Family
What do you think the ideal number of children is in a family?
| one | two | three | four or more | it is ideal without a child | DK/Refused | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU27+UK | 7 | 61 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Founding countries and 20th century joiners | 8 | 61 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Former socialist countries | 5 | 60 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| V4 | 4 | 60 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
What do you think the ideal number of children is in a family?
| one | two | three | four or more | it is ideal without a child | DK/Refused | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 3 | 60 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Hungary | 3 | 46 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Latvia | 3 | 37 | 47 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| Czech Republic | 4 | 70 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 63 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Croatia | 4 | 54 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| Estonia | 3 | 37 | 46 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Greece | 4 | 54 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| Cyprus | 4 | 54 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Portugal | 5 | 64 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Malta | 5 | 58 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| Slovenia | 4 | 60 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Romania | 6 | 66 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Lithuania | 5 | 45 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| Spain | 6 | 65 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Poland | 4 | 60 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Italy | 8 | 63 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Luxemburg | 9 | 60 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| Denmark | 4 | 53 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| Norway | 6 | 45 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| France | 8 | 60 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| Ireland | 8 | 45 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 11 |
| UK | 6 | 62 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| Sweden | 6 | 55 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| Austria | 9 | 63 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| Belgium | 10 | 59 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 59 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| Finland | 6 | 45 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| Germany | 10 | 61 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 9 |
| EU27+UK+NO+CH | 7 | 61 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
How important is the family in your life?
| Not important at all | Not important | Important | Highly important | DK/Refused | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU27+UK | 2 | 5 | 26 | 65 | 2 |
| Founding countries and 20th century joiners | 3 | 5 | 27 | 63 | 2 |
| Former socialist countries | 1 | 2 | 23 | 74 | 0 |
| V4 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 73 | 1 |
How important is the family in your life?
| Not important at all | Not important | Important | Highly important | DK/Refused | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 1 | 1 | 8 | 90 | 0 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1 | 17 | 81 | 0 |
| Malta | 0 | 1 | 15 | 82 | 2 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 0 | 24 | 74 | 1 |
| Romania | 1 | 2 | 18 | 79 | 0 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 2 | 21 | 75 | 1 |
| Croatia | 0 | 2 | 23 | 73 | 2 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 2 | 22 | 75 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 3 | 24 | 72 | 0 |
| Spain | 1 | 3 | 25 | 71 | 0 |
| Poland | 1 | 2 | 27 | 69 | 1 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 2 | 24 | 71 | 2 |
| Latvia | 2 | 3 | 33 | 62 | 0 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 2 | 31 | 63 | 2 |
| Estonia | 1 | 3 | 40 | 54 | 2 |
| Greece | 2 | 3 | 24 | 70 | 1 |
| Italy | 3 | 3 | 24 | 69 | 1 |
| Luxemburg | 3 | 3 | 21 | 71 | 2 |
| Ireland | 2 | 5 | 25 | 67 | 1 |
| Austria | 3 | 5 | 23 | 67 | 2 |
| Sweden | 2 | 6 | 26 | 64 | 2 |
| UK | 3 | 6 | 26 | 64 | 1 |
| Norway | 3 | 6 | 30 | 59 | 2 |
| Denmark | 3 | 6 | 27 | 62 | 2 |
| Germany | 3 | 6 | 28 | 61 | 2 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 7 | 34 | 54 | 2 |
| Belgium | 3 | 7 | 32 | 56 | 2 |
| France | 3 | 7 | 34 | 52 | 4 |
| Finland | 3 | 8 | 35 | 50 | 4 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 8 | 31 | 51 | 5 |
| EU27+UK+NO+CH | 2 | 5 | 27 | 65 | 1 |
What do you think, how important is it that the state supports families, starting of a family?
| Not important at all | Not important | Important | Highly important | DK/Refused | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU27+UK | 5 | 10 | 40 | 41 | 4 |
| Founding countries and 20th century joiners | 6 | 11 | 41 | 38 | 4 |
| Former socialist countries | 2 | 5 | 35 | 56 | 2 |
| V4 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 52 | 2 |
What do you think, how important is it that the state supports families, starting of a family?
| Not important at all | Not important | Important | Highly important | DK/Refused | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 29 | 68 | 1 |
| Hungary | 1 | 2 | 22 | 75 | 0 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 3 | 25 | 71 | 0 |
| Greece | 1 | 3 | 20 | 76 | 0 |
| Malta | 1 | 3 | 35 | 61 | 0 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 2 | 33 | 62 | 1 |
| Romania | 3 | 3 | 29 | 64 | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 4 | 34 | 58 | 3 |
| Italy | 2 | 3 | 33 | 59 | 3 |
| Estonia | 2 | 5 | 42 | 50 | 1 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 4 | 39 | 52 | 3 |
| Croatia | 1 | 5 | 29 | 62 | 3 |
| Spain | 3 | 5 | 38 | 52 | 2 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 6 | 37 | 53 | 2 |
| Latvia | 3 | 6 | 34 | 55 | 2 |
| Poland | 3 | 8 | 45 | 41 | 3 |
| Finland | 3 | 7 | 51 | 32 | 7 |
| Luxemburg | 4 | 8 | 43 | 42 | 3 |
| Germany | 4 | 8 | 41 | 42 | 5 |
| Austria | 3 | 10 | 41 | 43 | 3 |
| Ireland | 3 | 11 | 46 | 37 | 3 |
| Norway | 6 | 10 | 46 | 31 | 7 |
| Portugal | 4 | 15 | 55 | 22 | 4 |
| Belgium | 7 | 14 | 45 | 27 | 7 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 15 | 44 | 29 | 4 |
| Sweden | 6 | 14 | 46 | 23 | 11 |
| France | 8 | 14 | 43 | 26 | 9 |
| UK | 11 | 18 | 44 | 21 | 6 |
| Denmark | 9 | 19 | 46 | 16 | 10 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 22 | 40 | 18 | 9 |
| EU27+UK+NO+CH | 5 | 10 | 40 | 41 | 4 |
Do you rather agree or disagree with the following statement? Your country should rely on its internal resources and support families instead of immigration.
| Rather agree | Rather disagree | DK/Refused | |
|---|---|---|---|
| EU27+UK | 69 | 19 | 12 |
| Founding countries and 20th century joiners | 65 | 21 | 14 |
| Former socialist countries | 81 | 11 | 8 |
| V4 | 78 | 13 | 9 |
Do you rather agree or disagree with the following statement? Your country should rely on its internal resources and support families instead of immigration.
| Rather agree | Rather disagree | DK/Refused | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 91 | 3 | 6 |
| Latvia | 90 | 7 | 3 |
| Bulgaria | 90 | 7 | 3 |
| Slovakia | 89 | 6 | 5 |
| Romania | 88 | 6 | 6 |
| Czech Republic | 87 | 8 | 5 |
| Lithuania | 84 | 9 | 7 |
| Croatia | 85 | 10 | 5 |
| Slovenia | 84 | 10 | 6 |
| Estonia | 81 | 11 | 8 |
| Greece | 81 | 14 | 5 |
| Austria | 73 | 14 | 13 |
| Cyprus | 76 | 20 | 4 |
| Poland | 70 | 17 | 13 |
| Italy | 69 | 18 | 13 |
| Switzerland | 70 | 19 | 11 |
| Malta | 71 | 22 | 7 |
| Finland | 66 | 19 | 15 |
| Denmark | 65 | 18 | 17 |
| France | 65 | 19 | 16 |
| Germany | 65 | 21 | 14 |
| UK | 65 | 22 | 13 |
| Belgium | 65 | 22 | 13 |
| Netherlands | 63 | 22 | 15 |
| Spain | 63 | 25 | 12 |
| Norway | 59 | 26 | 15 |
| Portugal | 60 | 28 | 12 |
| Ireland | 58 | 28 | 14 |
| Sweden | 54 | 30 | 16 |
| Luxemburg | 47 | 44 | 9 |
| EU27+UK+NO+CH | 69 | 19 | 12 |
Do you rather agree or disagree with the following statement? The issue of depopulation should be solved not with immigration but with the increase of the number of children born
| Rather agree | Rather disagree | DK/Refused | |
|---|---|---|---|
| EU27+UK | 57 | 24 | 19 |
| Founding countries and 20th century joiners | 53 | 27 | 20 |
| Former socialist countries | 74 | 15 | 11 |
| V4 | 72 | 15 | 13 |
Do you rather agree or disagree with the following statement? The issue of depopulation should be solved not with immigration but with the increase of the number of children born
| Rather agree | Rather disagree | DK/Refused | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 89 | 5 | 6 |
| Bulgaria | 88 | 8 | 4 |
| Latvia | 84 | 12 | 4 |
| Czech Republic | 82 | 11 | 7 |
| Lithuania | 81 | 12 | 7 |
| Slovakia | 77 | 10 | 13 |
| Estonia | 79 | 13 | 8 |
| Slovenia | 76 | 13 | 11 |
| Greece | 76 | 15 | 9 |
| Croatia | 74 | 17 | 9 |
| Romania | 71 | 17 | 12 |
| Italy | 67 | 18 | 15 |
| Portugal | 67 | 21 | 12 |
| Poland | 64 | 19 | 17 |
| Austria | 61 | 22 | 17 |
| Finland | 58 | 21 | 21 |
| Spain | 60 | 24 | 16 |
| Denmark | 55 | 20 | 25 |
| Norway | 55 | 24 | 21 |
| France | 53 | 25 | 22 |
| Germany | 53 | 27 | 20 |
| Cyprus | 57 | 32 | 11 |
| Malta | 55 | 32 | 13 |
| Luxemburg | 51 | 35 | 14 |
| Switzerland | 48 | 33 | 19 |
| Belgium | 46 | 32 | 22 |
| Netherlands | 45 | 31 | 24 |
| Sweden | 42 | 36 | 22 |
| Ireland | 39 | 40 | 21 |
| UK | 36 | 38 | 26 |
| EU27+UK+NO+CH | 57 | 25 | 18 |
In your view, should families with many children be supported specially?
| Yes | No | DK/Refused | |
|---|---|---|---|
| EU27+UK | 52 | 36 | 12 |
| Founding countries and 20th century joiners | 50 | 38 | 12 |
| Former socialist countries | 60 | 29 | 11 |
| V4 | 55 | 32 | 13 |
In your view, should families with many children be supported specially?
| Yes | No | DK/Refused | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 85 | 12 | 3 |
| Latvia | 83 | 12 | 5 |
| Estonia | 78 | 13 | 9 |
| Hungary | 74 | 21 | 5 |
| Spain | 72 | 20 | 8 |
| Bulgaria | 70 | 21 | 9 |
| Lithuania | 69 | 22 | 9 |
| Italy | 68 | 22 | 10 |
| Portugal | 69 | 22 | 9 |
| Romania | 68 | 24 | 8 |
| Slovenia | 65 | 24 | 11 |
| Cyprus | 68 | 27 | 5 |
| Malta | 64 | 30 | 6 |
| Croatia | 62 | 29 | 9 |
| Luxemburg | 61 | 28 | 11 |
| Germany | 57 | 29 | 14 |
| Poland | 53 | 32 | 15 |
| Austria | 53 | 33 | 14 |
| Finland | 51 | 31 | 18 |
| Slovakia | 50 | 35 | 15 |
| Czech Republic | 45 | 41 | 14 |
| France | 42 | 43 | 15 |
| Switzerland | 44 | 45 | 11 |
| Norway | 41 | 44 | 15 |
| Sweden | 36 | 45 | 19 |
| Belgium | 39 | 49 | 12 |
| Ireland | 39 | 49 | 12 |
| Denmark | 27 | 58 | 15 |
| Netherlands | 27 | 64 | 9 |
| UK | 22 | 66 | 12 |
| EU27+UK+NO+CH | 52 | 36 | 12 |
In your view, should the young be helped to start a family and have a child earlier?
| Yes | No | DK/Refused | |
|---|---|---|---|
| EU27+UK | 50 | 37 | 13 |
| Founding countries and 20th century joiners | 45 | 42 | 13 |
| Former socialist countries | 70 | 20 | 10 |
| V4 | 69 | 21 | 10 |
In your view, should the young be helped to start a family and have a child earlier?
| Yes | No | DK/Refused | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 88 | 10 | 2 |
| Slovenia | 84 | 10 | 6 |
| Slovakia | 81 | 11 | 8 |
| Bulgaria | 81 | 13 | 6 |
| Greece | 81 | 15 | 4 |
| Italy | 78 | 14 | 8 |
| Croatia | 76 | 16 | 8 |
| Czech Republic | 72 | 17 | 11 |
| Romania | 72 | 19 | 9 |
| Estonia | 66 | 20 | 14 |
| Spain | 66 | 23 | 11 |
| Portugal | 64 | 28 | 8 |
| Poland | 62 | 26 | 12 |
| Lithuania | 61 | 27 | 12 |
| Cyprus | 60 | 36 | 4 |
| Finland | 54 | 31 | 15 |
| Germany | 47 | 36 | 17 |
| Malta | 52 | 42 | 6 |
| Austria | 46 | 38 | 16 |
| Latvia | 46 | 42 | 12 |
| Norway | 41 | 39 | 20 |
| Luxemburg | 44 | 46 | 10 |
| Ireland | 34 | 51 | 15 |
| Switzerland | 36 | 53 | 11 |
| France | 31 | 55 | 14 |
| Belgium | 28 | 59 | 13 |
| Denmark | 24 | 56 | 20 |
| Sweden | 23 | 60 | 17 |
| Netherlands | 24 | 65 | 11 |
| UK | 20 | 67 | 13 |
| EU27+UK+NO+CH | 50 | 38 | 12 |
In your view, is it important that families live in homes owned by them?
| Not important at all | Not important | Important | Highly important | DK/Refused | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU27+UK | 6 | 22 | 41 | 25 | 6 |
| Founding countries and 20th century joiners | 7 | 25 | 41 | 21 | 6 |
| Former socialist countries | 2 | 11 | 41 | 43 | 3 |
| V4 | 2 | 9 | 40 | 46 | 3 |
In your view, is it important that families live in homes owned by them?
| Not important at all | Not important | Important | Highly important | DK/Refused | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 1 | 6 | 41 | 51 | 1 |
| Poland | 2 | 6 | 43 | 47 | 2 |
| Hungary | 2 | 6 | 27 | 64 | 1 |
| Croatia | 1 | 8 | 36 | 54 | 1 |
| Malta | 2 | 7 | 48 | 42 | 1 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 11 | 53 | 34 | 1 |
| Estonia | 3 | 9 | 53 | 33 | 2 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 10 | 41 | 46 | 1 |
| Cyprus | 4 | 9 | 46 | 41 | 0 |
| Greece | 2 | 11 | 42 | 43 | 2 |
| Latvia | 3 | 12 | 44 | 39 | 2 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 11 | 52 | 30 | 3 |
| Luxemburg | 6 | 13 | 50 | 27 | 4 |
| Italy | 4 | 17 | 43 | 33 | 3 |
| Romania | 4 | 19 | 42 | 33 | 2 |
| Ireland | 5 | 22 | 42 | 28 | 3 |
| Belgium | 5 | 19 | 45 | 21 | 10 |
| France | 6 | 20 | 44 | 22 | 8 |
| Czech Republic | 4 | 25 | 41 | 26 | 4 |
| Spain | 5 | 24 | 45 | 21 | 5 |
| Norway | 6 | 25 | 45 | 18 | 6 |
| Portugal | 5 | 29 | 43 | 22 | 1 |
| UK | 7 | 26 | 45 | 18 | 4 |
| Germany | 11 | 32 | 34 | 14 | 9 |
| Austria | 9 | 35 | 34 | 14 | 8 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 34 | 35 | 12 | 9 |
| Finland | 7 | 39 | 34 | 10 | 10 |
| Sweden | 13 | 38 | 29 | 11 | 9 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 42 | 29 | 10 | 6 |
| Denmark | 21 | 44 | 20 | 6 | 9 |
| EU27+UK+NO+CH | 6 | 22 | 41 | 25 | 6 |
In addition to financial support, do you think it is also important to strengthen a family-friendly mentality?
| Not important at all | Not important | Important | Highly important | DK/Refused | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU27+UK | 3 | 8 | 47 | 35 | 7 |
| Founding countries and 20th century joiners | 3 | 9 | 47 | 34 | 7 |
| Former socialist countries | 2 | 6 | 46 | 39 | 7 |
| V4 | 3 | 8 | 48 | 33 | 8 |
In addition to financial support, do you think it is also important to strengthen a family-friendly mentality?
| Not important at all | Not important | Important | Highly important | DK/Refused | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 1 | 2 | 43 | 52 | 2 |
| Hungary | 1 | 2 | 31 | 65 | 1 |
| Malta | 1 | 3 | 51 | 44 | 1 |
| Portugal | 1 | 3 | 52 | 42 | 2 |
| Estonia | 2 | 3 | 48 | 45 | 2 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 4 | 43 | 50 | 2 |
| Romania | 1 | 3 | 39 | 53 | 4 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 3 | 50 | 43 | 2 |
| Greece | 2 | 4 | 37 | 55 | 2 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 3 | 51 | 39 | 5 |
| Latvia | 2 | 5 | 54 | 34 | 5 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 6 | 57 | 30 | 7 |
| Ireland | 3 | 6 | 49 | 38 | 4 |
| Germany | 2 | 6 | 44 | 42 | 6 |
| Croatia | 2 | 8 | 41 | 46 | 3 |
| Austria | 2 | 7 | 43 | 42 | 6 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 5 | 52 | 29 | 12 |
| Italy | 3 | 8 | 45 | 40 | 4 |
| Luxemburg | 2 | 10 | 53 | 31 | 4 |
| Finland | 2 | 7 | 57 | 24 | 10 |
| UK | 2 | 8 | 50 | 32 | 8 |
| Spain | 4 | 9 | 50 | 32 | 5 |
| Norway | 5 | 9 | 56 | 21 | 9 |
| Sweden | 3 | 10 | 51 | 23 | 13 |
| Poland | 4 | 10 | 49 | 26 | 11 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 14 | 47 | 29 | 7 |
| Belgium | 4 | 12 | 52 | 22 | 10 |
| France | 4 | 13 | 48 | 24 | 11 |
| Denmark | 4 | 13 | 50 | 20 | 13 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 16 | 50 | 18 | 10 |
| EU27+UK+NO+CH | 3 | 8 | 47 | 35 | 7 |