Description & Citation--Study No. 9361

 

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:9361
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09361
 
Title:European Communities Studies, 1970-1992: Cumulative File
 
Principal Investigator(s):Ronald Inglehart
 
  Karlheinz Reif
 
  Anna Melich
 
Series:Eurobarometer Survey Series
 
Funding Agency:National Science Foundation.
 
Grant Number:SES 91-22433
 
Bibliographic Citation:Inglehart, Ronald, Karlheinz Reif, and Anna Melich. EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES STUDIES, 1970-1992: CUMULATIVE FILE [Computer file]. 3rd ICPSR version. Ann Arbor, MI: Ronald Inglehart, University of Michigan [producer], 1994. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1994. doi:10.3886/ICPSR09361
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This data collection contains 36 attitudinal, 21 demographic, and 10 analysis variables selected from the European Communities Studies, 1970-1973, and Euro-Barometers 3-38. Question items chosen from the individual surveys for inclusion in the cumulative file have appeared in at least four different surveys. Most items, however, were included in nearly all of the studies carried out during the 22-year period from 1970 to 1992. Attitudinal variables selected from the individual studies include respondent's overall life satisfaction, amount of social change desired, left/right political orientation, support of the Common Market, strength of religious attachment, and the political party for which the respondent would vote. Other variables record respondents' opinions on topics such as the unification of Europe, elections to the European Parliament, nuclear power, income equality, terrorism, military defense, public ownership vs. private industry, and pollution. Three indices constructed by the principal investigators--cognitive mobilization, materialist/post-materialist values, and left/center/right vote--also are included. Demographic information supplied includes age, sex, marital status, household composition, occupation, religion, family income, age at which the respondent left school, town size, region, union membership of household members, size and supervision of the workplace, subjective social class, work sector, and housing source.
 
Subject Term(s):attitudes, economic integration, energy policy, European Economic Community, European Parliament, European unification, European Union, foreign aid, income distribution, life satisfaction, military strength, national interests, nuclear energy, political attitudes, political influence, political participation, political party preference, pollution, public opinion, quality of life, religious beliefs, social attitudes, social change, terrorism, voter preferences
 
Geographic Coverage:Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, West Germany, Global
 
Time Period:1970 - 1992
 
Date(s) of Collection:1970 - 1992
 
Universe:Persons aged 15 and over residing in the 12 member nations of the European Community: Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands, West Germany (1970-1992), United Kingdom (1970, 1973-1992), Denmark (1973-1992), Ireland (1973-1992), Luxembourg (1973-1992), Greece (1980-1992), Spain (1981-1992), and Portugal (1982-1992).
 
Data Type:survey data
 
Data Collection Notes:This data collection replaces EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES STUDIES, 1973-1984: CUMULATIVE FILE (ICPSR 8434).
 

Methodology

Sample:Multistage probability samples and stratified quota samples.
 
Data Source:personal interviews
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:1992-05-12
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Data File
  • DS2: SAS Data Definition Statements
  • DS10: Diskette D00170 (Codebook in ASCII and MSWord 5.0)