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This page introduces the Eurobarometer series and highlights some of the
explanatory materials that are maintained by the GESIS, the German Social
Science Infrastructure Service, and the Central Archive for Empirical
Social Research, University of Cologne.
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Standard Eurobarometer
Standard Eurobarometer public opinion surveys are conducted on behalf of
the European Commission for the purpose of monitoring social and political
attitudes in Europe.
Use the links in this section to identify surveys of interest.
You cannot download data from the GESIS.
For downloading instructions see Obtaining and Working with
the Data.
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Eurobarometer Study Profiles
Complete list of available Eurobarometers with each title linked to a
description.
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Eurobarometer Search Page
Search across the codebooks, questionnaires, or ISSP codebooks. Questions
still under embargo are not included in the search database.
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Trend Questions
A large number of questions asked in standard Eurobarometer surveys
have been repeated more or less regularly over time and are useful for
doing time series analysis or comparisons over time. This link
provides
subject access to the topics covered in the trend
questions. Also refer to
the
Mannheim Eurobarometer which is a cumulative file of trend
questions
asked between 1970 and 2002. Variables have been
harmonized.
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Special Topics
By using a keyword selection mechanism, this page highlights special
topics or populations that have at one time been studied.
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Central and Eastern European Eurobarometer
The Central and Eastern Eurobarometer (CEEB) survey series that monitored
economic
and political changes, and attitudes towards Europe
and the European Union in up
to 20 countries of the region between 1990
and
1997
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Candidate Countries
In October 2001, a series of surveys was launched covering the 13
countries
that were applying for European Union membership at that
time.
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Obtaining and Working with the Data
Download Eurobarometer data from
ICPSR.
ICPSR lists studies with their title, keywords, and and abstract. The
description
does not include the ZA numbers used at the GESIS site.
Documentation is included with the ICPSR files and additional information is
available in the
Eurobarometer Data Service Guide. Below are some highlights from
this
guide.
- Participating Countries and Samples
The participation of countries over time and the variations from the
standard
sample size of 1000 respondents per country are described for
both the
Standard Eurobarometer
and the
Central and Eastern Eurobarometer (CEEB).
- Weight Variables
The surveys have been designed to allow for analysis across EU
countries
and within any one country. Weight variables are
provided for different
types of analysis, both for the
Standard Eurobarometer
and the
Central
and Eastern Eurobarometer (CEEB).
- Embargoed Variables
When the first release of data is made for a study,
some data may be not
approved for public distribution and
will be masked in the file. Refer to the
embargo provisions page for a list of such variables. The values
are masked
with 9,999,999 etc. As the embargo expires new releases
of the study
replace the earlier one.
- Study Releases
The data for standard and trend questions are released when the full
official Eurobarometer report has been published.
For the Initial Release Collection, ICPSR studies contain:
- study technical documentation and standard ICPSR study
description,
- pdf codebook plus the questionnaire,
- ASCII data file (any embargoed data is masked),
- SPSS data definition statements.
As embargoes expire, these data and accompanying meta-data are
re-released.
Some time after all embargoes have ended, the final Codebook
Edition is released. The study then includes all the elements of
the initial edition plus:
- documentation about sampling and fieldwork,
- ASCII codebook,
- SAS data definition statements,
- standardized value/variable labels and missing value codes,
- recodes for nation variables (allows for
different configurations
countries as nations), region codes (allows
for different configurations
of EU), and left/right code (based on
political party variable).
- Eurobarometer Publications
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European Commission Reports
The results of these surveys are published in the European
Commission's
bi-annual Eurobarometer Report and the Trend Report and
other special topic reports.
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