Flash Eurobarometer 395 : European youth in 2014

On the eve of the 2014 European Elections, the European Parliament has conducted an opinion survey among young Europeans aged 16-30 in the 28 EU Member States. The survey addresses in turn the five main themes of EYE 2014: youth and employment, the digital revolution, the future of the EU, sustainable development and European values. More than four in ten Europeans (43%) said that they would like to work, study or undergo training in another EU country, and just over a quarter even feel forced by the crisis to go to another EU country to study or work (26%). Young Europeans are divided about their democratic role: 46% believe that social networks represent progress for democracy, while 41% consider that they pose a risk. Seven in ten young Europeans consider that their country’s membership of the EU is a strength in the context of globalisation (70%). Large numbers of young Europeans have adopted everyday actions to protect the environment and combat global warming, including systematically sorting waste (74%). Young people consider that, as a matter of priority, the European Parliament should defend human rights (51%), freedom of speech (41%) and gender equality (40%).

Processed data

Processed data files for the Eurobarometer surveys are published in .xlsx format.

• Volume A "Countries/EU" The file contains frequencies and means or other synthetic indicators including elementary bivariate statistics describing distribution patterns of (weighted) replies for each country or territory and for (weighted) EU results.
  
• Volume AP "Trends" The file compares to previous poll in (weighted) frequencies and means (or other synthetic indicators including elementary bivariate statistics describing distribution patterns of replies); shifts for each country or territory foreseen in Volume A and for (weighted) results.
  
• Volume AA "Groups of countries" The file contains (labelled) frequencies and means or other synthetic indicators including elementary bivariate statistics describing distribution patterns of (weighted) replies for groups of countries specified by the managing unit on the part of the EC.
  
• Volume AAP "Trends of groups of countries" The file contains shifts compared to the previous poll in (weighted) frequencies and means (or other synthetic indicators including elementary bivariate statistics describing distribution patterns of replies); shifts for each groups of countries foreseen in Volume AA and for (weighted) results.
  
• Volume B "EU/socio-demographics" The file contains (labelled) frequencies and means or other synthetic indicators including elementary bivariate statistics describing distribution patterns of replies for the EU as a whole (weighted) and cross-tabulated by some 20 sociodemographic, socio-political or other variables, depending on the request from the managing unit on the part of the EC or the managing department of the other contracting authorities.
  
• Volume BP "Trends of EU/socio-demographics" The file contains shifts compared to the previous poll in (weighted) frequencies and means (or other synthetic indicators including elementary bivariate statistics describing distribution patterns of replies); shifts for each country or territory foreseen in Volume B above)and for (weighted) results.
  
• Volume C "Country/socio-demographics" The file contains (labelled) weighted frequencies and means or other synthetic indicators including elementary bivariate statistics describing distribution patterns of replies for each country or territory surveyed separately and cross-tabulated by some 20 socio-demographic, socio-political or other variables (including a regional breakdown).
  

For SPSS files and questionnaires, please contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer