARE CHOSEN WITHIN SELECTED SAMPLING POINTS TO PROVIDE A REGIONALLY REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE WITH RESPECT TO THE CRITERIA SEX, AGE, AND OCCUPATION. IN ORDER TO PRODUCE SAMPLES MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FRENCH, DUTCH, LUXEMBOURGER, AND DANISH POPULATIONS, A NATIONAL WEIGHT VARIABLE (V6) HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED FOR THOSE NATIONS. THE SAMPLES IN ALL OTHER COUNTRIES ARE UNAFFECTED BY THE APPLICATION OF THE NATIONAL WEIGHT VARIABLE. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE SPECIFIC NATIONAL SAMPLE DESIGNS, THE NATIONAL POLLING AGENCIES SHOULD BE CONTACTED. SURVEY ORGANIZATIONS FRANCE -- INSTITUT FRANCAIS D'OPINION PUBLIQUE (IFOP) -- PARIS BELGIUM -- DIMARSO-INRA -- BRUSSELS THE NETHERLANDS -- NEDERLANDS INSTITUUT VOOR DE PUBLIEKE OPINIE EN HET MARKTONDERZOEK B.V. (NIPO) -- AMSTERDAM GERMANY -- EMNID-INSTITUT FUER MARKT- UND MEINUNGSFORSCHUNG -- BIELEFELD ITALY -- ISTITUTO PER LE RICERCHE STATISTICHE E L'ANALISI DELL'OPINIONE PUBBLICA (DOXA) -- MILAN V LUXEMBOURG --DIMARSO-INRA -- BRUSSELS DENMARK -- GALLUP MARKEDSANALYSE -- COPENHAGEN IRELAND (AND NORTHERN IRELAND) -- IRISH MARKETING SURVEYS -- DUBLIN GREAT BRITAIN -- THE GALLUP POLL -- LONDON VI WEIGHTING INFORMATION AND FREQUENCIES APART FROM THE NATIONAL WEIGHT VARIABLE (V6) DESCRIBED IN THE SECTION ON SAMPLING INFORMATION, EURO-BAROMETER 12 CONTAINS A WEIGHT VARIABLE (V7) WHICH ADJUSTS THE BRITISH AND NORTHERN IRISH RESPONDENTS TO THEIR RESPECTIVE PROPORTIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. THIS VARIABLE DOES NOT AFFECT RESPONSES FROM THE OTHER EIGHT EC NATIONS. THE STUDY ALSO CONTAINS A WEIGHT VARIABLE (V5) WHICH PRODUCES A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE WHEN USED IN ANALYSIS. THIS WEIGHT VARIABLE ADJUSTS THE SIZE OF EACH NATIONAL SAMPLE, WEIGHTING EACH NATION IN TERMS OF ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE TOTAL POPULATION OF THE COMMUNITY. THIS WEIGHT VARIABLE IS NOT NECESSARY IF THE ANALYST IS INTERESTED ONLY IN THE INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL SAMPLES, AND NOT IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. THE EUROPEAN WEIGHT VARIABLE INCORPORATES THE NATIONAL WEIGHT VARIABLE, SO THAT APPLICATION OF BOTH WEIGHT VARIABLES SIMULTANEOUSLY IS UNNECESSARY. THE UNWEIGHTED N FOR THE COMBINED 9-NATION FILE IS 8989, THE WEIGHTED N OF THIS FILE IS 9087.94. ALL RESPONDENTS WERE GIVEN WEIGHT VALUES TO TWO IMPLIED DECIMAL PLACES. THE FOLLOWING TABLE PRESENTS THE UNWEIGHTED AND WEIGHTED N FOR EACH NATION, AND THE WEIGHTING FACTOR USED: UNWEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHT (N) (N) VALUE FRANCE 986 1913.17 1.94* BELGIUM 1000 340.00 0.34 NETHERLANDS 1092 469.92 0.43* GERMANY 1005 2211.00 2.20 ITALY 1170 1930.50 1.65 LUXEMBOURG 298 13.24 0.04* DENMARK 1029 169.38 0.16* IRELAND 1006 100.60 0.10 BRITAIN 1103 1886.13 1.71 NORTHERN IRELAND 300 54.00 0.18 EUROPE 8989 9087.94 *THIS IS A MEAN VALUE. INDIVIDUAL WEIGHTS REFLECT BOTH THE FRENCH, DUTCH, DANISH, AND LUXEMBOURG WEIGHTS IN EUROPE AND THE INDIVIDUAL RESPONDENTS' WEIGHTS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE NATIONAL SAMPLES. FREQUENCIES FOR EACH NATIONAL SAMPLE HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE BODY OF THE CODEBOOK FOLLOWING THE QUESTION TEXT AND CODES FOR EACH VARIABLE. THESE FREQUENCIES DO NOT USE THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY WEIGHTS, BUT DO USE THE NATIONAL WEIGHT VARIABLE. VII CODEBOOK INFORMATION THE EXAMPLE BELOW ILLUSTRATES THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE CODEBOOK FOR A TYPICAL VARIABLE. THE NUMBERS IN CIRCLES DO NOT APPEAR IN THE CODEBOOK, BUT REFER TO THE EXPLANATIONS WHICH FOLLOW THIS EXAMPLE. ---------------------------------------------------------- 1 VAR 106 2 NUMB PERS IN DWELL UNIT 3 MD=0 OR GE 8 REF 106 4 LOC 344 WIDTH 1 5 DK 2 COL 33 6 ------------ 7 Q.91. HOW MANY PERSONS LIVE IN YOUR HOME, INCLUDING YOURSELF, ALL ADULTS AND CHILDREN? 8 ---------------------------- 9 ---------------------------- 10 11 12 1. ONE PERSON 2. TWO PERSONS 3. THREE PERSONS 4. FOUR PERSONS 5. FIVE PERSONS 6. SIX PERSONS 7. SEVEN PERSONS 8. EIGHT PERSONS 9. NINE PERSONS OR MORE 13 FRA BEL NL GER ITA LUX DEN IRE GB NIR 1. 134 122 82 112 75 64 124 72 113 33 2. 321 257 258 251 240 101 359 167 328 63 3. 245 227 175 231 258 74 183 156 180 51 4. 258 184 277 196 306 67 217 162 254 65 5. 94 101 103 152 158 24 88 143 122 43 6. 42 64 39 38 71 9 16 102 38 26 7. 27 30 9 16 22 1 3 73 13 7 8. 7 9 4 10 15 3 1 51 6 3 9. 11 12 6 3 10 1 4 71 4 7 0. 6 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 ........................................................... VIII 1. INDICATES THE VARIABLE AND REFERENCE NUMBERS. A VARI- ABLE AND A REFERENCE NUMBER ARE ASSIGNED TO EACH ITEM IN THE STUDY. IN THIS CODEBOOK, WHICH DOCUMENTS THE ARCHIVED DATASET, THESE NUMBERS ARE IDENTICAL. SHOULD THE DATA BE SUBSET OR REARRANGED BY AN OSIRIS PROGRAM (E.G., MMP TO INTERSPERSE DATA FROM ANOTHER SOURCE, OR TCOT TO PRODUCE AN ANALYSIS DECK), THE VARIABLE NUMBERS WOULD CHANGE TO REFLECT THE ORDER OF THE NEW DATASET, WHILE THE REFERENCE NUMBERS WOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED TO REFLECT THE VARIABLE NUMBER IN THE CODEBOOK DESCRIBING THE ARCHIVED DATASET. 2. INDICATES THE ABBREVIATED VARIABLE NAME (MAXIMUM OF 24 CHARACTERS) USED IN THE OSIRIS SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY THE VARIABLE FOR THE USER. AN EXPANDED VERSION OF THE VARIABLE NAME CAN BE FOUND IN THE VARIABLE DESCRIPTION LIST. 3. INDICATES THE CODE VALUES OF MISSING DATA. IN THIS EXAMPLE, CODE VALUES EQUAL TO ZERO AND THOSE GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO EIGHT ARE MISSING DATA (MD=0 OR GE 8). ALTERNATIVE STATEMENTS FOR OTHER VARIABLES ARE "MD=0", "MD GE 7", OR "NO MISSING DATA CODES". SOME ANALYSIS SOFTWARE PACKAGES (INCLUDING THE OSIRIS SOFTWARE PACKAGE) REQUIRE THAT CERTAIN TYPES OF DATA WHICH THE USER DESIRES TO EXCLUDE FROM ANALYSIS CAN BE DESIGNATED AS "MISSING DATA", E.G., INAPPROPRIATE, UNASCERTAINED, UNASCERTAINABLE OR AMBIGUOUS DATA CATEGORIES. ALTHOUGH THESE CODES ARE DEFINED AS MISSING DATA CATEGORIES, THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE USER SHOULD NOT OR CANNOT USE THEM IN A SUBSTANTIVE ROLE IF SO DESIRED. 4. INDICATES THE STARTING LOCATION AND WIDTH OF THIS VARI- ABLE WHEN THE DATA ARE STORED ON A MAGNETIC TAPE IN THE OSIRIS FORMAT. IF THE VARIABLE IS OF A MULTIPLE- RESPONSE TYPE, THE WIDTH REFERENCED IS THAT OF A SINGLE RESPONSE. 5. INDICATES THE LOCATION BY DECK AND COLUMN(S) OF THIS VARIABLE WHEN THE DATA ARE ON CARDS OR IN A CARD-IMAGE FORMAT (EITHER 80- OR 84-COLUMN FORMAT). 6. A VARIABLE CONTAINING DATA WITH IMPLIED DECIMALS IS DENOTED BY THE MESSAGE "XX DEC PLACE(S)", WHERE XX IS THE NUMBER OF DECIMAL PLACES IMPLIED (NOT PUNCHED) IN THE VARIABLE. 7. THIS IS THE FULL TEXT (QUESTION) SUPPLIED BY THE INVESTIGATOR TO DESCRIBE THE VARIABLE. THE QUESTION TEXT REFLECTS THE ORIGINAL WORDING OF THE QUESTION- NAIRE ITEM. IX 8. INDICATES AN ADDITIONAL COMMENT OR EXPLANATION APPENDED TO THE VARIABLE DESCRIPTION. 9. A VARIABLE WHICH HAS A FOOTNOTE ASSOCIATED WITH IT IS DENOTED BY THE MESSAGE "SEE NOTE(S) X", WHERE X IS THE NUMBER OF THE FOOTNOTE REFERENCED. 10. INDICATES THE FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE OF EACH CODE VALUE FOR THIS VARIABLE. 11. INDICATES THE CODE VALUES OCCURRING IN THE DATA FOR THIS VARIABLE, WHERE RANGES OF VALUES ARE INDICATED BY ..., THE "..." DO NOT APPEAR IN THE DATA. 12. INDICATES THE TEXTUAL DEFINITIONS OF THE CODES. ABBREVIATIONS COMMONLY USED IN THE CODE DEFINITIONS ARE "DK" (DON'T KNOW), "NA" (NOT ASCERTAINED), AND "INAP" (INAPPROPRIATE). 13. INDICATES THE FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE OF EACH CODE IN EACH NATIONAL SAMPLE. THESE FREQUENCIES DO NOT USE THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY WEIGHTS, BUT DO USE THE FRENCH WEIGHT VARIABLE. (SEE WEIGHTING INFORMATION AND FREQUENCIES). X DATA PREPARATION AND FORMATTING THE DATA RECEIVED BY THE ARCHIVE WERE FIRST SORTED AND CHECKED FOR MISSING OR DUPLICATE CARDS. DUPLICATE CARDS, IF ANY, WERE VERIFIED AND THE DUPLICATES WERE REMOVED. MISSING CARDS WERE REPLACED BY MISSING DATA VALUES. THE DATA WERE THEN CHECKED FOR ILLEGAL (WILD) CODES AND INCONSISTENCIES WHICH, WHENEVER FOUND, WERE ASSIGNED TO MISSING DATA VALUES. THE CODEBOOK WAS REORDERED TO PRESERVE THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH QUESTIONNAIRE. (MINOR VARIATIONS IN THE QUESTION ORDER DO APPEAR IN OTHER NATIONAL QUESTIONNAIRES.) INDICES WERE INCLUDED AS CREATED BY THE ORIGINAL INVESTIGATORS. THROUGHOUT THE TEXT ADDITIONAL COMMENTS BRACKETED IN "(" AND ")" SIGNS, WERE INSERTED BY THE STUDY PROCESSOR IN THE COURSE OF PREPARING THE CODEBOOK IN ORDER TO FACILITATE NON-SEQUENTIAL REFERENCING AND TO PROVIDE FURTHER EXPLANATORY INFORMATION. THE DATA ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE CONSORTIUM IN TWO FORMATS: A CARD IMAGE FILE, OR AN OSIRIS DATASET. THE CARD IMAGE FILE CONTAINS 2 DECKS PER RESPONDENT IN A FORMAT BASED ON 80 COLUMN PUNCHED CARDS. THE DECKS FOR EACH RESPONDENT ARE SORTED IN ASCENDING ORDER. THERE ARE TWO COMPONENTS TO THE OSIRIS DATASET. THE OSIRIS DICTIONARY GIVES THE FORMAT AND OTHER INFORMATION FOR EACH VARIABLE IN THE OSIRIS DATA FILE. THE DICTIONARY OR DICTIONARY- CODEBOOK IS USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OSIRIS SOFTWARE PACKAGE. THE OSIRIS DATA FILE IS CONSTRUCTED WITH A SINGLE LOGICAL RECORD PER RESPONDENT. THE OSIRIS DATA FILE CAN BE ACCESSED DIRECTLY BY SOFTWARE PACKAGES WHICH DO NOT USE THE OSIRIS DICTIONARY BY SPECIFYING THE TAPE LOCATIONS OF THE DESIRED VARIABLES. THESE TAPE LOCATIONS ARE CONTAINED IN THE OSIRIS CODEBOOK. THE STUDY STAFF FOR EURO-BAROMETER 12 DEVELOPED AN EQUIVALENT FRENCH AND BRITISH QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THIS SURVEY THESE QUESTIONNAIRES WERE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE NATIONAL POLLING INSTITUTES WHO TRANSLATED THE QUESTIONNAIRES INTO THEIR RESPECTIVE LANGUAGES. THE TEXT OF THE BRITISH QUESTIONNAIRE WAS USED IN CONSTRUCTING THIS CODEBOOK AND IS INCLUDED IN AN APPENDIX OF THIS CODEBOOK. THE OTHER NATIONAL QUESTIONNAIRES ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE ICPSR UPON REQUEST. DATA PROCESSING FOR EURO-BAROMETER 12 WAS DONE BY THOMAS ROCHON. VARIABLE DESCRIPTION LIST VAR. NO. STUDY PROCEDURE INFORMATION 1 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER 7778 2 ICPSR EDITION NUMBER 3 ICPSR PART NUMBER 4 RESPONDENT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 5 EUROPEAN WEIGHT VARIABLE 6 NATIONAL WEIGHT VARIABLE 7 UNITED KINGDOM WEIGHT VARIABLE 8 NATION 9 GEOGRAPHICAL IDENTIFICATION: FIRST CHOICE 10 GEOGRAPHICAL IDENTIFICATION: SECOND CHOICE GOALS FOR SOCIETY 11 RESPONDENT'S (DIS)SATISFACTION WITH DEMOCRACY 12 GOALS: MOST IMPORTANT 13 GOALS: SECOND MOST IMPORTANT 14 RESPONDENT'S ATTITUDE VIS-A-VIS SOCIETY EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: JUNE ELECTION 15 HAS RESPONDENT HEARD ABOUT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT THROUGH MEDIA 16 WHAT RESPONDENT HEARD ABOUT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT THROUGH MEDIA 17 HOW IMPORTANT ARE EC ELECTIONS TO PEOPLE RESPONDENT COMES IN CONTACT WITH 18 DID RESPONDENT VOTE IN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTION 19 DID R CAST PARTY LIST OR PREFERENCE VOTE (BELGIUM AND ITALY ONLY) 20 BELGIUM: DID R VOTE FOR MAN OR FOR WOMAN ITALY: FOR HOW MANY MEN DID R VOTE 21 ITALY: FOR HOW MANY WOMEN DID R VOTE 22 PARTY RESPONDENT VOTED FOR IN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTION ATTITUDES TOWARDS EC MEMBERSHIP 23 ROLE OF NEWLY ELECTED EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MORE/LESS IMPORTANT 24 HAS RESPONDENT HEARD DEBATE ABOUT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT THROUGH MEDIA 25 HAVE DEBATES ABOUT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT GIVEN RESPONDENT (UN)FAVORABLE IMPRESSION 26 WHAT RESPONDENT HOPES EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WILL ACCOMPLISH 27 WHAT DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS RESPONDENT FEARS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WILL HAVE 28 ATTITUDE EXPECTED OF MEMBER OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 29 IS MEMBERSHIP IN COMMON MARKET A GOOD THING 30 IS RESPONDENT FOR/AGAINST EFFORTS TO UNIFY EUROPE 31 SHOULD UNIFICATION OF EUROPE BE SPEEDED UP POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT 32 DOES RESPONDENT PERSUADE OTHERS TO SHARE HIS/HER VIEWS 33 DOES RESPONDENT DISCUSS POLITICAL MATTERS 34 IS RESPONDENT CLOSE TO ANY PARTICULAR PARTY 35 RESPONDENT'S LEFT-RIGHT SELF-PLACEMENT R'S BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS 36 IMPORTANCE OF RELIGION TO RESPONDENT 37 RESPONDENT'S MARITAL STATUS 38 RESPONDENT'S AGE UPON COMPLETION OF FULL-TIME EDUCATION 39 PARTY RESPONDENT WOULD SUPPORT IF GENERAL ELECTION WERE TOMORROW PERSONAL DATA 40 RESPONDENT'S SEX 41 RESPONDENT'S AGE 42 NUMBER OF PERSONS LIVING IN RESPONDENT'S HOME 43 NUMBER OF CHILDREN LIVING IN RESPONDENT'S HOME BETWEEN 8 AND 15 YEARS 44 NUMBER OF CHILDREN LIVING IN RESPONDENT'S HOME UNDER 8 YEARS 45 RESPONDENT'S FAMILY INCOME 46 RESPONDENT'S OCCUPATION 47 NUMBER OF PEOPLE WORKING WHERE RESPONDENT WORKS 48 IS RESPONDENT HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD 49 OCCUPATION OF HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD 50 OBJECTIVE SIZE OF TOWN 51 SUBJECTIVE SIZE OF TOWN 52 REGION OF INTERVIEW 53 PROVINCE OF INTERVIEW 54 LANGUAGE RESPONDENT SPEAKS 55 IS IRISH LANGUAGE IMPORTANT P CONSTRUCTED INDICES 56 MATERIALIST/POST-MATERIALIST VALUES 58 LEFT-RIGHT EUROPEAN PARTY SUMMARY 57 LEFT-RIGHT NATIONAL PARTY SUMMARY 59 EUROPEAN PARTY GROUP 60 COGNITIVE MOBILIZATION INDEX ----------------------------------

• ICPSR STUDY NUMBER-7778
• ICPSR EDITION NUMBER
• ICPSR PART NUMBER
• RESPONDENT NUMBER
• EUROPEAN WEIGHT
• NATIONAL WEIGHT VARIABLE
• UNITED KINGDOM WEIGHT
• NATION
• GEOG ID; 1ST MENTION
• GEOG ID; 2ND MENTION
• SATIS WITH DEMOCRACY
• VALUE PRIO; 1ST CHOICE
• VALUE PRIO; 2ND CHOICE
• RADICAL CHANGE NEEDED?
• HEARD ABT EUR PARL
• HEARD ABT EUR PARL ELEC
• IMPORTANCE PARL ELECTNS
• DID R VOTE PARL ELECTNS
• DID R CAST PREF BALLOT
• WAS PREF VOTE FOR M OR F
• HOW MANY WOMEN
• EUR PARL PARTY VOTE
• WILL PARL BE MORE IMPT
• HEARD ABT NEW EUR PARL
• R HRD FAV/UNFAV NEWS
• WHAT R HOPE FOR EUR PARL
• WHAT R FEAR ABT EUR PARL
• WHAT SORT REP TO PARL
• EC MBRSHIP A GOOD THING
• R FAVOR UNITY W.E.
• SHOULD UNIF BE SPED UP
• DOES R PERSUADE OTHERS
• DOES R DISCUSS POL
• IS R CLOSE TO A POL PART
• LEFT RIGHT SELF PLACEMEN
• IS R MEMBER OF RELIGION
• MARITAL STATUS
• EDUCATION
• NATL PARTY VOTE PREF
• SEX
• AGE
• NUM PERSONS IN HOUSEHOLD
• CHILDREN 8 TO 15
• CHILDREN UNDER 8
• INCOME
• R'S OCCUPATION
• SIZE OF FIRM
• IS R HEAD
• OCCUP OF HEAD
• SIZE OF COMMUNITY
• SUBJ SIZE OF COMMUNITY
• REGION
• PROVINCE
• LANGUAGE SPOKEN
• IMPORTANCE OF GAELIC
• VALUE PRIORITIES
• L-C-R EURO PARTY VOTE
• L-C-R NATL PARTY PREF
• EUR PARTY GROUP VOTE
• COGNITIVE MOBILIZATION

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Variable Text: ICPSR EDITION NUMBER - 1

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Notes: THIS VARIABLE IDENTIFIES THE RELEASE VERSION OF THIS DATASET.

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Variable Text: ICPSR PART NUMBER - 001

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Notes: THIS VARIABLE IDENTIFIES THE PART NUMBER OF THIS DATASET.

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Variable Text: RESPONDENT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

Notes: THIS NUMBER UNIQUELY IDENTIFIES EACH CASE. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ARE THE NATION CODES (SEE REF. NO. 8). THE LAST FOUR DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE REPRESENT A UNIQUE CASE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WITHIN EACH NATION.

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Variable Text: EUROPEAN WEIGHT VARIABLE

Notes: THIS NUMBER CREATES A TOTAL SAMPLE IN WHICH THE NATIONAL SAMPLES ARE PROPORTIONATE TO THEIR RESPECTIVE NATION'S SHARE OF THE POPULATION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY.

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Variable Text: NATIONAL WEIGHT VARIABLE

Notes: THIS WEIGHT IS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THE REPRESENTATIVENESS OF THE FRENCH, DUTCH, LUXEMBOURG, AND DANISH SAMPLES.

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Variable Text: U.K. WEIGHT VARIABLE

Notes: THIS WEIGHT IS NECESSARY TO CREATE A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM THE SEPARATE SAMPLES DRAWN FOR GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND.

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Variable Text: NATION (OF INTERVIEW)

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Variable Text: Q.123. DO YOU THINK THAT THE NEW EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTED IN JUNE WILL PLAY A MORE IMPORTANT, A LESS IMPORTANT, OR ABOUT THE SAME PART (ROLE) AS THE PREVIOUS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT?

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