Special Eurobarometer 325: Attitude of Europeans towards corruption

This Eurobarometer survey was commissioned by the Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security and was coordinated by the Directorate-General for Communication. This survey was carried out by TNS Opinion & Social network between 11 September and 5 October.
This survey covers:
♦ Respondents’ perceptions of corruption in their country
♦ Which levels of government have the biggest problem with corruption
♦ Whether respondents believe there is corruption within EU institutions
♦ Whether the punishments given are a sufficient deterrent to corruption
♦ Which services / sectors of society are perceived to have the most widespread problem with corruption
♦ The causes of corruption
♦ Whether respondents have personally been victims of corruption
♦ Who respondents feel should be responsible for fighting corruption
♦ Who respondents trust to resolve corruption issues
The following key variables have also been used in the analysis to gain deeper insight into Europeans’ views on corruption:
♦ Respondents’ views about corruption in their country
♦ Respondents’ views about corruption within local, national and EU institutions
♦ Respondents’ personal experience of corruption in the past year

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