Eurobarometer 52.0: EU Public Opinion on Elections, Euro, and Finance, 1999

Eurobarometer 52.0 is a public opinion survey conducted by the European Commission in October-November 1999. It focuses on European Parliament elections, the introduction of the single European currency (euro), and citizens' experiences with financial services. The dataset includes standard demographic information and measures of political and social attitudes across the European Union.

Use Cases

• Modeling voter turnout and reasons for voting in European Parliament elections based on political interest and media consumption.
• Analyzing public knowledge and concerns about the euro currency transition based on survey questions about timing and legislation.
• Studying barriers to financial service usage based on questions about accounts, loans, mortgages, and payment methods.
• Investigating the relationship between demographic factors and perceptions of the EU's benefit and future role.

Strengths

• Survey covers multiple major policy areas: European Parliament elections, the euro, and financial services.
• Includes a wide range of demographic variables such as political self-placement, occupation, income, and household composition.
• Data collection is attributed to a specific author (Anna Melich) and authoritative organization (European Commission).

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 (Eurobarometer)

Time Range

October-November 1999

Geography

European Union