Eurobarometer 61.0: Public Opinion on the EU and Globalization, 2004

February-March 2004 survey data from the European Commission's Eurobarometer series. It captures public opinion on life satisfaction, trust in institutions, perceptions of the European Union, and attitudes toward globalization. The survey includes demographic variables such as age, occupation, income, and political orientation.

Use Cases

• Modeling trust in political institutions based on demographic and opinion variables mentioned in the description
• Analyzing public sentiment toward EU enlargement and policy priorities described in the survey
• Training classifiers to predict political views from demographic features like occupation and income
• Studying correlations between perceptions of globalization and economic security fears outlined in the description

Strengths

• Survey conducted by the authoritative European Commission
• Covers a wide range of topics including institutional trust, EU policies, and globalization
• Includes detailed demographic variables like household income, occupation, and political orientation

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single 2004 survey

Provenance

Source

European Commission

Collection Method

Survey

Time Range

February-March 2004

Geography

European Union