Abbreviation code of NUTS1-level region to which the observation belongs. The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, (NUTS), is a geocode standard for referencing the administrative divisio ...

Abbreviation code of NUTS2-level region to which the observation belongs. The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, (NUTS), is a geocode standard for referencing the administrative divisio ...

Abbreviation code of NUTS3-level region to which the observation belongs. The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, (NUTS), is a geocode standard for referencing the administrative divisio ...

What did you vote in the BREXIT referendum? 1. Remain 2. Leave 3. Didn’t vote 4. Refused Note: This question was a part of the UK Survey only - in lieu of q8.

If the BREXIT referendum were held today, how would you vote? 1. Remain 2. Leave 3. Didn’t vote 4. Refused

Unique country code, numeric.

Gender of the respondent. 0. Male 1. Female

Please tell me what is the highest level in school you have completed? 1. Elementary (primary) school or less (no diploma) 2. High (secondary) school (but did not graduated from it) 3. Graduatio ...

What is the highest level in school you have completed? 1. Elementary, secondary school, or less 2. Graduation from high (secondary) school 3. Graduation from college, university or other third-l ...

Age of the respondent, 999 if refused.

Recoded categories for the age of respondents. 1. 18-29 2. 30-49 3. 50-64 4. 65+

About how many years have you lived in the area where the interview was conducted? 999 if refused to answer.

Are you currently in an employment situation? 1. Yes 2. No

If the respondent is not employed, what is your current status? 1. Currently unemployed 2. Housewife / Houseman 3. Pensioner, retired 4. Pupil / Student / Trainee 5. Other

Do you work in the public or private sector? 1. Public sector 2. Private sector

Combined categories from employment questions. 1. Public sector 2. Private sector 3. Self-employed 4. Unemployed 5. Housewife/Houseman 6. Pensioner, retired 7. Student / Trainee 8. Other

Do you work full time or part time? 1) Full time 2) Part time

Are you “self-employed/small business owner/freelancer” or “a private sector employee”? 1. Self-employed/small business owner/freelancer 2. Other private sector employee

About how many people live in the place the interview was conducted? 1. Less than 10,000 (rural) 2. 10,000-100,000 (small town or city) 3. 100,000-1,000,000 (large city or urban area) 4. Greater ...

Average total household net income per month (after taxes, in local currency). Don´t know/refused is coded as 999.

Categorical variable for average total household net income per month (after taxes, in local currency). Don´t know/refused is coded as 999.

Level of income, recoded. 1. Low 2. Medium 3. High 99. "Don’t know/Refused"

Design weight, regional proportion of the population within countries. Design weights are included to compensate for the fact that certain people have a higher or lower likelihood of being selected fo ...

Unique and anonymous ID assigned to each respondent.

Age and gender weight by region. Population data is taken from Eurostat for all countries. Cross-tabulations from the population data were then collected and put together for each country and region a ...

The language in which the interview was conducted, numeric.

The PSweights are a combination of the design weights and the individual level weight. PSweights are recommended when comparing means, proportions, etc. across regions and/or countries to correct for ...

Population weight for multi-country aggregation. The population weight is included for comparisons across countries and is included to adjust for a country’s proportion in the sample relative to its a ...

In general, have you ever heard about the EU Cohesion Policy? 0. No 1. Yes

In general, have you ever heard about the EU Regional Policy? 0. No 1. Yes

In general, have you ever heard about the EU Structural Funds? 0. No 1. Yes

In general, have you ever heard about any EU funded project in your region or area? 0. No 1. Yes

Has the respondent ever heard of any of these four EU policies asked in Q1.1-4 (EU Cohesion Policy, EU Regional Policy, EU Structural Funds and any EU-funded project in your region or area)? 0. No ...

People have many different opinions about what ‘being European’ means. On a scale from 0-10, where ‘0’ means “not at all important” and ‘10’ means “very important”, how important is the following sta ...

People have many different opinions about what ‘being European’ means. On a scale from 0-10, where ‘0’ means “not at all important” and ‘10’ means “very important”, how important is to have the commo ...

People have many different opinions about what ‘being European’ means. On a scale from 0-10, where ‘0’ means “not at all important” and ‘10’ means “very important”, how important is the Christian rel ...

People have many different opinions about what ‘being European’ means. On a scale from 0-10, where ‘0’ means “not at all important” and ‘10’ means “very important”, how important is the European flag ...

People have many different opinions about what ‘being European’ means. On a scale from 0-10, where ‘0’ means “not at all important” and ‘10’ means “very important”, how important is to share a common ...

Generally speaking, using a scale on which 0 means that “people cannot be trusted” and 10 means that “most people can be trusted”, where would you locate yourself on this scale? 0. People cannot be ...

(COUNTRY) should have more restrictions on immigration than it does today. 0. Fully disagree 10. Fully agree

(COUNTRY’s) national government should take measures to reduce differences in income levels among people in (COUNTRY). 0. Fully disagree 10. Fully agree

(COUNTRY) should have a strong leader that can solve problems quickly, who does not have to worry about elections and parliamentary rules. 0. Fully disagree 10. Fully agree

The following sentence is read to 25% of survey respondents, who are randomly selected for the control group. "The EU should continue to let more countries become members, under the condition that ...

The following sentence is read to 25% of survey respondents, who are randomly selected for the first treatment group. “The EU should continue to let more countries become members, SUCH AS NORWAY, ...

The following sentence is read to 25% of survey respondents, who are randomly selected for the second treatment group. “The EU should continue to let more countries become members, SUCH AS TURKEY, ...

The following sentence is read to 25% of survey respondents, who are randomly selected for the third treatment group. “The EU should continue to let more countries become members, SUCH AS SERBIA, ...

Combined responses from the randomized questions on EU Enlargement (per_q15.1, per_q15.2, per_q15.3, per_q15.4). 0. Fully disagree 10. Fully agree

Which version of question 15 is asked to the respondent? 0. Control group with the generic statement 1. Treatment group mentioning Norway 2. Treatment group mentioning Turkey 3. Treatment group ...

On a 0-10 scale, with ‘0’ being that ‘there is no corruption’ and ‘10’ being that corruption is widespread, how would you rate the European Union? 0. There is no corruption 10. Corruption is wides ...

On a 0-10 scale, with ‘0’ being that ‘there is no corruption’ and ‘10’ being that corruption is widespread, how would you rate (COUNTRY’S) national governing institutions? 0. There is no corruption ...

On a 0-10 scale, with ‘0’ being that ‘there is no corruption’ and ‘10’ being that corruption is widespread, how would you rate your regional/local governing institutions? 0. There is no corruption ...

How satisfied are you with the current economic situation in your region today? 1. Very satisfied 2. Somewhat satisfied 3. Somewhat unsatisfied 4. Very unsatisfied

Compared with (5 years ago), do you think the economy in your region is: 1. Better 2. About the same 3. Worse

In terms of the per person economic wealth, as in GDP per head, if we were to rank all EU regions from wealthiest to poorest and put them into four equal groups, with group 1 being the wealthiest grou ...

In terms of the per person economic wealth, as in GDP per head, if we were to rank all EU regions from wealthiest to poorest and put them into four equal groups, with group 1 being the wealthiest grou ...

In terms of the per person economic wealth, as in GDP per head, if we were to rank all EU regions from wealthiest to poorest and put them into four equal groups, with group 1 being the wealthiest grou ...

Ranking all EU regions from wealthiest to poorest and put them into four equal groups, with group 1 being the wealthiest group and 4 the poorest group, which of the 4 groups does the region actually b ...

Was the respondent in the control or treatment group? 0. Control group 1. Treatment group (received info)

Where did you hear about the project in your region? (Follow-up question if the answer was "yes" in Q1) 1. TV 2. Billboard 3. Print or online newspaper 4. Social media 5. Workplace 6. Radio 9 ...

As you might have heard, the EU cohesion policy aims to reduce regional differences within the EU in things like economic development, and employment. While all members contribute and receive some fu ...

As you might have heard, the EU cohesion policy aims to reduce regional differences within the EU in things like economic development, and employment. While all members contribute and receive some fu ...

Could you just tell me on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means “Not agree at all” and 10 means “totally agree”, as to why you would want (COUNTRY’s) contribution to be less? "The money (COUNTRY) pay ...

Could you just tell me on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means “Not agree at all” and 10 means “totally agree”, as to why you would want (COUNTRY’s) contribution to be less? "The money will be large ...

Could you just tell me on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means “Not agree at all” and 10 means “totally agree”, as to why you would want (COUNTRY’s) contribution to be less? "The money only ends up ...

Could you just tell me on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means “Not agree at all” and 10 means “totally agree”, as to why you would want (COUNTRY’s) contribution to be less? "(COUNTRY) pays too much ...

Could you just tell me on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means “Not agree at all” and 10 means “totally agree”, as to why you would want (COUNTRY’s) contribution to be less? "(COUNTRY) should instea ...

Could you just tell me on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means “Not agree at all” and 10 means “totally agree”, as to why you would want (COUNTRY’s) contribution to be (more/about the same)? "It is ...

Could you just tell me on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means “Not agree at all” and 10 means “totally agree”, as to why you would want (COUNTRY’s) contribution to be (more/about the same)? "It ben ...

Could you just tell me on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means “Not agree at all” and 10 means “totally agree”, as to why you would want (COUNTRY’s) contribution to be (more/about the same)? “(COUNT ...

To your knowledge, have you ever benefited in your daily life from any project funded by the EU? 1. Yes 2. No 99. (Don’t know/Refused)

In the past 5 years or so, which of the following do you think has been the biggest problem facing your region? (asked in randomized order) 1. Poor education 2. Poor infrastructure & transportati ...

How effective do you think the European Union will be at dealing with the biggest problem in your region? 1. Very effective 2. Somewhat effective 3. Not so effective

How effective do you think (COUNTRY’s) national governing institutions will be at dealing with the biggest problem in your region? 1. Very effective 2. Somewhat effective 3. Not so effective

How effective do you think your regional/local governing institutions will be at dealing with the biggest problem in your region? 1. Very effective 2. Somewhat effective 3. Not so effective

Turning a bit to politics, what political party would you vote for if the national parliamentary election were tomorrow? Selection is made from the provided current party list by country.

Now thinking about EU elections, have you voted in either of the last two EU parliamentary elections? (referring to 2009 and 2014 elections) 0. Neither 1. Once 2- Both times 99. Don´t know/Refus ...

In general, do you think that (YOUR COUNTRY’S) EU membership is a good thing, a bad thing, neither good nor bad, not sure? 1. A good thing 2. A bad thing 3. Neither good nor bad 4. Not sure N ...

On a 0-10 scale, with ‘0’ being ‘I don’t identify at all, and ‘10’ being ‘I identify very strongly’, how strongly do you identify yourself with your region? 0. I don’t identify at all 10. I ident ...

On a 0-10 scale, with ‘0’ being ‘I don’t identify at all, and ‘10’ being ‘I identify very strongly’, how strongly do you identify yourself with your country? 0. I don’t identify at all 10. I iden ...

On a 0-10 scale, with ‘0’ being ‘I don’t identify at all, and ‘10’ being ‘I identify very strongly’, how strongly do you identify yourself with Europe? 0. I don’t identify at all 10. I identify v ...

Regional geocode for merging with PERCEIVE regional dataset.

whether the response is a part of the general population sample or control sample. 0. General population sample 1. Control sample (respondent from select region)

Is the respondent from the selected case-study region? 0. No 1. Yes

whether mobile or landline was used in the interview. 1. Landline 2. Mobile