| Characteristic | Yes, for common purchases such as day-to-day shopping | Yes, for exceptional purchases such as the purchase of a car or a house | No, not at all | It depends | You don't remember the value of the previous currency (spontaneous) | Don't know |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lithuania | 20% | 13% | 60% | 7% | 0% | 0% |
| Italy | 18% | 6% | 70% | 3% | 2% | 1% |
| Slovakia | 24% | 11% | 62% | 3% | 0% | 0% |
| Belgium | 22% | 23% | 50% | 2% | 2% | 1% |
| Portugal | 16% | 9% | 71% | 1% | 2% | 1% |
| Germany | 17% | 20% | 58% | 3% | 1% | 1% |
| Luxembourg | 21% | 15% | 58% | 4% | 1% | 1% |
| Austria | 13% | 21% | 62% | 2% | 1% | 1% |
| EURO AREA | 15% | 15% | 65% | 3% | 1% | 1% |
| France | 18% | 15% | 60% | 3% | 2% | 2% |
| Greece | 16% | 7% | 73% | 2% | 1% | 1% |
| Malta | 11% | 11% | 71% | 6% | 1% | 0% |
| Spain | 9% | 21% | 68% | 1% | 1% | 0% |
| The Netherlands | 8% | 15% | 71% | 4% | 1% | 1% |
| Slovenia | 8% | 4% | 86% | 1% | 1% | 0% |
| Cyprus | 10% | 6% | 81% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| Latvia | 5% | 8% | 86% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
| Estonia | 5% | 8% | 82% | 5% | 0% | 0% |
| Ireland | 6% | 2% | 89% | 0% | 1% | 2% |
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Release date
November 2018
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Region
Europe
Survey time period
October 2018
Number of respondents
17,589 respondents
Age group
15 and older
Special properties
citizens of euro area countries
Method of interview
Telephone interview
Supplementary notes
The question in full read as follows: "Today when you are buying things do you tend to convert from the price in euro to the previous national currency when it concerns:"
The euro is the official currency of 19 Member States of the EU: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain. These countries are collectively known as the euro area.
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