EURO-BAROMETER 10 -- OCTOBER - NOVEMBER, 1978  (ICPSR 7728)

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EURO-BAROMETER 10 -- OCTOBER - NOVEMBER, 1978

NATIONAL PRIORITIES AND THE INSTITUTIONS OF EUROPE

7728

RABIER, JACQUES-RENE (special adviser to the Commission of the European Communities)

INGLEHART, RONALD (Center for Political Studies, the University of Michigan)

INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH

Copyright ICPSR, 2000

March 20, 2000

SoftQuad XMetaL

National Science Foundation

SBR-9617813

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

March 20, 2000

ICPSR XML Version

Sanda Ionescu

Rabier, Jacques-Rene, and Ronald Inglehart. EURO-BAROMETER 10 -- OCTOBER - NOVEMBER, 1978 NATIONAL PRIORITIES AND THE INSTITUTIONS OF EUROPE [Codebook file]. ICPSR XML version. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1999.

http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/DDI/SAMPLES/07728.xml

EURO-BAROMETER 10 -- OCTOBER - NOVEMBER, 1978

NATIONAL PRIORITIES AND THE INSTITUTIONS OF EUROPE

7728

Rabier, Jacques Rene (Special adviser to the Commission of the European Communities)

Inglehart, Ronald (Center for Political Studies, the University of Michigan)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Copyright The University of Michigan, 1980

1980

OSIRIS

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

1980

Eurobarometer Survey Series

First ICPSR ed.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Rabier, Jacques-Rene, and Ronald Inglehart. EURO-BAROMETER 10 -- OCTOBER - NOVEMBER, 1978: NATIONAL PRIORITIES AND THE INSTITUTIONS OF EUROPE [Codebook file]. First ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1980.

EURO-BAROMETER 10 -- OCTOBER - NOVEMBER, 1978

NATIONAL PRIORITIES AND THE INSTITUTIONS OF EUROPE

7728

Rabier, Jacques Rene (Special adviser to the Commission of the European Communities)

Inglehart, Ronald (Center for Political Studies, the University of Michigan)

Rochon, Thomas

Maggio, Ginger

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Copyright the University of Michigan, 1980

1980

OSIRIS

National Science Foundation

SOC-7914619

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

1980

Euro-barometer Survey Series

Eurobarometer 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. BAROMETER 7 WAS COMPLEMENTED WITH 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. BAROMETER 9 1 II - 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 BAROMETER 11 SAMPLED REACTIONS TO THE CAMPAIGN. 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. THE EURO-BAROMETER SERIES ALONE NOW 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.

These surveys are the products of a unique program of crossnational and crosstemporal social science research. The effort began in early 1970, when the Commission of the European Community sponsored simultaneous surveys of the publics 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 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 in the summer of 1971 with another six-nation survey 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 -- then nine in number -- carried out in September 1973. After 1973, 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 standard features of the European Community public opinion surveys. In 1974, the Commission of the European Community launched the Eurobarometer series, designed to provide a regular monitoring of the social and political attitudes of the publics of the nine member nations: France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Ireland, and Luxembourg. These Eurobarometers are carried out in the spring and fall of each year. In addition to obtaining regular readings of support for European integration and the perceived quality of life, each of the Eurobarometers has explored a variety of special topics. Also, attitudes toward the organization and role of the European Parliament have been explored in each Eurobarometer beginning with Barometer 7 in the spring of 1977. The Eurobarometer surveys have included Greece since Autumn 1980 (Number 14), Portugal and Spain since Autumn 1985 (Number 24), the former German Democratic Republic since Autumn 1990 (Number 34), Finland since the spring of 1993 (Number 39), and Sweden and Austria since the fall of 1994 (Number 42). In addition, Norway has usually been included since the fall of 1991 (Number 36). Note that beginning with Eurobarometer 43 and Central and Eastern Eurobarometer 6, the archival survey titles in these ICPSR series no longer contain a hyphen separating ''Euro'' and ''Barometer'', in keeping with current usage. Other archives may follow different naming practices for this survey series.

First ICPSR ed.

Rabier, Jacques-Rene, and Ronald Inglehart. EURO-BAROMETER 10 -- OCTOBER - NOVEMBER, 1978 NATIONAL PRIORITIES AND THE INSTITUTIONS OF EUROPE [Computer file]. First ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1980.

Common Market, European Community, Europe, France, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Great Britain, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Federal Republic of Germany, European integration, European Parliament, Political issues, Political attitudes and behavior, Voting attitudes and behavior

XIV. Mass Political Behavior and Attitudes, C. Public Opinion on Political Matters, 3. Attitudes Toward Regional Integration, a. Europe

EURO-BAROMETER 10 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 10 WERE INTERVIEWED IN OCTOBER-NOVEMBER, 1978. THIS STUDY CONTAINS AN EXPANDED VERSION OF THE QUESTIONS ON EUROPEAN INTEGRATION THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED THROUGHOUT THE EURO-BAROMETER SERIES. PERCEPTIONS OF RECENT CHANGES IN THE EXTENT OF INTEGRATION AND UNDERSTANDING AMONG THE COMMON MARKET COUNTRIES ARE EXPLORED, AS ARE ATTITUDES TOWARD THE FORTHCOMING EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. EURO-BAROMETER 10 ALSO CONTAINS AN EXPANDED SECTION ON THE PROBLEMS WHICH RESPONDENTS FEEL SHOULD BE GIVEN POLITICAL PRIORITY IN THE COMING YEARS. THESE ISSUES ARE PROBED BOTH IN TERMS OF THEIR IMPORTANCE AND IN TERMS OF WHETHER THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS OR THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE MIGHT BETTER DEAL WITH THEM. THE PERSONAL DATA SECTION OF THE INTERVIEW OBTAINED INFORMATION ABOUT THE EDUCATION, OCCUPATION, MARITAL STATUS, AGE AND SEX OF THE RESPONDENT. THIS SECTION ALSO ASCERTAINED THE OCCUPATION OF THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD AND COMPOSITION OF THE HOUSEHOLD.

October 1978-November 1978

October 1978-November 1978

France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Denmark, Ireland, Great Britain

nine countries forming the European Community in 1978: France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland and Luxembourg .

country

individuals

the population, aged fifteen years or older, of nine nations members of the European Community: France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland and Luxembourg .

survey data

cross-section

The fieldwork was carried out by a consortium of European polling organizations in all nine nations of the European Community. Survey organizations: France - Institut Français 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 für Markt und Meinungsforschung, Bielefeld ; Italy - Istituto per le Ricerche Statistiche e l'Analisi dell'Opinione Pubblica (DOXA), Milan; Luxembourg - Dimarso/Inra, Brussels; Denmark - Gallup Markedsanalyse, Copenhagen; Ireland (and Northern Ireland) - Irish Marketing Surveys, Dublin; Great Britain - The Gallup Poll, London.

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 LOCALATIES, RESPONDENTS ARE CHOSEN WITHIN SELECTED SAMPLING POINTS TO PROVIDE A REGIONALLY REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE WITH RESPECT TO THE CRITERIA SEX, AGE, AND OCCUPATION. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE SPECIFIC NATIONAL SAMPLE DESIGNS, THE NATIONAL POLLING AGENCIES SHOULD BE CONTACTED.

interviews

structured

IN ORDER TO PRODUCE SAMPLES MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FRENCH, DUTCH, BRITISH, 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. APART FROM THE NATIONAL WEIGHT VARIABLE (V6) DESCRIBED IN THE SECTION ON SAMPLING INFORMATION, EURO-BAROMETER 10 CONTAINS A WEIGHT VARIABLE (V7) WHICH ADJUSTS THE BRITISH AND NORTHERN IRISH RESPONDENTS TO THEIR RESPECTIVE PROPORTIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. THIS VARIABLE INCLUDES THE BRITISH PORTION OF THE NATIONAL WEIGHT VARIABLE, BUT DOES NOT AFFECT RESPONSES FROM THE OTHER EIGHT EC NATIONS. THIS 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 ONLY INTERESTED 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 8677, THE WEIGHTED N OF THIS FILE IS 8711.47. ALL RESPONDENTS WERE GIVEN WEIGHT VALUES TO TWO IMPLIED DECIMAL PLACES. 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.  (link)

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.

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.  (link)

Ann Arbor, Mi.: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

1 data file + 1 codebook file + Osiris data dictionary + SPSS data definition statements

6

THE STUDY STAFF FOR EURO-BA ROMETER 10 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.

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 10 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.

The Eurobarometer survey series, launched by the Commission of the European Community in 1974 and continuing today.

Commission of the European Communities. Euro-baromètre 10. Brussels: Commission of the European Communities, January 1979.

Inglehart, Ronald. The silent revolution: changing values and styles among Western publics. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1977

Inglehart, Ronald and Rabier, Jacques-Rene. Europe elects a parliament: cognitive mobilization, political mobilization and pro-European attitudes as influences on voter turnout, in Government and opposition, vol. 14, no. 4, autumn 1979, pp. 479-507.

• File Structure: rectangular

• Number of cases: 8677

• No. of variables per record: 119

• Records per Case: 3

• Overall Number of Records: 26031

• Data Format: THE CARD IMAGE FILE CONTAINS 3 DECKS PER RESPONDENT IN A FORMAT BASED ON 80 COLUMN PUNCHED CARDS. THE DECKS FOR EACH RESPONDENT ARE SORTED IN ASCENDING ORDER.  (link)

• Place of File Production: Ann Arbor, Mi.: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

• Extent of Processing Checks: Consistency checks performed by ICPSR

THE DATA ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE CONSORTIUM IN TWO FORMATS: A CARD IMAGE FILE, OR AN OSIRIS DATASET  (link)

• File Structure: rectangular

• Number of cases: 8677

• No. of variables per record: 119

• Records per Case: 1

• Overall Number of Records: 8677

• Data Format: THERE ARE TWO COMPONENTS TO THE OSIRIS DATASET. THE OSIRIS DICTIONARY GIVES THE FORMAT AND OTHER INFORMATION FOR EACH VARIABLE IN T HE OSIRIS DATA FILE. THE DICTIONARY OR DICTIONARY- CODEBOOK IS USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OSIRIS SOFTWARE PACKAGE. T HE 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.  (link)

• Software: OSIRIS

• STUDY PROCEDURE INFORMATION
• POLITICAL EFFICACY AND INVOLVEMENT
• R'S POLITICAL GOALS FOR SOCIETY
• ATTITUDES TOWARD EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
• R'S VOTING BEHAVIOR
• ATTITUDES TOWARD EC MEMBERSHIP
• POLITICAL ISSUES
• EFFECTS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
• R'S RELIGIOUS ATTACHMENT
• R'S PARTISAN PREFERENCES
• PERSONAL DATA
• CONSTRUCTED INDICES

Variables within STUDY PROCEDURE INFORMATION

• ICPSR STUDY NUMBER - 7728
• ICPSR EDITION NUM
• ICPSR PART NUMBER
• RESPONDENT NUMBER
• WEIGHT EC REPRESENTATIVE
• WEIGHT NATIONAL REPRSNT
• WEIGHT UK REPRESNT

Variables within POLITICAL EFFICACY AND INVOLVEMENT

• ICPSR STUDY NUMBER - 7728
• LIFE SATISFACTION
• PERSUADE FRIENDS
• DISCUSS POLITICS
• DEMOCRACY SATISF
• CHANGE SOCIETY

Variables within R'S POLITICAL GOALS FOR SOCIETY

• ICPSR STUDY NUMBER - 7728
• ICPSR EDITION NUM
• GOALS A 1ST CHOICE
• GOALS A 2ND CHOICE
• VALUES 1ST CHOICE
• VALUES 2ND CHOICE
• GOALS B 1ST CHOICE
• GOALS B 2ND CHOICE
• FIRST GOAL OVRALL
• SECND GOAL OVRALL
• LAST GOAL OVRALL

Variables within ATTITUDES TOWARD EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

• ICPSR EDITION NUM
• INTEREST IN EC
• HRD ABOUT EC PARL
• HRD ABOUT EC ELECT

Variables within R'S VOTING BEHAVIOR

• ICPSR EDITION NUM
• ICPSR PART NUMBER
• CAN R VOTE FOR EC
• IS R FOR EC ELECT
• WILL R VOTE EC ELECT
• R INTERST IN EC RESLTS
• IS R FOR UNIF OF EUR
• HS UNIF GAINED
• IS ELECT IMPORTNT
• ELECT: DEMO CONTRL
• ELECT: DEC ABT EUR
• ELECT: TOO MUCH PWR
• PARTY CLOSENESS
• IS EUR IMP TO PARTY
• FOR VT: PRTY OR EUR?

Variables within ATTITUDES TOWARD EC MEMBERSHIP

• RESPONDENT NUMBER
• WEIGHT EC REPRESENTATIVE
• EC: GUARAN STAB
• EC: LOSE NAT CULT
• EC: TOWARD UNION
• EC: NAT INDEP IMP
• EC VOTE CHOICE 1
• EC VOTE CHOICE2 MENT1
• EC VOTE CHOICE2 MENT2
• EC VOTE CHOICE2 MENT3
• EC VOTE CHOICE2 MENT4
• EURO MP-EC OR NAT
• EC GOOD
• EC GOOD IN 10 YRS

Variables within POLITICAL ISSUES

• WEIGHT EC REPRESENTATIVE
• WEIGHT NATIONAL REPRSNT
• WEIGHT UK REPRESNT
• IMP REDUCE REG INEQ
• IMP POLLUT
• IMP REDUCE INC EQ
• IMP DEV HELP
• IMP FIGHT RIS PRIC
• IMP CONTR MNC
• IMP REG GOV
• IMP FIGHT UNEMP
• IMP DEF AG SUPERPW
• IMP MOD EDUC
• IMP STREN DEFENSE
• IMP PROTCT CONSUM
• HANDL RED REG INEQ
• HANDL POLLUT
• HANDL REDUCE INC INEQ
• HANDL DEV HELP
• HANDL FIGHT RIS PRIC
• HANDL CONTR MNC
• HANDL REG GOV
• HANDL FIGHT UNEMP
• HANDL DEF AG SUPERP
• HANDL MOD EDUC
• HANDL STREN DEF
• HANDL PROTCT CONSU

IMPORTANCE AND PREFERENCE FOR DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY

Variables within EFFECTS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

• WEIGHT UK REPRESNT
• COUNTRY
• UNDERSTNDG INCR AMG EC
• SPEED UP UNIF
• GOVT: SPEED UP UNIF
• EC HELP OTHRS
• R SACRIF FOR EC
• EC BENEFIT?
• SPAIN ENTRY GOOD
• ENTRY GD FOR SPAIN

Variables within R'S RELIGIOUS ATTACHMENT

• COUNTRY
• RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION
• FREQ OF CHURCH ATTND
• MARITAL STATUS
• YEARS OF EDUCATION

Variables within R'S PARTISAN PREFERENCES

• LIFE SATISFACTION
• VOTE NATIONAL ELECT

Variables within PERSONAL DATA

• ICPSR STUDY NUMBER - 7728
• LIFE SATISFACTION
• PERSUADE FRIENDS
• SEX
• AGE OF RESPONDENT
• PERSONS IN HSHLD
• CHILDREN 8-15
• CHILDREN UNDER 8
• INCOME AS IS
• OCCUPATION RESP
• NUMBER EMPLOYEES
• IS R HEAD HSHOLD
• OCCUPATION HEAD HSHOLD
• OBJECTIVE SIZE TOWN
• SUBJ SIZE OF TOWN
• REGION
• PROVINCE
• LANGUAGE SPOKEN

Variables within CONSTRUCTED INDICES

• ICPSR STUDY NUMBER - 7728
• PERSUADE FRIENDS
• DISCUSS POLITICS
• MAT-PMAT VALUES INDEX
• LEFT-RIGHT NATIONAL PARTY SUMMARY
• L-R EURO PTY 1ST CH
• L-R EURO PTY 2ND CH/1ST
• L-R EURO PTY 2ND CH/2ND
• L-R EURO PTY 2ND CH/3RD
• L-R EURO PTY 2ND CH/4TH
• EUR PARTY GROUP-1ST CH
• EUR PRTY GRP - 2ND CH/1
• EUR PRTY GRP - 2ND CH/2
• EUR PRTY GRP - 2ND CH/3
• EUR PRTY GRP - 2ND CH/4
• COGNITIVE MOBILIZATION

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Variable Text: ICPSR STUDY NUMBER - 7728

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Variable Text: ICPSR EDITION NUMBER

Range of Valid Data Values: 1

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

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Variable Text: ICPSR PART NUMBER

Range of Valid Data Values: 001

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 SIZE IN THE EUROPEAN POPULATION.

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

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Variable Text: UNITED KINGDOM WEIGHT VARIABLE

Notes: THIS WEIGHT IS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THE REPRESENTATIVENESS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM SAMPLE.

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Question: HOW LIKELY IS IT THAT YOU WILL GO AND VOTE (BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG: ... EVEN IF VOTING IS NOT REQUIRED)? INTERVIEWER: DO NOT SUGGEST THIS  (link)  

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Question: HERE ARE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT HOLDING THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS NEXT YEAR. PLEASE SAY, FOR EACH ONE, WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH IT OR NOT, AND HOW STRONGLY YOU FEEL.  Q137A Q138 Q139 ELECTIONS ARE NECESSARY TO GIVE MORE DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OVER THE COMMUNITY AND THE OFFICIALS IN BRUSSELS. (FRANCE, ITALY: ...OVER THE OFFICIALS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY IN BRUSSELS) (BELGIUM, THE NETHERLANDS, LUXEMBOURG: ... OVER THE EUROPEAN OFFICIALS IN BRUSSELS)  Q137 

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