Flash Eurobarometer 288: Monitoring the social impact of the crisis: public perceptions in the European Union - Wave 3

The survey shows that the impact of the financial crisis has levelled off in most EU Member States. For example, the proportion of citizens saying they are having serious financial problems remains constant at the EU level and in most of the individual countries. Compared to the previous wave in December 2009, a similar number of citizens (23%) feel that their household situation will deteriorate in the next 12 months. The most pessimism is seen in Greece; this could also be due to the country being under intense economic and media pressure at the time of the survey. Overall, the crisis has had the most impact in southern and eastern European countries. Citizens in the Nordic countries remain optimistic about both the present situation and future economic developments.

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