TABLE 1

FROM:

From 'Permissive Consensus' to 'Constraining Dissensus': A Polarizing Union?

Ian Down and Carole J Wilson

Table 1. Analysis of the mean support for EU membership

Country	Year	Maastricht	Maastricht Year	Constant	91–92 Difference	Post-92 Slope	N
Austriaa	0.020*			1.596*			9
	(0.009)			(0.242)
Belgium	0.001	-0.112	-0.002	2.632*	-0.166*	-0.001	30
	(0.003)	(0.201)	(0.008)	(0.042)
Denmark	0.013*	0.342	-0.012	1.963*	0.091	0.001	30
	(0.004)	(0.254)	(0.010)	(0.053)
Finlanda	-0.001			2.234*			10
	(0.008)			(0.235)
France	0.003	0.131	-0.014*	2.550*	-0.176*	-0.011*	30
	(0.003)	(0.172)	(0.007)	(0.036)
Germany-Easta	-0.040*			3.496*			13
	(0.010)			(0.265)
Germany-West	-0.001	-0.026	-0.004	2.583*	-0.123*	-0.005	30
	(0.003)	(0.192)	(0.008)	(0.040)
Great Britain	0.020*	0.826*	-0.039*	1.833*	-0.006	-0.019	30
	(0.006)	(0.365)	(0.014)	(0.076)
Greece	0.054*	1.225*	-0.063*	1.594*	-0.104*	-0.009	23
	(0.006)	(0.221)	(0.010)	(0.101)
Ireland	0.018*	0.266	-0.008	2.217*	0.118	0.010	30
	(0.005)	(0.293)	(0.012)	(0.061)
Italy	0.002	0.157	-0.010*	2.721*	-0.066*	-0.008*	30
	(0.002)	(0.130)	(0.005)	(0.027)
Luxembourg	0.003	-0.139	0.003	2.720*	-0.076*	0.006	30
	(0.002)	(0.116)	(0.005)	(0.024)
Netherlands	0.007*	0.453*	-0.022*	2.695*	-0.032	-0.015*	30
	(0.001)	(0.070)	(0.003)	(0.015)
N. Ireland	0.037*	0.895*	-0.040*	1.677*	0.048	-0.003	28
	(0.005)	(0.298)	(0.012)	(0.076)
Portugal	0.032*	0.221	-0.024	2.099*	-0.277*	0.008	18
	(0.017)	(0.377)	(0.019)	(0.300)
Spain	0.014	-0.543	0.009	2.421*	-0.325*	0.023*	18
	(0.014)	(0.321)	(0.016)	(0.256)
Swedena	0.011			1.686*			9
	(0.016)			(0.461)
EU	0.009*	0.297	-0.018*	2.382*	-0.094*	-0.009	30
	(0.003)	(0.192)	(0.007)	(0.040)

^a Post-Maastricht analysis only.

  ^* P<0.10 two-tailed t-test (in bold).