Alternative title
EuP95
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Sören Holmberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Mikael Gilljam - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Statistics Sweden
Description
Sweden joined the European Union on the 1st of January 1995, and the first election to the EU-parliament was held on the 17th of September 1995. As in connection with all general elections and referenda held in Sweden since 1956, an election study was carried out. The main subject of the survey was the European Union and the respondent's attitudes toward the Swedish EU membership, but the survey also includes a number of questions asked in one or several of the Swedish election studies.
General questions about politics included exposure to news in different media; interest in politics; opinion on political parties and their party leaders; trust in Swedish politicians; opinion on the social democratic government; party preferences; placement of respondent and the political parties on a political left-right scale. Furthermore the respondents had to state their opinion on a number of currently debated issues. The respondents had to give their opinion on a number of EU-related issues such as a united Europe; the future Swedish relation to EU; confidence in decisions made within EU; and a developm
Language
Swedish
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
Department of Political Science
Data contains personal data
No
Unit of analysis
Population
Individuals aged 18-80 years, residing in Sweden and eligible to vote in the EU-parliament election 1995
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
1995
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Lowest geographic unit
County (NUTS3)
Highest geographic unit
Country
Research area
Political behaviour and attitudes, Elections, Government, political systems and organisations, International politics and organisations
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Gilljam, M., & Holmberg, S. (1998) Sveriges första Europaparlamentsval. Stockholm: Norstedts juridik. ISBN: 91-39-20116-3.
Libris
ISBN:
91-39-20116-3
Oscarsson, H., & Holmberg, S. (2006) Europaval. Göteborg : Department of Political Science, Univ. ISBN: 91-89246-27-6.
ISBN:
91-89246-27-6
ISSN:
0347-9366
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Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Sören Holmberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Mikael Gilljam - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Statistics Sweden
Keywords
elections, public opinion, european union, european integration, european parliament, single european currency, internal politics, election campaigns, electoral issues, european parliament elections
Variables
285
Number of individuals/objects
2676