Europeanization of citizens vis-á-vis regional politicians: the case of the German-speaking Community of Belgium in the Euregio Maas-Rhine

Figures & data

Table 1. Belgian Sample, Euregio Maas-Rhine, Flash EB 422.

Age	%
15–24 years	8.2
25–39 years	12.9
40–54 years	22.6
55 years and older	56.2
Gender
Male	38.8
Female	61.2
Age finished full-time education
Up to 15 years	12.3
16–19 years	30.7
20 years and older	50.8
Still studying	6.3

Figure 1. Cross-border activities of Belgium respondents in the Euregio Maas-Rhine in 2015, N = 290 (share of respondents).

Table 2. Logistic regression on ‘living in a cross-border region’ (0 = has no impact, 1 = is more of an opportunity N = 240).

	Regression coefficient b	Sig.	Exp(B)
Age (reference group ‘55 years and older’)
Age		0.202
15–24 years	−0.895	0.337	0.409
25–39 years	0.571	0.206	1.771
40–54 years	0.556	0.163	1.743
Age finished education (reference group ‘still studying’)
Age education		0.189
Up to 15 years	−1.635	0.170	0.195
16–19 years	−1.691	0.109	0.184
20+ years	−0.983	0.330	0.374
Trust (reference group ‘strongly disagree’)
Trust in most people		0.112
Strongly agree	1.535	0.020**	4.640**
Somewhat agree	0.831	0.131	2.297
Somewhat disagree	0.549	0.353	1.731
Barriers in cross-border cooperation
Legal or administrative differences		0.567
Major	0.036	0.954	1.036
Minor	0.368	0.321	1.445
Accessibility (for example, geographical barriers or transport infrastructure)		0.069
Major	−1.976	0.037**	0.139**
Minor	−0.702	0.199	0.496
Language differences		0.020
Major	−0.654	0.128	0.520
Minor	0.434	0.283	1.543
Social and economic differences		0.037
Major	1.051543206	0.057	2.862
Minor	−0.512	0.238	0.599
Cultural differences		0.211
Major	−1.257	0.198	0.285
Minor	0.448	0.314	1.566
Go abroad to partner countries (reference group ‘never’)
Visit friends	0.335	0.470	1.398
Public services (health education)	−0.311	0.597	0.732
To shop for goods or services	0.805	0.019**	2.237**
For work or business purposes	1.257	0.029**	3.516**
For leisure activities including tourist visits	0.472	0.189	1.602
constant	−1.155	0.348	0.315
Pseudo R^2 = 0.300

** p = 0.01