Annexes

• Author: Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (European Commission), TNS Political & Social
• Pages: 67-99

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TS 1

The European Education Area

April 2018

Technical

specifications

Flash Eurobarometer 466

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Between the 13th and the 23rd of April 2018, TNS Political & Social, a consortium created between TNS

political & social, Kantar UK and Kantar Public Brussels, carried out the survey FLASH EUROBAROMETER

466 survey on request of the EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport

and Culture. It is a general public survey co-ordinated by the Directorate-General for Communication,

“Media monitoring, media analysis and Eurobarometer” Unit.

The FLASH EUROBAROMETER 466 survey covers the population of the respective nationalities of the

European Union Member States, resident in each of the 28 Member States and aged between 15 and 30.

All interviews were carried using the Kantar e-Call center (our centralized CATI system). In every country

respondents were called both on fixed lines and mobile phones. The basic sample design applied in all states

is multi-stage random (probability). In each household, the respondent was drawn at random following the

"last birthday rule".

Kantar has developed its own RDD sample generation capabilities based on using contact telephone

numbers from responders to random probability or random location face to face surveys, such as

Eurobarometer, as seed numbers. The approach works because the seed number identifies a working block

of telephone numbers and reduces the volume of numbers generated that will be ineffective. The seed

numbers are stratified by NUTS2 region and urbanisation to approximate a geographically representative

sample. From each seed number the required sample of numbers are generated by randomly replacing the

last two digits. The sample is then screened against business databases in order to exclude as many of

these numbers as possible before going into field. This approach is consistent across all countries.

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N°

POPULATION PROPORTION

INTERVIEWS

15-30 EU28

BE

Belgium Kantar TNS 300 16/04/2018 22/04/2018 2.200.481 2,31%

BG

Bulgaria Kantar TNS BBSS 300 16/04/2018 18/04/2018 1.265.199 1,33%

CZ

Czech Rep. Kantar TNS 300 13/04/2018 18/04/2018 1.883.656 1,98%

DK

Denmark Kantar Gallup A/S 308 13/04/2018 20/04/2018 1.166.640 1,23%

DE

Germany Kantar 300 16/04/2018 22/04/2018 15.193.806 15,96%

EE

Estonia Kantar Emor 300 16/04/2018 18/04/2018 252.574 0,27%

IE

Ireland Behaviour & Attitudes 299 16/04/2018 22/04/2018 896.727 0,94%

EL

Greece Kantar TNS 300 16/04/2018 22/04/2018 1.811.234 1,90%

ES

Spain Kantar TNS 300 16/04/2018 20/04/2018 7.594.119 7,98%

FR

France Kantar TNS 302 13/04/2018 22/04/2018 12.640.621 13,28%

HR

Croatia HENDAL 300 13/04/2018 18/04/2018 795.102 0,84%

IT

Italy Kantar TNS 300 16/04/2018 20/04/2018 9.856.495 10,35%

CY

Rep. Of Cyprus CYMAR 205 13/04/2018 17/04/2018 202.433 0,21%

LV

Latvia Kantar TNS 301 16/04/2018 22/04/2018 369.882 0,39%

LT

Lithuania Kantar TNS 300 13/04/2018 20/04/2018 591.435 0,62%

LU

Luxembourg Kantar TNS Ilres 203 16/04/2018 20/04/2018 119.041 0,13%

HU

Hungary Kantar Hoffmann 313 16/04/2018 18/04/2018 1.859.740 1,95%

MT

Malta MISCO 218 13/04/2018 17/04/2018 91.530 0,10%

NL

Netherlands Kantar Public 301 16/04/2018 23/04/2018 3.363.503 3,53%

AT

Austria Öst. Gallup Institut 300 16/04/2018 22/04/2018 1.718.291 1,80%

PL

Poland Kantar TNS 300 16/04/2018 22/04/2018 7.773.667 8,17%

PT

Portugal Marktest Limitada 300 13/04/2018 18/04/2018 1.779.440 1,87%

RO

Romania Kantar TNS 300 16/04/2018 18/04/2018 3.786.061 3,98%

SI

Slovenia Mediana DOO 301 13/04/2018 17/04/2018 355.012 0,37%

SK

Slovakia Kantar TNS 300 16/04/2018 22/04/2018 1.126.622 1,18%

FI

Finland Kantar TNS Oy 302 16/04/2018 18/04/2018 1.052.490 1,11%

SE

Sweden Kantar Sifo AB 300 16/04/2018 22/04/2018 1.989.607 2,09%

UK

United Kingdom Kantar TNS 300 16/04/2018 20/04/2018 13.462.748 14,14%

TOTAL EU28 8.153 13/04/2018 23/04/2018 95.198.156 100%

COUNTRIES

DATES

FIELDWORK

INSTITUTES

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TS 2

The European Education Area

April 2018

Technical

specifications

Flash Eurobarometer 466

Readers are reminded that survey results are estimations, the accuracy of which, everything being equal,

rests upon the sample size and upon the observed percentage. With samples of about 1,000 interviews,

the real percentages vary within the following confidence limits:

various sample sizes are in rows various observed results are in columns

5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%

95% 90% 85% 80% 75% 70% 65% 60% 55% 50%

N=50 6,0 8,3 9,9 11,1 12,0 12,7 13,2 13,6 13,8 13,9 N=50

N=500 1,9 2,6 3,1 3,5 3,8 4,0 4,2 4,3 4,4 4,4 N=500

N=1000 1,4 1,9 2,2 2,5 2,7 2,8 3,0 3,0 3,1 3,1 N=1000

N=1500 1,1 1,5 1,8 2,0 2,2 2,3 2,4 2,5 2,5 2,5 N=1500

N=2000 1,0 1,3 1,6 1,8 1,9 2,0 2,1 2,1 2,2 2,2 N=2000

N=3000 0,8 1,1 1,3 1,4 1,5 1,6 1,7 1,8 1,8 1,8 N=3000

N=4000 0,7 0,9 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 1,5 1,5 1,5 N=4000

N=5000 0,6 0,8 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,3 1,4 1,4 1,4 N=5000

N=6000 0,6 0,8 0,9 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,2 1,2 1,3 1,3 N=6000

N=7000 0,5 0,7 0,8 0,9 1,0 1,1 1,1 1,1 1,2 1,2 N=7000

N=7500 0,5 0,7 0,8 0,9 1,0 1,0 1,1 1,1 1,1 1,1 N=7500

N=8000 0,5 0,7 0,8 0,9 0,9 1,0 1,0 1,1 1,1 1,1 N=8000

N=9000 0,5 0,6 0,7 0,8 0,9 0,9 1,0 1,0 1,0 1,0 N=9000

N=10000 0,4 0,6 0,7 0,8 0,8 0,9 0,9 1,0 1,0 1,0 N=10000

N=11000 0,4 0,6 0,7 0,7 0,8 0,9 0,9 0,9 0,9 0,9 N=11000

N=12000 0,4 0,5 0,6 0,7 0,8 0,8 0,9 0,9 0,9 0,9 N=12000

N=13000 0,4 0,5 0,6 0,7 0,7 0,8 0,8 0,8 0,9 0,9 N=13000

N=14000 0,4 0,5 0,6 0,7 0,7 0,8 0,8 0,8 0,8 0,8 N=14000

N=15000 0,3 0,5 0,6 0,6 0,7 0,7 0,8 0,8 0,8 0,8 N=15000

5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%

95% 90% 85% 80% 75% 70% 65% 60% 55% 50%

Statistical Margins due to the sampling process

(at the 95% level of confidence)

Q 1

The European Education Area

February 2018 Questionnaire

Flash Eurobarometer 466

QUESTIONNAIRE

DX9 In how many languages can you read and write? This includes your mother tongue,

meaning the first language(s) you learnt as a child.

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Y

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One 1

Two 2

Three 3

More than three 4

DK/NA 5

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DX10 In how many languages do you believe that you are comfortable enough to follow your

studies? This includes your mother tongue.

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Y

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One 1

Two 2

Three or more 3

DK/NA 4

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Q1 Young people can have experiences abroad as pupils, students, trainees, apprentices,

volunteers or youth workers, as young professionals or on youth exchanges. How

important or not do you think it is for young people to have an experience abroad?

(READ OUT – ONE ANSWER ONL

Y

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Very important 1

Fairly important 2

Not very important 3

Not at all important 4

DK/NA 5

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Q2 Have you studied, trained or worked in another country?

(READ OUT – MULTIPLE ANSWERS POSSIBLE)

Yes, as a pupil at school 1

Yes, as a student in higher education 2

Yes, as a student in vocational education and training 3

Yes, as an apprentice 4

Yes, as a voluntee

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Yes, as a youth worker or through a youth exchange programme

Yes, as a young professional 5

No

DK/NA

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