DOI: 10.3886/icpsr06146.v1
title: European Election Study, 1989
title: Version 1

description: The 1989 European Election Study (EES-89) was conducted as a separately funded part of the Euro-Barometer survey series for the European Communities' Directorate-General for Information, Communication, and Culture--Unit Surveys, Research, and Analyses division. The Euro-Barometer surveys in which the EES-89 questions were included were Barometers 30, 31, and 31A. Variables in this data collection are restricted to those pertaining to the 1989 elections. They report respondents' attitudes toward important campaign issues, particularly those concerning the European Community and the coming 1992 Single European Market. Questions assessed respondents' support of and attitudes toward particular political parties. Another series of questions focused on access to information about the elections, and respondents' preferences for and opinions of the influence of varying sources of information, such as newspapers, news magazines, radio, television, polls, and personal discussions. Demographic variables include sex, date of birth, marital status, size of household and type of housing, number of children at home, occupation, family income, perception of social class, religion and religiosity, life satisfaction, and participation in civic activities, including voting in the 1989 elections.
description: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection: Performed consistency checks.; Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes..
description: Datasets: 
 
 DS0: Study-Level Files 
 DS1: Wave 1: Belgium 
 DS2: Wave 1: Denmark 
 DS3: Wave 1: France 
 DS4: Wave 1: Great Britain 
 DS5: Wave 1: West Germany 
 DS6: Wave 1: Greece 
 DS7: Wave 1: Ireland 
 DS8: Wave 1: Italy 
 DS9: Wave 1: Luxembourg 
 DS10: Wave 1: Netherlands 
 DS11: Wave 1: Northern Ireland 
 DS12: Wave 1: Portugal 
 DS13: Wave 1: Spain 
 DS14: Wave 2: Belgium 
 DS15: Wave 2: Denmark 
 DS16: Wave 2: France 
 DS17: Wave 2: Great Britain 
 DS18: Wave 2: West Germany 
 DS19: Wave 2: Greece 
 DS20: Wave 2: Ireland 
 DS21: Wave 2: Italy 
 DS22: Wave 2: Luxembourg 
 DS23: Wave 2: Netherlands 
 DS24: Wave 2: Northern Ireland 
 DS25: Wave 2: Portugal 
 DS26: Wave 2: Spain 
 DS27: Wave 3: Belgium 
 DS28: Wave 3: Denmark 
 DS29: Wave 3: France 
 DS30: Wave 3: Great Britain 
 DS31: Wave 3: West Germany 
 DS32: Wave 3: Greece 
 DS33: Wave 3: Ireland 
 DS34: Wave 3: Italy 
 DS35: Wave 3: Luxembourg 
 DS36: Wave 3: Netherlands 
 DS37: Wave 3: Northern Ireland 
 DS38: Wave 3: Portugal 
 DS39: Wave 3: Spain 
 DS40: SPSS Export File for Wave 1: Belgium 
 DS41: SPSS Export File for Wave 1: Denmark 
 DS42: SPSS Export File for Wave 1: France 
 DS43: SPSS Export File for Wave 1: Great Britain 
 DS44: SPSS Export File for Wave 1: West Germany 
 DS45: SPSS Export File for Wave 1: Greece 
 DS46: SPSS Export File for Wave 1: Ireland 
 DS47: SPSS Export File for Wave 1: Italy 
 DS48: SPSS Export File for Wave 1: Luxembourg 
 DS49: SPSS Export File for Wave 1: Netherlands 
 DS50: SPSS Export File for Wave 1: Northern Ireland 
 DS51: SPSS Export File for Wave 1: Portugal 
 DS52: SPSS Export File for Wave 1: Spain 
 DS53: SPSS Export File for Wave 2: Belgium 
 DS54: SPSS Export File for Wave 2: Denmark 
 DS55: SPSS Export File for Wave 2: France 
 DS56: SPSS Export File for Wave 2: Great Britain 
 DS57: SPSS Export File for Wave 2: West Germany 
 DS58: SPSS Export File for Wave 2: Greece 
 DS59: SPSS Export File for Wave 2: Ireland 
 DS60: SPSS Export File for Wave 2: Italy 
 DS61: SPSS Export File for Wave 2: Luxembourg 
 DS62: SPSS Export File for Wave 2: Netherlands 
 DS63: SPSS Export File for Wave 2: Northern Ireland 
 DS64: SPSS Export File for Wave 2: Portugal 
 DS65: SPSS Export File for Wave 2: Spain 
 DS66: SPSS Export File for Wave 3: Belgium 
 DS67: SPSS Export File for Wave 3: Denmark 
 DS68: SPSS Export File for Wave 3: France 
 DS69: SPSS Export File for Wave 3: Great Britain 
 DS70: SPSS Export File for Wave 3: West Germany 
 DS71: SPSS Export File for Wave 3: Greece 
 DS72: SPSS Export File for Wave 3: Ireland 
 DS73: SPSS Export File for Wave 3: Italy 
 DS74: SPSS Export File for Wave 3: Luxembourg 
 DS75: SPSS Export File for Wave 3: Netherlands 
 DS76: SPSS Export File for Wave 3: Northern Ireland 
 DS77: SPSS Export File for Wave 3: Portugal 
 DS78: SPSS Export File for Wave 3: Spain 
 DS80: SPSS Control Cards for Wave 1 
 DS81: SPSS Control Cards for Wave 2 
 DS82: SPSS Control Cards for Wave 3 
 DS83: SAS Control Cards for Wave 1 
 DS84: SAS Control Cards for Wave 2 
 DS85: SAS Control Cards for Wave 3
description: Eurobarometer Survey Series
description: In addition to the variables which were commissioned by EES-89, this dataset also contains a number of other items from Euro-Barometers 30, 31, and 31A that pertain to the 1989 elections. Major differences exist, however, between the same data in the regular Euro-Barometers and in the EES-89. The EES-89 data have been further cleaned and codes standardized by staff at the University of Amsterdam in collaboration with the Steinmetz Archive, under the direction of the principal investigators. Incorrect codes have been identified and corrected, variable names and coding have been systematized, and summary variables were added to permit merging data across countries or waves. For instance, in contrast to the practice in the Euro-Barometer series, in the EES-89 data files VAR126 refers to information from one and the same interview question. Similarly, coding has been standardized across country data files wherever possible. The files in this collection comprise data gathered in 13 countries in three waves. Parts 1-39 are the 39 data files in raw ASCII format, and Parts 40-78 are the same files in SPSS export format.
description: Persons aged 15 and over residing in the 12 member nations of the European Community: Belgium, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and West Germany (including West Berlin), as well as in Northern Ireland.
description: Multistage national probability samples and national stratified quota samples.