Special Eurobarometer 132: Europeans and the single currency

This opinion poll, managed and organised by the Public Outreach department ("Analysis of public opinion" Unit) of the Directorate-General for Education and Culture, was conducted at the request of the Directorate-General for Health and Consumer Protection, Directorate A - Consumer Policy (Financial services Unit) of the European Commission. The data were collected from all Member States of the European Union between 15 October and 14 November 1999. INRA (EUROPE) - European Coordination Office, in Brussels, was responsible for general coordination.
This report looks at Europeans’ experience and perception of various aspects of the euro. It is divided into chapters covering:
- Europeans' interest in the euro and how well informed they are about it
- their factual knowledge about the euro
- their experience of making payments in euros
- their awareness of dual pricing and what they think about it
- their awareness of the euro logo
- their opinions on the introduction of the euro notes and coins.

The results by volumes are distributed as follows:

• Volume A: Countries
• Volume AA: Groups of countries
• Volume A' (AP): Trends
• Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries
• Volume B: EU/socio-demographics
• Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics
• Volume C: Country/socio-demographics

Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer