European Public Opinion on Development Aid


1	Country	Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	NSP	Total don't know/no answer

2	Belgium	1996	1.9	8.6	16.8	8.7	7	1.3	1.4	0.9	1.4	32.2	19.6	51.8
3	Belgium	1998	3.2	8.2	11.2	8.5	6.1	4.1	6.7	1.5	2	28.1	20.5	48.6
4	Denmark	1996	3.6	13.4	40.4	12.3	6.6	2.2	1.3	0.4	1.2	11.8	6.9	18.7
5	Denmark	1998	6.6	11.9	42.2	9.5	6.4	1.8	0.8	0.5	0.6	13	6.7	19.7
6	Germany (former West)	1996	0.6	6.3	16.1	13.1	10.7	6.7	4.2	1.2	1.9	19.6	19.2	38.8
7	Germany (former West)	1998	0.8	5.6	16	11.5	9	4.5	4.3	0.6	2.9	22.3	22.1	44.4
8	Germany	1996	0.5	5.9	15.7	13.1	1	6.2	4.1	1.2	2.2	21.5	19	40.5
9	Germany	1998	0.8	5.3	16	12	9	4.3	4.2	0.8	3	22.4	21.9	44.3
10	Germany (former East)	1996	0.4	4.2	14.3	13	8.9	4.2	3.6	1.2	3.5	28.4	18.1	46.5
11	Germany (former East)	1998	0.7	4.2	16.1	13.8	9	3.4	3.9	1.5	3.3	22.6	21.1	43.7
12	Greece	1996	24.1	10.6	8.4	2.9	1.7	1	0.4	0.4	0.1	30.5	19.8	50.3
13	Greece	1998	12.9	14	10.3	3.4	2.6	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.7	31.2	23.5	54.7
14	Spain	1996	8.1	29	9.3	4.8	1.1	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	17.3	28.4	45.7
15	Spain	1998	6.7	20	8.5	6.4	1.8	1.2	0.4	0.4	0.4	32.2	21.8	54
16	France	1996	5.1	12	15.6	8.9	4.6	1.1	2.8	1.3	2.6	34	12	46
17	France	1998	4.2	10.4	14.8	10.6	8	3.3	2	1	2.1	26.9	16.8	43.7
18	Ireland	1996	6.1	12.5	13.5	7	4.1	2.1	1.4	0.7	1.2	22.6	28.9	51.5
19	Ireland	1998	6.8	8.9	10.8	5.4	3.8	1.4	1.3	0.9	1.6	31.4	27.6	59
20	Italy	1996	11.8	7	15.7	8.1	4.7	1.5	0.9	0.4	1.1	29.1	19.8	48.9
21	Italy	1998	12.7	7.3	12.2	5.9	3.3	0.9	1	0.7	1	29.8	25.1	54.9
22	Luxembourg	1996	2	6.8	18.8	9.5	5.5	4	1.6	0.4	1.9	38.4	11	49.4
23	Luxembourg	1998	4.1	8.9	15.4	7.9	5.2	2	1	0	1	37	17.5	54.5
24	Netherlands	1996	9.2	4.4	31.7	14.4	9	3.4	3	1.3	2	17.9	3.7	21.6
25	Netherlands	1998	10.3	6.3	23.9	12.4	8.2	3.2	4	1.6	2.1	20.9	6.9	27.8
26	Austria	1996	3.9	9.7	16	9.5	5.3	3	1.9	1.5	1.6	17.5	30	47.5
27	Austria	1998	2.1	5.8	17.7	11.1	4.7	1.8	1.5	0.5	0.6	25.7	28.5	54.2
28	Portugal	1996	8.8	8.8	7.5	3	2.5	1.7	0.9	0.8	0.7	45.4	20	65.4
29	Portugal	1998	9	6	6.5	2.6	1.8	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.9	47.1	24.1	71.2
30	Finland	1996	10.2	25.4	32.4	9.7	4.5	1.5	0.7	0	0.9	5.9	9	14.9
31	Finland	1998	8.3	22.3	29.5	8.9	2.9	1.3	0.8	0.6	0.4	12.7	12.2	24.9
32	Sweden	1996	10.4	31.7	21.8	6.2	3.1	1.8	1.1	0.1	1.1	10.5	11.9	22.4
33	Sweden	1998	12.5	27.9	27.9	7.1	2.5	1.7	0.9	0.5	0.4	5.2	13.2	18.4
34	United Kingdom	1996	10.9	14.8	16	9.5	4.8	3	2	2.2	2.1	15.7	18.2	33.9
35	United Kingdom	1998	12.1	7.2	11.9	7.3	5.7	2.2	1.8	1.1	2.1	21.6	26.8	48.4
36	European average	1996	7.2	12.1	16	9.2	5.7	2.7	2.1	1.1	1.7	23.6	18.2	41.8
37	European average	1998	7.1	9.6	14.4	8.6	5.8	2.5	2.2	0.8	1.8	25.7	21.5	47.2
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39	Source: http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_126_en.pdf, p. 11
40	Question: We are not talking about humanitarian aid, that is assistance provided in emergency situations, like wars, famine, etc, but about development aid. Do you think the (NATIONALITY) government helps the people in poor countries in Africa South America Asia, etc to develop? (IF YES) Roughly how much of its budget do you think the (NATIONALITY) government spends on this aid?
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43	1 No
44	2 Yes, less than 1%
45	3 Yes, between 1 and 4%	Correct answer
46	4 Yes, between 5 and 9%
47	5 Yes, between 10 and 14%
48	6 Yes, between 15 and 19%
49	7 Yes, between 20 and 24%
50	8 Yes, between 25% and 29%
51	9 Yes, 30% or more
52	10 Yes, but I do not know the percentage (SPONTANEOUS)
53	NSP No response/Don't know
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1	Country	Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	1+2+3	Median Response

2	Belgium	1998	6.21%	15.92%	21.75%	16.5%	11.84%	7.96%	13.01%	2.91%	3.88%	43.88%	4
3	Germany (former West)	1996	0.99%	10.36%	26.48%	21.55%	17.6%	11.02%	6.91%	1.97%	3.13%	37.83%	4
4	Germany (former West)	1998	1.45%	10.14%	28.99%	20.83%	16.3%	8.15%	7.79%	1.09%	5.25%	40.58%	4
5	Germany	1996	1%	11.82%	31.46%	26.25%	2%	12.42%	8.22%	2.4%	4.41%	44.28%	4
6	Germany	1998	1.44%	9.57%	28.88%	21.66%	16.25%	7.76%	7.58%	1.44%	5.42%	39.89%	4
7	Germany (former East)	1996	0.75%	7.88%	26.83%	24.39%	16.7%	7.88%	6.75%	2.25%	6.57%	35.46%	4
8	Germany (former East)	1998	1.25%	7.51%	28.8%	24.69%	16.1%	6.08%	6.98%	2.68%	5.9%	37.56%	4
9	Belgium	1996	3.96%	17.92%	35%	18.13%	14.58%	2.71%	2.92%	1.88%	2.92%	56.88%	3
10	Denmark	1996	4.42%	16.46%	49.63%	15.11%	8.11%	2.7%	1.6%	0.49%	1.47%	70.51%	3
11	Denmark	1998	8.22%	14.82%	52.55%	11.83%	7.97%	2.24%	1%	0.62%	0.75%	75.59%	3
12	France	1996	9.44%	22.22%	28.89%	16.48%	8.52%	2.04%	5.19%	2.41%	4.81%	60.55%	3
13	France	1998	7.45%	18.44%	26.24%	18.79%	14.18%	5.85%	3.55%	1.77%	3.72%	52.13%	3
14	Ireland	1996	12.55%	25.72%	27.78%	14.4%	8.44%	4.32%	2.88%	1.44%	2.47%	66.05%	3
15	Ireland	1998	16.63%	21.76%	26.41%	13.2%	9.29%	3.42%	3.18%	2.2%	3.91%	64.8%	3
16	Italy	1996	23.05%	13.67%	30.66%	15.82%	9.18%	2.93%	1.76%	0.78%	2.15%	67.38%	3
17	Luxembourg	1996	3.96%	13.47%	37.23%	18.81%	10.89%	7.92%	3.17%	0.79%	3.76%	54.66%	3
18	Luxembourg	1998	9.01%	19.56%	33.85%	17.36%	11.43%	4.4%	2.2%	0%	2.2%	62.42%	3
19	Netherlands	1996	11.73%	5.61%	40.43%	18.37%	11.48%	4.34%	3.83%	1.66%	2.55%	57.77%	3
20	Netherlands	1998	14.31%	8.75%	33.19%	17.22%	11.39%	4.44%	5.56%	2.22%	2.92%	56.25%	3
21	Austria	1996	7.44%	18.51%	30.53%	18.13%	10.11%	5.73%	3.63%	2.86%	3.05%	56.48%	3
22	Austria	1998	4.59%	12.66%	38.65%	24.24%	10.26%	3.93%	3.28%	1.09%	1.31%	55.9%	3
23	United Kingdom	1996	16.69%	22.66%	24.5%	14.55%	7.35%	4.59%	3.06%	3.37%	3.22%	63.85%	3
24	United Kingdom	1998	23.54%	14.01%	23.15%	14.2%	11.09%	4.28%	3.5%	2.14%	4.09%	60.7%	3
25	European average	1996	12.46%	20.93%	27.68%	15.92%	9.86%	4.67%	3.63%	1.9%	2.94%	61.07%	3
26	European average	1998	13.45%	18.18%	27.27%	16.29%	10.98%	4.73%	4.17%	1.52%	3.41%	58.9%	3
27	Greece	1996	48.59%	21.37%	16.94%	5.85%	3.43%	2.02%	0.81%	0.81%	0.2%	86.9%	2
28	Greece	1998	28.41%	30.84%	22.69%	7.49%	5.73%	1.76%	0.88%	0.66%	1.54%	81.94%	2
29	Spain	1996	14.94%	53.51%	17.16%	8.86%	2.03%	0.92%	0.92%	0.74%	0.92%	85.61%	2
30	Spain	1998	14.63%	43.67%	18.56%	13.97%	3.93%	2.62%	0.87%	0.87%	0.87%	76.86%	2
31	Italy	1998	28.22%	16.22%	27.11%	13.11%	7.33%	2%	2.22%	1.56%	2.22%	71.55%	2
32	Portugal	1996	25.36%	25.36%	21.61%	8.65%	7.2%	4.9%	2.59%	2.31%	2.02%	72.33%	2
33	Portugal	1998	31.36%	20.91%	22.65%	9.06%	6.27%	2.79%	2.09%	1.74%	3.14%	74.92%	2
34	Finland	1996	11.96%	29.78%	37.98%	11.37%	5.28%	1.76%	0.82%	0%	1.06%	79.72%	2
35	Finland	1998	11.07%	29.73%	39.33%	11.87%	3.87%	1.73%	1.07%	0.8%	0.53%	80.13%	2
36	Sweden	1996	13.45%	41.01%	28.2%	8.02%	4.01%	2.33%	1.42%	0.13%	1.42%	82.66%	2
37	Sweden	1998	15.36%	34.28%	34.28%	8.72%	3.07%	2.09%	1.11%	0.61%	0.49%	83.92%	2
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