Perception of EU among young people Survey created by Ioan Slavici Technological Highschool Romania
Purpose: ask questions about the perception of EU among young people Methodology: we ( student s + teachers) agreed on a set of questions supplementary questions were added by teachers an online survey was created on the Gmail account of the highschool (still available, though the answers are not considered anymore) student s were asked to complete the survey and pass it over to friends and relatives Results and discussion: see further
Question: Correct answer: Any number (age) M or F (sex) Respondents answer: Comments:
Question: Correct answer: any of above Respondents answer: Comments: The answers reflect the ethnic structure in Timis County, Romania (our county) The other answer was “Turkish”
Question: Correct answer: yes or no Respondents answer: Comments: about half of the respondents lived in a foreign country for more than 6 months
Question: Correct answer: It was expected an answer to correlate with the 47.2% of the respondents which experienced living abroad Respondents answer: Comments: every respondent lives (lived) in Romania other respondents lived in EU countries such as Austria, Germany, Italy
Question: Correct answer: European Union Respondents answer: Comments: almost everybody knows the meaning of the acronym EU
Question: Correct answer: any country in the actual EU Respondents answer: Comments: most known country in EU is Germany
Question: Correct answer: any of the first 5 answers is correct Respondents answer: Comments: most of the respondents associate EU with the European currency, EURO
Question: Correct answer: any answer but the last is correct Respondents answer: Comments: Most of the respondents believe that democracy, respect for human rights and equality are the core values of EU
Question: Correct answer: January 1, 2007 Respondents answer: Comments: almost every respondent gave the correct answer
Question: Correct answer: about 80% Respondents answer: Comments: Not many respondents gave the correct answer. People in the region are not aware of how the EU money is managed.
Question: Correct answer: any of the above, given that it reflects the personal opinion of the respondent Respondents answer: Comments: most of the respondents believe that the exchange programmes are a good thing