[Eurobarometer] Eurobarometers 54.1 and 56.3: territorialattachment

[John MacInnes]

Dear Marco
I haven´t looked at the questionnaires for these EuroB's but it might be 
worth checking out the order of the questions adn substantive nature of 
preceding questions. Often in cases such as this where the queston can 
be interpreted in very diverse ways the previous questions point 
respondents in particular directions. it certinaly has v large effects 
in the UK when asking people about 'national identity'.

If you do find an explanation, I'd be very interseted to see it.

Best wishes

John MacInnes

Marco Antonsich wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I would like to know whether any of the users of Standard Eurobarometers have
>come up with an explanation for the major decrease in European attachment
>experienced by all EU-15 countries in the passage from year 2000 (Eurobarometer
>54.1 - question 8) to year 2002 (Eurobarometer 56.3 - question 47).
>
>Running some descriptive statistics on the other forms of territorial
>attachment (local, regional and national - same Eurobarometers/questions as
>above), only Spain experienced a similar drop in the same year. I thought that
>there could have been some issues related to the data collection process for
>Spain. But when looking at the major drop in European attachment for all EU-15
>countries in the same year, I guess I should also reconsider this
>interpretation for Spain's drop.
>
>Glad to receive your comments.
>
>Regards
>
>Marco Antonsich
>
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