DOI: 10.3886/icpsr03730.v1
title: Worldviews 2002: European Public Opinion on Foreign Policy
title: Version 1

description: This study is part of a larger Worldviews 2002 survey of
United States and European foreign policy attitudes undertaken by The
Chicago Council on Foreign Relations (CCFR) and the German Marshall
Fund of the United States (GMF) (see WORLDVIEWS 2002: AMERICAN AND
EUROPEAN PUBLIC OPINION ON FOREIGN POLICY [ICPSR 3821]). The survey
included six countries: France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the
Netherlands, Poland, and covered five topics: Europeans' focus on
their respective countries' domestic issues, Europe's role on the
world stage, European threat perception and the use of force, European
views on American foreign policy, and Europe in a globalized world.
Regarding focus on domestic issues, respondents were asked to give
their opinions on the most important issue facing their country today
and on various government programs. On the topic of Europe's role on
the world stage, respondents were asked to rate their feelings on
various countries as well as the European Union (EU), the influence of
various countries, whether the EU or the United States was more
important to their own country's vital interests, whether their own
country should take an active part in world affairs, their desire for
the EU to become a superpower, and what type of role their country
should take in the global world. Concerning European threat
perceptions and the use of force, respondents were asked about
possible threats to their countries' vital interests, how willing they
would be to support the use of force in various circumstances, how
best to combat terrorism, and their willingness to support an attack
on Iraq. On the subject of European views of American foreign policy,
respondents were asked to rate the Bush administration's handling of
foreign policy, evaluate the impact of the September 11th attacks on
American foreign policy, rate their attitudes regarding United States
spending on defense and economic assistance, and rate their desire for
the United States to exert strong leadership in world affairs. On the
subject of Europe in a globalized world, respondents rated their
support for international institutions, the relevance of NATO, whether
globalization was good or bad for their country, and whether they felt
the United States practiced fair trade with Europe. Background
information on respondents includes age, gender, liberal-conservative
continuum, education, party preference, geographic region, and
employment status.
description: Response Rates: The overall average response rate for the European
survey was 37 percent.
description: In each of the six European countries, a representative
 sample of 1,000 adults living in private households was selected.
 Households were selected by a random-digit dialing approach. The
 random last/next birthday method was used, in which interviewers asked
 to speak with the member of the household 18 years or older who had
 the last/next birthday (except in Great Britain and Poland). In Great
 Britain and Poland, respondents were chosen randomly, but quotas were
 set to ensure that a representative cross-section of the population
was interviewed.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: Worldviews 2002: European Public Opinion on Foreign Policy
description: Adults aged 18 years or older living in private households
in France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, and Poland.
description: The data contain weight variables that should be
used for analysis.This study is similar in nature to WORLDVIEWS
2002: AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PUBLIC OPINION ON FOREIGN POLICY (ICPSR
3821), but there are some variables in this study which do not appear
in ICPSR 3821.