Eiropas Savienības Atvērto datu portāls - Custom query: “EuroVoc” jēdzieni filters: sociālā izpētetag:data.europa.eu,2012:/feeds/custom.atom?vocab_concepts_eurovoc=http%3A%2F%2Feurovoc.europa.eu%2F7722022-02-02T13:59:00ZEuropean Publications Officehttps://data.europa.eu/euodpRecently created or updated datasets on Eiropas Savienības Atvērto datu portāls. Custom query: “EuroVoc” jēdzieni filters: sociālā izpēte2nd Survey of Schools: ICT in Educationtag:data.europa.eu,2012:/dataset/2nd-survey-of-schools-ict-in-educationThe Survey of Schools: ICT in Education, published in March 2019, builds upon the European Commission’s [first Survey of Schools: ICT in Education](https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/survey-schools-ict-education).The survey was conducted in a partnership between Deloitte and IPSOS, on behalf of the European Commission.
The 2nd Survey of Schools: ICT in Education has two objectives:
Objective 1: Benchmark progress in ICT in schools - to provide detailed and up-to-date information related to access, use and attitudes towards the use of technology in education by surveying head teachers, teachers, students and parents covering the EU28, Norway, Iceland and Turkey;
Objective 2: Model for a ‘highly equipped and connected classroom’ - to define a conceptual model for a ‘highly equipped and connected classroom’ (HECC), presenting three scenarios to describe different levels of a HECC and to estimate the overall costs to equip and connect an average EU classroom with advanced components of the HECC model.
- The entry level scenario outlines the minimum and essential components of a HECC.
- The advanced scenario further advances the entry level scenario, e.g. by entailing more advanced digital equipment, as well as a greater number of teachers’ professional development activities and access to paid-for contents.
- The cutting-edge level is a further advanced scenario in relation to network requirements, it also includes a greater variety of digital equipment and increased opportunities for face-to-face professional development for teachers, and leadership training.
The survey was carried out in 31 countries (EU28, Norway, Iceland and Turkey), by conducting interviews with head teachers, teachers, students and parents (ISCED level 1: primary schools: ISCED level 2: lower secondary schools; ISCED level 3: upper secondary schools). A range of different topics was covered, including:
- Access to and use of digital technologies
- Digital activities and digital confidence of teachers and students
- ICT related teacher professional development
- Digital home environment of students
- Schools’ digital policies, strategies and opinions
Specific country profiles are available [online](https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/2nd-survey-schools-ict-education-0)2022-02-02T13:59:00Z2019-03-19T09:40:26Z1st Survey of schools: ICT in Educationtag:data.europa.eu,2012:/dataset/survey-of-schools-ict-in-educationThe Survey of Schools: ICT in Education, published in February 2013, analyses the uptake of technology in classrooms across Europe, with data collected in 2011-2012. The study was undertaken by the European Schoolnet and the University of Liège.
The survey collects and benchmarkes information from 31 European countries (27 EU Member States, Croatia, Iceland, Norway and Turkey) on the access, use, competence and attitudes of students and teachers regarding ICT in schools.
The survey is based on responses to over 190,000 questionnaires by students, teachers and head teachers from 31 European countries (EU Member States plus Iceland, Norway and Turkey). It provides detailed and reliable benchmarking on the use of ICT in school education across Europe, from infrastructure provision to use, confidence and attitudes.
Specific country profiles are available [online](https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/survey-schools-ict-education/).2021-08-24T16:31:33Z2019-03-15T17:15:36ZFifth European Working Conditions survey - 2010European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound)Information@eurofound.europa.eutag:data.europa.eu,2012:/dataset/fifth-european-working-conditions-survey-2010Since its launch in 1990, Eurofound's European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) has provided an overview of working conditions in Europe. It aims to create a comprehensive picture of the everyday reality of men and women at work.
Themes covered include employment status, working time duration and organisation, work organisation, learning and training, physical and psychosocial risk factors, health and safety, work-life balance, worker participation, earnings and financial security, as well as work and health. For the fifth EWCS in 2010 workers were surveyed in the then EU27, Norway, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Albania, Montenegro and Kosovo.
The data explorer (survey mapping tool) offers a graphical presentation of the findings of the fifth EWCS.
The tables presented here complement the data in the survey mapping tool. The variables in the tables are sorted by topic, and proportions, mean values or distributions are given for different subcategories of respondents. Column A of the tables states the original name of each variable in the survey, with a label that specifies the content of the variable. Column B specifies the different answer categories for that variable.
For some variables, the answer categories have been condensed into fewer categories in order to reduce the table’s size or in order to show the distribution of a numerical variable. The original wording and coding of the questions can be viewed on the EWCS 2010 questionnaire.
2021-06-29T10:44:18Z2015-07-27T17:34:09Z 2019 - Survey - Closer to the Citizens, Closer to the Ballot tag:data.europa.eu,2012:/dataset/-2019-survey-closer-to-the-citizens-closer-to-the-ballotParliament’s Spring 2019 Eurobarometer, conducted three months ahead of the European elections, shows continued strong support for the European Union. Despite the challenges of the past years - and in cases such as the ongoing debate surrounding Brexit possibly even because of it, the European sense of togetherness does not seem to have weakened. 68% of respondents across the EU27 believe that their countries have benefited from being part of the EU.
In the framework of a stable and settled backing of the European project, contrasted with a continuing feeling of things going in the wrong direction, the European elections clearly become a crucial opportunity for citizens across the EU to decide on the European Union they want to live in.
At the same time, the ballot faces the challenge of a more than ever scattered public opinion and a still quite elevate level of undecidedness among potential voters.
Throughout a series of election related questions, the study not only shows that Europeans have started pencilling the date of the ballot in their calendar, they also are feeling more strongly that their voice can indeed have an impact on the future of the EU.
Against this setting, the active participation in the next European elections is not a won battle yet. A third of the population is swinging between uncertainty and moderately likelihood to vote in a moving context of priorities.
Today, the economic situation and employment prospects are again at the forefront of Europeans’ mind while migration issues are not as pressing as six months ago - and climate change and environmental protection are steadily rising through the ranks of priority issues for these elections.
The main reason cited to vote in the European elections for 44% of Europeans is because ‘it is their duty’ as a citizen. Apart from this reason, there are five others cited by more than one fifth of respondents which all have to do with participation in democratic life: respondents would vote because they usually vote in political elections and because they feel they are citizens of the European Union. Equally important voting drivers are that respondents feel they can change things by voting in the European Parliament elections and because they want to support the European Union or a political party.2021-06-21T16:23:36Z2020-03-06T16:47:16ZThe 2019 European elections: Have European elections entered a new dimension?tag:data.europa.eu,2012:/dataset/the-2019-european-elections-have-european-elections-entered-a-new-dimensionThe European Parliament’s Post-Election Eurobarometer is one of the most comprehensive quantitative surveys available, analysing citizens voting behaviour and motivation in the elections for the European Parliament. Conducted directly after the elections in May, 28,000 people throughout the EU were personally interviewed.
Starting from the significant increase in voter turnout in the 2019 elections (50.6%, +8 pp compared to 2014), this report looks in detail at who voted in the 2019 European elections, analysing the variations between EU countries, socio-demographic and socio-professional groups. The study specifically shows the impact younger voters had on turnout, topics and results: +14 pp among those aged under 25 and +12 pp among 25 to 39 year olds. A sense of civic duty, mentioned by 52% of respondents, has become more ingrained in Europeans when they think about European Parliament elections, while increasingly favourable views of the EU have also impacted on voter turnout.
The main issues that encouraged citizens to vote are economy and growth (44%), combating climate change (37%) as well as promoting human rights and democracy (37%). 36% of respondents who voted cited the way the EU should be working in the future as their top priority, 34% named immigration. Economy and growth and combating climate change and protecting the environment are the most mentioned issues in 16 and 8 countries respectively.
While the number of Europeans who feel that their voice counts in the EU has increased significantly by 7 points to 56%, support for European membership remains at a historically high level, with 59% of respondents seeing their country’s membership in the EU as a good thing.
The survey results show that Brexit also played a role, with 22% of respondents saying it influenced their decision to vote, at least to some extent.
Parliament’s post-electoral survey also contains, for the first time, a full set of concrete voting recall questions, allowing for an in-depth analysis of respondents’ voting decisions and an unrestricted cross-examination with all other survey indicators.
The fieldwork of this post-electoral survey was carried out from 7 to 26 June 2019. 27,464 Europeans aged 15 or more were interviewed face-to-face in all 28 Member States.2021-05-11T09:19:31Z2020-03-06T16:20:33ZEiropas uzņēmumu apsekojums par jaunajiem un nākotnes riska veidiem, 2009European Agency for Safety and Health at Workinformation@osha.europa.eutag:data.europa.eu,2012:/dataset/esener-1EU-OSHA veiktais Eiropas uzņēmumu apsekojums par jaunajiem un nākotnes riska veidiem (ESENER) ir vērienīgs apsekojums, kurā aplūko, kā darbavietās Eiropā tiek pārvaldīti darba drošības un veselības aizsardzības riski.
Pirmais ESENER apsekojums, kas tika veikts 2009. gadā, aptvēra gandrīz 36 000 aptaujāto vadītāju un DDVA pārstāvju. Bija iekļautas visas ES dalībvalstīs, kā arī Turcija, Norvēģija un Šveice – kopskaitā 31 valsts. Aptaujātie strādāja gan privātā, gan valsts sektora organizācijās ar 10 vai vairāk darbiniekiem.
Tūkstošiem uzņēmumu un organizāciju pārstāvju visā Eiropā atbild uz uzņēmumu apsekojuma (ESENER) anketas jautājumiem, kas īpaši pievēršas
•vispārīgiem DDVA (darba drošības un veselības aizsardzības) riskiem un to pārvaldībai
•Psihosociālie riski – tādi kā stress, iebiedēšana un uzmākšanās
•Virzītājspēki un šķēršļi DDVA pārvaldībā
•Darbinieku iesaistīšana DDVA nodrošināšanā
Pievēršanās jaunajiem un nākotnes riskiem nozīmē, ka respondentu atbildes izgaismo nepietiekami pētītas DDVA jomas, kuru nozīme arvien pieaug, tādas kā psihosociālie riski, kas darba vietās Eiropā kļūst par jomu, kas vieš arvien lielākas bažas.
Uzņēmumu apsekojums ESENER piedāvā gan atsevišķu valstu, gan Eiropas politiķiem un pētniekiem tik ļoti nepieciešamos datus. ES nav neviena cita informācijas avota par DDVA darbību uzņēmumos. ESENER ir ļoti būtiska loma, palīdzot Eiropas Darba drošības un veselības aizsardzības aģentūrai (EU-OSHA) sniegt par valstīm savstarpēji salīdzināmu informāciju, kas var dot ieguldījumu, izstrādājot DDVA politiku.2021-05-10T17:39:26Z2016-02-12T11:57:49ZEuropean Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks, 2014European Agency for Safety and Health at Workinformation@osha.europa.eutag:data.europa.eu,2012:/dataset/esener-2EU-OSHA’s European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER) is an extensive survey that looks at how European workplaces manage safety and health risks in practice.
Thousands of businesses and organisations across Europe are asked to respond to a questionnaire that focuses on:
•General safety and health risks in the workplace and how they are managed
•Psychosocial risks, such as stress, bullying and harassment
•Drivers of and barriers to OSH management
•Worker participation in safety and health practices.
The results from these interviews are complemented by secondary analyses involving a series of in-depth studies that focus on specific topics. Quantitative and qualitative research methodologies are applied in these studies to help better understand the main findings from the survey.
The fieldwork for the second wave of ESENER was carried out in the summer-autumn of 2014. The survey provides an invaluable up-to-date snapshot of how workplace risks, and especially new and emerging risks, are being managed across Europe.
The focus on new and emerging risks means that the responses shed light on underexplored and increasingly important areas of OSH, such as psychosocial risks, which are a growing area of concern in European workplaces.
The 2014 survey is even more detailed and extensive than the first one, with the sample sizes increased by half, and in three countries the national samples have been additionally boosted. ESENER-2 includes micro enterprises of 5 to 10 employees and agricultural businesses for the first time. Five new countries — Albania, Iceland, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia — have been added to the 31 that were included in 2009.
Some of the topics covered are:
•Musculoskeletal disorders
•The organisation of OSH management
•Approaches to worker participation in OSH
ESENER provides much-needed data to policy-makers and researchers at national and European level. There is no other EU-level information source on how OSH is managed in businesses. ESENER plays a key role in helping EU-OSHA to provide cross-nationally comparable information that can contribute to OSH policy-making.
2021-05-10T17:26:20Z2017-03-28T15:25:24Z2016 - Eurobarometer Survey - Perceptions and expectations, the fight against terrorism and radicalisationtag:data.europa.eu,2012:/dataset/2016-ep-eurobarometer-perceptions-and-expectations-the-fight-against-terrorism-and-radicalisationThis Special Eurobarometer of the European Parliament was conducted in the 28 Member States of the European Union, from 9 to 18 April 2016, by TNS opinion.
It focuses on the perceptions and expectations Europeans have regarding the EU’s action, the fight against terrorism and to the mutual defence clause.
It is published shortly after the British voted for withdrawal from the European Union.
2020-03-19T21:18:25Z2016-07-18T13:53:24Z2011 - Survey - Europeans and energy (part II)tag:data.europa.eu,2012:/dataset/2011-europeans-and-energy-iiThis Eurobarometer of the European Parliament dedicated to energy follows a previous survey published in January 2011 in view of the European Council of 4 February (EB Standard 74.3). This survey dealt with energy supply, cooperation and solidarity.
Considering the new positions adopted by the European Parliament, this new survey focuses on more specific themes, but also extremely important for the development of an energy policy of the Union: energy savings, energy supply difficulties, integration of networks and the European Community for energy. The fieldwork was conducted by TNS Opinion between 9 February and 6 March 2011, in a context of a hard winter and an increase of all raw materials prices.
it's important to note that both surveys share a common point: the results highlight again how the energy culture and the energy situation of each EU Member States influence the answers of the interviewed citizens.
Two socio-demographic aspects of this current survey have to be kept in mind: on the one hand, apart from a few exceptions, there are few differences between the answers of men and women; on the other hand, the results illustrate a real generational gap which is evident in both behaviour and perception of the energy problems.
On energy savings, European citizens prefer measures without a financial impact.
The priority is given to domestic savings: decrease of use of lightings and of electric appliances (55%), and reduction of heating or air conditioning (43%).
The context is unfavourable to expensive measures: insulation of the house (19%) purchase of a more ecological car (6%).
The awareness related to savings made on the road is to be improved: less frequent use of their car (19%), more frequent use of public transport (14%) and reduction of driving speed (10%).
Europeans who did "nothing" to change their behaviour towards energy savings are a significant number (14%).
Respondents give the priority to practical measures to reduce the energy bill.
They want to be able to daily measure their energy consumption thanks to "smart" meters (47%).
They expect the establishment of a tax incentive (40%).
They are in favour of the creation of conditions for energy providers to compete (36%).
They support the improvement of energy bill transparency and simplification (23%).
Europeans want the objective of 20% of energy savings to be made compulsory (80% of "yes").
Europeans support the fighting against the energy precariousness (81% of "yes").
Assets of a European integrated energy network
It would imply a reduction of energy costs (59%).
It would encourage a better use of various types of energy (47%).
It would make the delivery of energy safer (35%).
It would enhance EU capacity to negotiate major contracts with countries outside its borders (28%).
It would contribute to increase solidarity among the EU Member States (25%).
Respondents show a massive support to the establishment of a European Energy Community (78% "agree").2020-03-19T20:22:59Z2017-01-17T12:23:46Z 2019 - Post-election survey - First results tag:data.europa.eu,2012:/dataset/-2019-post-election-survey-first-resultsA significant increase in young people with a pro-European mind-set cast a vote in the 2019 European elections, according to a European Parliament’s in-depth Eurobarometer survey. Conducted in the weeks after the elections across all 28 Member States, nearly 28.000 citizens answered questions about their participation in the European elections and the issues that motivated them to vote.
Citizens’ support for the European Union remains at its highest level since 1983, as 68% of respondents say that their country has benefitted from being a member of the EU.
Even more significant for the democratic legitimacy of the EU is the steep increase in European citizens believing that ‘their voice counts in the EU’: 56% of respondents share this view, an increase of 7 points since March 2019 and the highest result since this question was first asked in 2002.
The overall turnout in the European elections 2019 increased by 8 points to 50,6%, resulting in the highest participation since 1994 and for the first time a reversal of turnout since 1979. It was Europe’s young and first time voters who drove turnout figures up: With 42% of the 16/18-24 year old citizens voting in the European elections, their participation rose by 50%, compared to the youth turnout of only 28% in 2014. Similarly strong was the 34% increase in the age group of 25-39 years, rising from 35% to 47%.
52% of voters said they voted in the European elections as they saw it as their civic duty, a plus of 11 points compared to 2014. Compared to the European elections 2014, significantly more citizens have also voted because they are in favour of the EU (25%, +11pp), or because they felt they could change things by voting (18%, +6pp). In 27 Member States, citizens primarily voted because they saw it as their duty as citizens, in all 28 Member States more respondents than in 2014 voted because they were in favour of the EU.
Looking at the issues that made citizens vote, the post-electoral survey shows that top issues which impacted on citizens’ voting decision were economy and growth (44%), climate change (37%) as well as human rights and democracy (37%). With 36% of mentions ‘the way the EU should be working in the future’ emerged also as top voting motivator for citizens.2020-03-06T16:38:57Z2020-03-06T16:38:57Z2018 - Delivering on Europe - Citizens' Views on Current and Future EU Action tag:data.europa.eu,2012:/dataset/delivering-on-europe-citizens-views-on-current-and-future-eu-actionSince the economic and financial crisis, European citizens have increasingly become aware that decisions taken by the European institutions can and would affect them immediately and touch their daily lives. Developments on both the international and European stage, e.g. the rise in power and influence of both China and Russia or the ongoing Brexit negotiations, lead citizens to clearly support rather joint European action instead of individual national responses.
In a series of questions asked throughout several survey waves since 2016, the European Parliament’s Eurobarometer also traces the rising awareness of citizens that the European Union is indeed delivering for them in the areas that matter most to them. In parallel to this rising awareness of ‘delivery’, survey results also show the unbroken call of Europeans for more EU action in many of these policy fields.2020-03-06T16:14:08Z2020-03-06T16:06:38Z2018 – Survey – Parlemeter – Taking up the challenge: From (silent) support to actual votetag:data.europa.eu,2012:/dataset/parlemeter-2018-taking-up-the-challenge-from-silent-support-to-actual-voteWith seven months to go, the Parlemeter 2018 shows a growing appreciation of the EU by Europeans and an improved awareness on the forthcoming EP elections. This well-founded optimism expressed by a silent majority can form the core of a positive European narrative that connects its citizens, delivering a contrasting narrative to a populist clamour. The Parlemeter 2018 presents the results of the survey as an opportunity to take up the challenge: From (silent) support to actual vote.
More than ever, European citizens see their country’s membership to the EU as a good thing. Not since the time between the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989 and the adoption of the Maastricht Treaty in 1992 has this indicator reached such a high level: 62% of Europeans believe that their country’s EU membership is a good thing. A majority of respondents in all 28 Member States also considers that their country has benefitted from its EU membership. This opinion grew since the last survey in April 2018 by four percentage points and now registers at 68%, the highest result ever measured since 1983. Asked for the reasons why their country had benefited, economic factors top the list, together with the belief that the EU helps to maintain secure relationships with other countries.
Europeans are also more satisfied with the way democracy works in the EU and in their country. This result comes together with a strengthened view by respondents that their voice counts in the EU. However, a decreasing trend for this trend affecting more than half of EU Member States is also noticeable. Other results from the Parlemeter 2018 also paint a more ambivalent picture, with half of respondents finding that things in the EU are going in the wrong direction.
The 2018 Parlemeter also takes a closer look at citizens’ views on the upcoming European Parliament elections, showing an overall increased awareness about the next ballot while painting a multi-coloured picture of opinions and attitudes about the elections.
41% of Europeans can correctly identify the election date in May 2019 - a nine point increase over a similar survey six months ago. However 44% still could not say when the elections will be taking place. With 51% of citizens declaring to be interested in the elections, citizens’ campaign priorities have evolved over the past six-month period. Immigration now tops the agenda (50%) followed by economy (47%) and youth unemployment (47%), whilst combatting terrorism moves down to fourth place with 44%.
2020-03-06T15:01:31Z2020-03-06T14:43:54ZMonitoring the Evolution and Benefits of Responsible Research and Innovation (MoRRI)Linden Farrerlinden.farrer@ec.europa.eutag:data.europa.eu,2012:/dataset/MoRRI_dataThis is the open data repository for Monitoring the Evolution and Benefits of Responsible Research and Innovation (MoRRI) project. The data package contains data from all surveys and other significant sources of data for secondary use and analysis. The reports of the project have been published in the EU bookshop, and the executive summary is available here: https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/d7d917da-c13b-11e8-9893-01aa75ed71a1/language-en2020-01-20T16:56:56Z2018-08-08T08:41:35Z2011 - Survey - 100th anniversary of the International Women's day: Bridging the gender gap in the EUtag:data.europa.eu,2012:/dataset/2011-100th-anniversary-of-the-international-women-s-day-bridging-the-gender-gap-in-the-euThis European Parliament survey was carried out from 21 February 2011 to 6 March 2011 by TNS Opinion on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Women's day.
This survey identifies several key points:
First of all, the results show that, concerning all questions related to gender equality, men and women tend to react the same way. We can wonder whether this 100th anniversary of the International Women's Day should not be considered a real social step forward that contributes to tackle or reduce effectively the gender gap.
The averages at EU27 level must be completed by an analysis of national results that can sometimes turn out to be different. Unlike other surveys and common stereotypes relating to gender equality, we don't find regional or logical trends except in Nordic countries.
Another important point of this survey can be the fact that, among all measures to be taken to achieve equality between men and women, the Europeans favour encouraging measures rather than coercion.
Actually, in order to improve this situation, no matter what type of question, they give a lot of importance to encouraging measures rather than to coercion.
Thus, coercion and encouraging measures reach 30 to 44% depending on the question. However, imposing quotas for women, either inside companies or on electoral lists during the different elections reaches 19% in both cases.2019-08-21T14:27:59Z2017-01-17T12:51:53Z2009 - Eurobarometer European Elections (first survey)tag:data.europa.eu,2012:/dataset/2009-eurobarometer-european-elections-iThis is the first survey devoted to the European Parliament and it shows that it has a positive public image. Although the Parliament, like the other institutions, is not well known, it is considered democratic and is appreciated for its unifying role. Europeans award it an important place within the EU and the majority think the European Parliament is the institution that currently has the greatest decision-making power in the EU. They also think it is the institution that should have the greatest decision-making power.
On the other hand, three out of four Europeans say that in general they are fairly badly or very badly informed about the European Parliament. This figure is almost the same in both ‘old’ and ‘new’ Member States.
For example, most Europeans do not know how many MEPs their country has and they believe that decisions are made primarily on the basis of MEPs’ national interests and not political affinities.
Also three quarters of European citizens say they do not know when the next European elections will be held. Only 10% of respondents said ‘2009’ and only 2% could specify ‘June 2009’.
Finally, the survey provides useful information on public expectations concerning the European Parliament. The policies EU citizens think should be given greatest priority are combating terrorism and climate change and improving consumer and public health protection.
Europeans also expect the European Parliament give priority to protection of human rights in the world, equality between men and women, and solidarity between EU Member States.2019-08-21T14:15:29Z2017-01-17T15:53:02ZFourth European Working Conditions Survey 2005tag:data.europa.eu,2012:/dataset/fourth-european-working-conditions-survey-2005Data from the Fourth European Working Conditions Survey provides a unique insight into the views of around 30,000 workers in 31 countries on a wide range of issues including work organisation, working time, equal opportunities, training, health & safety and job satisfaction.2019-08-13T13:20:31Z2018-02-08T11:07:02ZEuropean Quality of Life Survey 2016Eurofoundinformation@eurofound.europa.eutag:data.europa.eu,2012:/dataset/european-quality-of-life-survey-2016Eurofound’s European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) documents living conditions and people’s social situation, and explores issues pertinent to the lives of European citizens. From September 2016 to March 2017, Eurofound carried out its fourth survey in the series (in operation since 2003). The EQLS 2016 interviewed nearly 37,000 people in 33 countries – the 28 EU Member States and 5 candidate countries (Albania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey). Its findings provide detailed information on a broad range of issues in three main areas:
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- Quality of life: subjective well-being, optimism, health, standard of living and aspects of deprivation, work–life balance</li><li>
- Quality of society: social insecurity, perception of social exclusion and societal tensions, trust in people and institutions, participation and community engagement, and involvement in training/life-long learning</li><li>
- Quality of public services: health-care, long-term care, childcare and other public services</li></ul>2019-08-13T13:15:25Z2018-02-01T12:04:37ZMigration and skills in Armenia and GeorgiaCommunication Departmentmediarelations@etf.europa.eutag:data.europa.eu,2012:/dataset/migration-and-skills-in-armenia-and-georgiaThe European Training Foundation developed surveys to investigate the relationship between migration, development and skills in Armenia and Georgia. This report provides an initial comparative overview of the data from Armenia and Georgia. It analyses the results of two countrywide surveys implemented between October 2011 and January 2012 involving interviews with 8 000 respondents (both potential migrants and returned Migrants). It supplements more detailed country reports on the data from Armenia and Georgia and will be followed by a more extensive three-country analysis once the Moroccan survey is complete. 2019-08-13T11:33:39Z2015-07-27T16:16:52Z2012 - Eurobarometer Survey - Irish referendum on Fiscal compacttag:data.europa.eu,2012:/dataset/irish-referendum-on-fiscal-compactThis Flash Eurobarometer was conducted one day after the Irish referendum of 31st May 2012 on the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union (Fiscal compact). Two thousand Irish registered voters aged 18 or over were interviewed about their reasons for voting or not, their understanding of the treaty, as well as their main sources of information and knowledge about the EU.
Among the 50,6% who turned out to vote, 60,3% voted in favour of the treaty and 39,7% voted against it.
Asked about their reasons for voting in favour of the Treaty, Irish voters cited reasons mainly linked to the economic situation of the country: economic necessity (24%), instability attached to the "No" vote (23%) and access to funding and future bailouts (22%).
Results show that respondents in favour of the Treaty are those thinking that the membership of Ireland to the EU is a good thing (77%) and those who have a good knowledge of the EU and of the issues at stake. Moreover, a big majority of those voting in favour of the treaty declared they also voted in favour of the Lisbon Treaty in 2009.
Respondents who voted against the Treaty cite in the first place reasons related to their opposition to government (28%) and their distrust of politicians (24%). The next reasons are related to the lack of information and understanding (20%), and to the opposition to referendum (19%).
Among the 49,4% abstainers, the main reasons for not voting are a lack of understanding or information (25%), vacations or an absence from their domicile (19%) and personal reasons (17%).
The main sources of information that helped respondents to make their decision are television and radio (60%), newspapers (32%), followed by acquaintances, relatives, friends, word of mouth (27%).
All respondents to this survey were asked about their understanding of the issues at stake in this referendum. Although the main reason for non voting among abstainers was the lack of information, Irish respondents have relatively well understood the issues at stake in this referendum.
If most Irish consider their own economic situation is good (64%), they were also asked about the possible impact of the referendum on the country's economy. Almost half of them feel that the economic prospects of Ireland will not change, whatever the outcome of the referendum. One third is more optimistic and believes that they will improve. 2019-07-08T13:14:39Z2017-01-17T09:44:21Z2012 - Eurobarometer Survey - Two years to go to the 2014 European Electionstag:data.europa.eu,2012:/dataset/two-years-to-go-to-the-2014-european-electionsNow that the 2014 European elections are within sight, it seemed appropriate to carry out a large-scale survey of Europeans’ perceptions of the European Union, their knowledge of the institutions and their expectations in this time of crisis.
The fieldwork for this Eurobarometer / European Parliament survey was carried out between 2 and 17 June 2012. The survey was carried out face to face with 26 622 citizens by TNS opinion in 27 EU countries.
Main findings :
The image of the EU is improving in the eyes of the majority of Europeans. Furthermore, and for the first time, an absolute majority says that membership of the EU is ‘a good thing’.
However, it must be stressed that the majority of the people questioned still think that their voice ‘does not count in the EU’, although there is a marked increase in those who think, on the contrary, that their voice does matter in the EU.
When questioned about European identity, Europeans believe that the ‘values of democracy and freedom’ and ‘the single currency, the euro’ are its main components, far ahead of all the others.
As in previous surveys, the fight against poverty and social exclusion is easily first in the list of priorities that Europeans would like to see defended by the European Parliament. And, more specifically on action to fight the crisis, they cite employment and combating unemployment more than anything else.
On the basis of the results, it is certainly not putting it too strongly to speak of lack of knowledge on the institutions. First of all, Europeans know only ‘very little’ about the functioning of the EU and its institutions. More than a third of them cannot name three of the European institutions.
Against this background of lack of knowledge, however, it is noteworthy that the European Parliament is the institution most often mentioned by respondents. More than half of them named the European Parliament first, nearly a third the European Central Bank and a quarter the European Commission.
To this can be added the fact that more than an absolute majority of Europeans believe that the European Parliament is the institution that ‘best represents the European Union’.
For more than an absolute majority of respondents, voting in the European elections constitutes the best way to make one's voice heard by the decision-makers of the EU.
A quarter of Europeans already know the date of the next European elections – June 2014.
In this connection, a fundamental innovation made by the Lisbon Treaty was tested in the survey – the new way of electing the President of the European Commission.
Would Europeans be more inclined to vote than they are today if the ‘major European political groupings put forward, on the basis of a common programme, one candidate each for the post of President of the European Commission’?
It comes as a surprise that more than one in two respondents would indeed feel more inclined to vote in June 2014 if this were the case. It would give them a sense of being involved, if only indirectly, in electing the President of the European Commission.2019-07-08T13:14:11Z2017-01-17T09:24:31Z