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Title:
European Election Study, 1989
(EES 1989)

Subject Categories:
International micro data - Major studies
Election and campaign studies - Politics
Political behaviour and attitudes - Politics

Depositor(s):
Zentralarchiv fuer Empirische Sozialforschung (Koeln)

Principal Investigator(s):
Reif, K.
Melich, A.

Abstract:
The European Election Study 1989 is a survey of the electorates of the member states of the European Community. It focuses in particular on the third direct elections to the European Parliament conducted in June 1989.

The dataset contains a selection of questions from three Eurobarometers: Eurobarometer 30 (GESIS SN 1715) (UK Data Archive SN 2857), Eurobarometer 31 (GESIS SN 1750) (UK Data Archive SN 2729) and Eurobarometer 31A (GESIS SN 1751) (UK Data Archive SN 2915).
Main Topics:
Judgement on parties, attitude to the EC, political attitudes.
Topics: at all three survey times the following questions were posed: election participation at the last national election and intent to participate in the next national election; behaviour at the polls in the last election and party preference; general judgement on the European Parliament and EC Commission; attitude to European unification; judgement on membership of one's own country in the EC and assessment of advantages for the country from EC membership; regret of a failure of the EC; expectations of the European domestic market; issue relevance; postmaterialism; self-classification on a left-right continuum; political interest and interest in EC policies; frequency of political discussions; personal opinion leadership; satisfaction with democracy; party identification; party membership; union membership; religiousness. Also encoded was: date of interview; time of interview; length of interview; willingness of respondent to cooperate; number of persons during the interview. The following questions were posed in only one or two surveys: intent to participate in the European Election 1989; behaviour at the polls in the European Election and if appropriate reasons for non-participation in the election; most important reasons for voting decision; national or European reasons for party election; probability for the election of selected parties in the European Election and at national level; interest in the European Election campaign; evaluation of selected sources of information on the European Election; manner of search for information during election campaign; personal attempts to convince other persons of one's preferred party; frequency of use of television at the time of the election campaign and evaluation of the television election campaign; knowledge about the authority of the European Parliament; judgement on the outcome of the Madrid summit meeting of the European Heads of Government; knowledge about the president of the European Commission; preference for national or party political orientation of the representatives of the EC parliament; preference for national or European decision-making on selected political controversies; attitude to further integration of Europe beyond the European domestic market; national pride; feeling as a European; judgement on European agricultural policy; necessity of EC membership for economic development of one's own country; perceived EC position of selected national parties; expected effects of the European domestic market; issue ability of the parties; most important national problems and events; classification of selected parties on a left-right continuum; media usage; importance of selected fundamental rights and freedoms; concepts of violence (semantic differential); willingness to participation in selected forms of political protest and demonstrations; attitude to use of government force against demonstrators and strikers; attitude to the idea of democracy; preference for democracy or dictatorship; attitude to social change; judgement on the extent of democratic way of working of the EC; agreement with the national government; preferred government for one's own country; importance of local, regional, national and European Parliaments and governments; expected development of the personal situation next year; expectation of strikes and security of peace; judgement on economic development in the last year; contentment with life (scale); judgement on personal living conditions.

Coverage:
Dates of Fieldwork: October 1988-July 1989
Country: Belgium; Denmark; European Community Countries; France; German Federal Republic; Greece; Ireland; Italy; Luxembourg; Multi-nation; Netherlands; Portugal; Spain; United Kingdom
Spatial Units: Countries

Universe Sampled:
Location of Units of Observation:Cross-national
National
Population:The electorate of the member states of the European Community.

Methodology:
Time Dimensions: Repeated cross-sectional study
Sampling Procedures: Multistage national probability samples and national stratified quota samples.
Method of Data Collection: Face-to-face interview

Language(s) of Written Materials:
Study Description: English
Study Documentation: various

Access:
Access Conditions: The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See terms and conditions for further information.
Available to UK residents or those registered at UK institutions of higher or further education only.
Availability: ESDS International, UK Data Archive
Contact: Help desk: international@esds.ac.uk
Originating Archive: Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences. Data Archive for the Social Sciences - Original Study Number: 2320

Date of Release:
First Edition: 01 January 1990

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