Research Catalog

Title

European Communities study, 1970 [electronic resource].

Author

Inglehart, Ronald.

Publication

Ann Arbor, MI : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 2002.

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Additional Authors

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79141035
• Rabier, Jacques-René.

Summary

A precursor to the Eurobarometer studies, this survey queried respondents of six European countries on some of what would become standard Eurobarometer measures, such as how satisfied respondents were with their present lives. Other questions focused on respondents' knowledge of and opinions on the European Community (EC), including how well-informed they felt about the EC, what sources of information about the EC they used, whether their country had benefited from being an EC member, and the extent of their personal interest in EC matters. Another major focus of the survey was on the respondents' attitudes toward the unification of Europe, probing opinions concerning the economic, political, and administrative aspects of unification. Information was gathered concerning national pride and willingness to replace individual symbols of nationalism with "United States of Europe" symbols. In addition, the study investigated the respondents' attitudes toward world society and politics. The emphasis was on the respondents' opinion of appropriate governmental priorities, both domestic and international. The degree of political participation of the respondents and their trust of foreigners was also ascertained. The data include two constructed indices that were used in analyses conducted by Ronald Inglehart and reported in THE SILENT REVOLUTION: CHANGING VALUES AND POLITICAL STYLES AMONG WESTERN PUBLICS (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1977). One of these indices places the respondent along a materialist-postmaterialist values continuum and the other categorizes the respondent's political ideology according to his or her party preference. Demographic data include sex, age, education, occupation, size of town, and region. This study contains data for 1,296 respondents from Belgium, 2,046 from France, 2,014 from Germany, 1,806 from Italy, and 1,405 from the Netherlands in Part 1. Part 2 supplies data for 1,975 respondents from Great Britain. A shorter version of the questionnaire was used in Great Britain.

Series Statement

• Eurobarometer survey series
• ICPSR ; 7260

Uniform Title

ICPSR (Series) ; 7260.

Subjects

• dataset
• Trust in government
• European Economic Community
• European Union
• Life satisfaction
• Social attitudes
• European communities Public opinion
• Public opinion > European Economic Community countries
• European federation > Public opinion
• Nationalism
• Political affiliation
• Politics
• National pride
• Economic integration
• Political ideologies
• European Parliament
• National interests
• dataset > 1970
• Political attitudes
• Political awareness
• World politics > Public opinion
• Knowledge (awareness)
• Quality of life
• European unification

Genre/Form

• dataset – 1970.
• dataset.

Note

• Codebook available in print and electronic format.
• Title from title screen (viewed on December 2, 2008).

Access (note)

• Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.

File Type (note)

• Extent of collection: 2 data files + machine-readable documentation (PDF + text) + OSIRIS dictionary + SAS data definition statements + SPSS data definition statements.

Event (note)

• Date(s) of collection: July 1970.
• Time period: 1970.

Coverage (note)

• Geographic coverage: Belgium, Europe, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Global.

Cite As (note)

• Inglehart, Ronald, and Jacques-Rene Rabier. EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES STUDY, 1970 [Computer file]. Conducted by Institut Francais D'Opinion Publique (IFOP), Paris. 3rd ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 2002.

Funding (note)

• Funding agency: Commission of the European Communities, National Science Foundation.
• Grant number: National Science Foundation: SES808333.

System Details (note)

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Data format: Logical Record Length with SAS and SPSS data definition statements.
• Extent of processing: MDATA.ICPSR/ UNDOCCHK.ICPSR/ FREQ.ICPSR/ CDBK.ICPSR/ DDEF.ICPSR/ SCAN/ REFORM.DOC.

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library