Euro-barometer 2: European Community Problems Survey, October-November 1974

Euro-Barometer 2 surveyed public awareness and attitudes toward the European Community in late 1974. Jacques‐René Rabier and the European Commission gathered opinions on problems like fighting rising prices, establishing a common currency, and coordinating social policies. The data includes demographic variables such as age, gender, nationality, income, and occupation.

Use Cases

• Analyze public prioritization of European Community problems based on ranked importance questions.
• Model correlations between demographic factors and support for Common Market membership.
• Study historical attitudes on policy coordination, such as social policies and currency unification, across member states.

Strengths

• Survey includes a wide range of policy topics, from economic issues like inflation to social policies like employment.
• Dataset contains individual-level demographic variables including age, gender, nationality, income, and occupation.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

European Commission

Collection Method

Survey

Time Range

October-November 1974

Geography

European Community member states