DDI description: Flash Eurobarometer 161: European Elections 2004 (5 Waves), May-June 2004 DDI-kuvailu: Flash Eurobarometri 161: Euroopan parlamentin vaalit 2004 (5 aaltoa), touko-kesäkuu 2004 Finnish Social Science Data Archive FSD FSD:n aineistokuvailut (FSD metadata records), jonka tekijä on Suomen yhteiskuntatieteellinen tietoarkisto (Finnish Social Science Data Archive), on lisensoitu Creative Commons Nimeä-Epäkaupallinen 1.0 Suomi lisenssillä. FSD:n aineistokuvailut (FSD metadata records) av Suomen yhteiskuntatieteellinen tietoarkisto (Finlands samhällsvetenskapliga dataarkiv) är licensierad under a Creative Commons Erkännande-IckeKommersiell 1.0 Finland License. FSD:n aineistokuvailut (FSD metadata records) by Suomen yhteiskuntatieteellinen tietoarkisto (Finnish Social Science Data Archive) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 1.0 Finland License. Flash Eurobarometer 161: European Elections 2004 (5 Waves), May-June 2004 Flash Eurobarometri 161: Euroopan parlamentin vaalit 2004 (5 aaltoa), touko-kesäkuu 2004 2446 According to the agreement between FSD and the depositor. Flash Eurobarometers

Flash Eurobarometers are small scale surveys, which supplement larger standard Eurobarometers. Flash survey series was launched at the end of the 1980s on the initiative of the European Commission. The surveys are carried out by the Public Opinion Analysis Sector, on current themes at the request of the Commission or other EU institutions.

Data are usually collected with telephone interviews. The sample usually represents citizens aged 15 or over in all EU countries. The normal sample size is 500 respondents for every country. In Germany, there are usually separate samples for former East and West Germany. TNS Opinion (EOS Gallup Europe) and its national member organisations (in Finland Gallup Finland (TNS Gallup Ltd)) are responsible for data collection. TNS Opinion produces a co-ordinated and integrated dataset from national datasets. Flash Barometer data are free for secondary analysis about a year after the data collection.

Survey topics have included entrepreneurship, EU enlargement, agricultural policy, EU citizen rights, consumer issues, European Parliament elections, information society, and the Internet. The surveys in which Finland has participated are added first to the FSD's data catalogue. However, the FSD provides other Flash Eurobarometers as well.

More information is available on the GESIS Flash Eurobarometer site and on the web pages of European Commission's Public Opinion Analysis Sector.

 1.0 international politics political studies Detailed and specific data description in Finnish and English. Variable frequencies, filter variables, variable and value labels, and missing values are checked. If necessary, the data are anonymised. FSD0224 Flash Eurobarometer 66 : European Election Study 1999, January-February 1999 FSD0225 Flash Eurobarometer 67 : European Election Study 1999, March 1999 Further information in English available at GESIS pages.