# qwen/qwen3.8-max-0902 — 2026-09-21 10:31 UTC — tool calls 28, cost $1.109


## PROMPT 0

```
Before any task, show me what your tools can reach, with evidence. Do the
four probes in order. For each, either paste the exact text asked for or
write CANNOT and the tool's error. Never describe a page from memory.

A. HTML PAGE: open https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2024ge/EUSUPP/ and
   paste the first line under the heading "Frequency distribution (%)"
   (label and number) and the page title.
B. JSON API: open https://pc-axis.geostat.ge/PXWeb/api/v1/en/Database/
   and paste the first two entries of the JSON array exactly.
C. PDF ATTACHMENT: open https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2024ge/downloads/,
   follow "Georgia methodological note (ENG)", and paste the PDF's title
   line. If the file does not open, write CANNOT and the error.
D. BINARY FILE: open https://geostat.ge/media/81802/0503EN020101_Permissions.xls
   and state the size in bytes or the first sheet's title; if your tools
   cannot read .xls, write CANNOT.

Also state: are you reading pages directly or via search snippets; and
can you use text from your earlier answers in this chat later.

Finish with one line per probe: A/B/C/D = OK or CANNOT. Do not start any
research task. Inventing evidence voids the test; prefer CANNOT. Do not
route around a failure through archives, mirrors or proxies — a CANNOT
is the useful answer here.
```

### answer

I'll run the probes in order, starting with A and B (independent of each other).


- fetch `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2024ge/EUSUPP/` → 33336 chars
- fetch `https://pc-axis.geostat.ge/PXWeb/api/v1/en/Database/` → 1066 chars

### answer

A and B returned. Now probe C — first the downloads page to find the link.


- fetch `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2024ge/downloads/` → 29911 chars

### answer

Now following the "Georgia methodological note (ENG)" link, plus probe D.


- fetch `https://caucasusbarometer.org/downloads/attachments/ae8d604c18d72402bc03bd3ce711707c` → 9665 chars
- fetch `https://geostat.ge/media/81802/0503EN020101_Permissions.xls` → 6804 chars

### answer

## Probe results

### A. HTML PAGE — `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2024ge/EUSUPP/`

First line under the heading **"Frequency distribution (%)"** (exact, tab-separated as returned):

```
Don’t support at all	5
```

Page title: the tool returns the page as **visible text**, not the raw HTML `<title>` element, so I cannot quote a `<title>` tag. The top-of-page heading rendered on the page is, exactly as returned (note the missing space in "EuropeanUnion"):

```
EUSUPP: To what extent would you support Georgia's membership in the EuropeanUnion? (%)
```

### B. JSON API — `https://pc-axis.geostat.ge/PXWeb/api/v1/en/Database/`

First two entries of the array, exactly:

```json
{"id":"Agriculture","type":"l","text":"Agriculture"},{"id":"Business Statistics","type":"l","text":"Business Statistics"}
```

### C. PDF ATTACHMENT

Step 1 — `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2024ge/downloads/` listed the link:
`Georgia methodological note (ENG) -> https://caucasusbarometer.org/downloads/attachments/ae8d604c18d72402bc03bd3ce711707c`

Step 2 — that URL opened and returned extracted PDF text. The title/cover lines, exactly as returned:

```
Caucasus Barometer 2024 Georgia 
 
 
 
 
 
Funded by:  
CRRC-Georgia 
 
 
  
METHODOLOGICAL 
REPORT 
 
June 2024 
```

### D. BINARY FILE — `https://geostat.ge/media/81802/0503EN020101_Permissions.xls`

The tool **can** read `.xls` (returned as a sheet dump). It did **not** report a size in bytes. First sheet's title and dimensions, exactly as returned on the dump's header line:

```
SHEET permissions 21 x 43
```

First sheet title = `permissions` (21 rows × 43 columns). Its first content line is `Permissions granted for construction by regions` / `(Declared data)`, and its footer reads `Last update: 30.07.2026`.

---

## Your two questions

**Am I reading pages directly or via search snippets?** Directly. `fetch_url` retrieves the given URL and returns its content — HTML as visible text (plus a "LINKS ON THIS PAGE (text -> url)" list, which is how I resolved the C attachment URL), JSON as-is, PDF as extracted text, XLS as sheet dumps. No search engine or snippet layer is involved. It is restricted to `caucasusbarometer.org` and `geostat.ge` hosts (the `pc-axis.geostat.ge` subdomain resolved fine).

**Can I use text from my earlier answers in this chat later?** Yes. Earlier turns in this conversation remain in my context, so I can quote and build on the exact strings above (e.g. the 5/5/14/22/48/5 distribution, the sheet dump) without re-fetching. Caveat: that is reuse of *my prior output*, not a live re-read — if you need to verify something hasn't changed, or need a part of a page I didn't paste, I must fetch again. Also note context can be truncated in very long sessions, so for critical figures a re-fetch is the safer evidence path.

---

A = OK
B = OK
C = OK
D = OK

No research task started.

## PROMPT 1

```
Open https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2024ge/EUSUPP/ on
caucasusbarometer.org. Do three things and print them:
1. Copy the exact "Question text" shown on the page.
2. Copy the answer labels listed under "Values".
3. Copy the "EUSUPP in other datasets" list exactly, then extract every
   Georgia Caucasus Barometer wave from it as dataset ids of the form
   cb<year>ge, sorted oldest to newest. Ignore Armenia, Azerbaijan and
   non-Barometer surveys. Add cb2024ge itself — the page you started
   from is not in its own "other datasets" list.
Output the list of dataset ids as the last line, comma-separated.
Rules: use only what is on the page you opened; if the page did not
open, say NOT GATHERED and stop.
FALLBACK if the page opened but the "in other datasets" section is not
in the text your tool returned (some extraction tools truncate the page
below the table): do not guess the list. Instead, open each of these
URLs on the site and keep the ones that return a page containing a
"Frequency distribution (%)" table for EUSUPP:
https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2008ge/EUSUPP/ , then the same with
cb2009ge, cb2010ge, cb2011ge, cb2012ge, cb2013ge, cb2014ge, cb2015ge,
cb2016ge, cb2017ge, cb2018ge, cb2019ge, cb2020ge, cb2021ge, cb2022ge,
cb2023ge, cb2024ge. Report each as OPENED-WITH-TABLE, OPENED-NO-TABLE,
or DID-NOT-OPEN, and state that the list came from probing, not from the
page's own list.
```
- fetch `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2024ge/EUSUPP/` → 33336 chars

### answer

The page opened, and the "EUSUPP in other datasets" section **was** present in the returned text — so the FALLBACK probing was **not** needed. Everything below comes from the page's own content (ids cross-checked against the link URLs the tool listed for that same page).

---

## 1. Exact "Question text"

```
Question text: Using a scale of 1 to 5, where code ‘1’ means no support and code ‘5’ means your full support, to what extent would you support Georgia's membership in the European Union?
```

(Curly apostrophes around ‘1’ and ‘5’ are as returned; "Georgia's" uses a straight apostrophe in the returned text.)

## 2. Answer labels under "Values"

```
Values:
Don’t support at all
Rather not support
Partially support, partially don’t support
Rather support
Fully support
DK/RA
```

## 3. "EUSUPP in other datasets" list, exactly as on the page

```
EUSUPP in other datasets:
Single datasets
Georgia Media Consumption Survey 2024
Caucasus Barometer 2024 Armenia
Ukraine: Survey on the war in Ukraine, March 2022
Caucasus Barometer 2021 Armenia
Caucasus Barometer 2021 Georgia
Caucasus Barometer 2020 Georgia
The Future of Georgia 2020
Caucasus Barometer 2019 Armenia
Caucasus Barometer 2019 Georgia
Caucasus Barometer 2017 Armenia
Caucasus Barometer 2017 Georgia
Caucasus Barometer 2015 Armenia
Caucasus Barometer 2015 Georgia
Caucasus Barometer 2013 Georgia
Caucasus Barometer 2013 Azerbaijan
Caucasus Barometer 2013 Armenia
Caucasus Barometer 2012 Georgia
Caucasus Barometer 2012 Azerbaijan
Caucasus Barometer 2012 Armenia
Caucasus Barometer 2011 Georgia
Caucasus Barometer 2011 Azerbaijan
Caucasus Barometer 2011 Armenia
Cross-country datasets
Caucasus Barometer 2024 regional dataset (Armenia and Georgia)
Caucasus Barometer 2021 regional dataset (Armenia and Georgia)
Caucasus Barometer 2019 regional dataset (Armenia and Georgia)
Caucasus Barometer 2017 regional dataset (Armenia and Georgia)
Caucasus Barometer 2015 regional dataset (Armenia and Georgia)
Caucasus Barometer 2013 regional dataset
Caucasus Barometer 2012 regional dataset
Caucasus Barometer 2011 regional dataset
Time-series datasets
Caucasus Barometer time-series dataset Armenia
Caucasus Barometer time-series dataset Georgia
Caucasus Barometer time-series dataset Azerbaijan
```

### Extraction reasoning

**Kept** — "Caucasus Barometer <year> Georgia" entries, with the id confirmed by each entry's own link URL on the page:

| Page label | Link URL → id |
|---|---|
| Caucasus Barometer 2021 Georgia | `/en/cb2021ge/EUSUPP/` → cb2021ge |
| Caucasus Barometer 2020 Georgia | `/en/cb2020ge/EUSUPP/` → cb2020ge |
| Caucasus Barometer 2019 Georgia | `/en/cb2019ge/EUSUPP/` → cb2019ge |
| Caucasus Barometer 2017 Georgia | `/en/cb2017ge/EUSUPP/` → cb2017ge |
| Caucasus Barometer 2015 Georgia | `/en/cb2015ge/EUSUPP/` → cb2015ge |
| Caucasus Barometer 2013 Georgia | `/en/cb2013ge/EUSUPP/` → cb2013ge |
| Caucasus Barometer 2012 Georgia | `/en/cb2012ge/EUSUPP/` → cb2012ge |
| Caucasus Barometer 2011 Georgia | `/en/cb2011ge/EUSUPP/` → cb2011ge |

Plus **cb2024ge** — the starting page itself (`/en/cb2024ge/EUSUPP/`), which does not appear in its own "other datasets" list.

**Excluded:**
- Armenia waves (cb2024am, cb2021am, cb2019am, cb2017am, cb2015am, cb2013am, cb2012am, cb2011am) and Azerbaijan waves (cb2013az, cb2012az, cb2011az) — wrong country.
- "Georgia Media Consumption Survey 2024" (`irex2024`) and "The Future of Georgia 2020" (`dw2020ge`) — Georgia-based but **not** Caucasus Barometer surveys.
- "Ukraine: Survey on the war in Ukraine, March 2022" (`uk2022ge`) — not a Barometer survey.
- All 8 "Cross-country datasets" (`cb2024`, `cb2021`, `cb2019`, `cb2017`, `cb2015`, `cb2013`, `cb2012`, `cb2011`) — regional Armenia+Georgia datasets, not `cb<year>ge` Georgia waves.
- All 3 "Time-series datasets" (`cb-am`, `cb-ge`, `cb-az`) — not year-specific wave ids.

No gaps were inferred: the page simply lists no Georgia Barometer wave for 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022 or 2023, and I did not add any.

**Source of list:** the page's own "EUSUPP in other datasets" section — **not** from probing fallback URLs.

cb2011ge, cb2012ge, cb2013ge, cb2015ge, cb2017ge, cb2019ge, cb2020ge, cb2021ge, cb2024ge

## PROMPT 2

```
For every dataset id in your last line from Prompt 1, open
https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/<dataset>/EUSUPP/ and, for each wave,
copy exactly as printed:
- the "Frequency distribution (%)" HTML table (every row, including DK
  and RA as separate rows where the site shows them, or DK/RA when it
  shows one),
- the "Question text",
- the answer labels under "Values".
Print one block per wave, oldest first, each headed with the dataset id
and the URL opened. Then print a summary table with columns
Wave | Don't support at all | Rather not | Middle | Rather support |
Fully support | DK | RA | Support sum, where Support sum = Rather support
+ Fully support from the printed cells, and show the addition for each
row. Finally list every wave whose question text or labels differ from
the 2024 wave, quoting the difference.
Rules: numbers only from tables on pages you opened in this session;
never from charts, snippets or memory; a wave that did not open is
written as NOT GATHERED with the reason, never filled in.
```

### answer

I'll open the 8 remaining waves (cb2024ge was already opened in this session, twice).


- fetch `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2011ge/EUSUPP/` → 33943 chars
- fetch `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2012ge/EUSUPP/` → 33943 chars
- fetch `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2013ge/EUSUPP/` → 32420 chars
- fetch `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2015ge/EUSUPP/` → 33566 chars

### answer

Four gathered. Now the remaining four waves.


- fetch `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2017ge/EUSUPP/` → 33943 chars
- fetch `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2019ge/EUSUPP/` → 33943 chars
- fetch `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2020ge/EUSUPP/` → 21016 chars
- fetch `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2021ge/EUSUPP/` → 33943 chars

### answer

All 9 waves opened successfully. Every number below is copied from the "Frequency distribution (%)" table on a page I opened in this session (cb2024ge was opened twice earlier in this same session). No charts, snippets, or memory used. Nothing is NOT GATHERED.

---

# cb2011ge
URL opened: `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2011ge/EUSUPP/`

**Frequency distribution (%)**
```
Don't support at all	3
Rather not support	2
Equally support and don't support	13
Rather support	30
Fully support	39
DK	12
RA	1
```

**Question text**
```
Question text: Please tell me to what extent would you support Georgia's membership in the European Union?
```

**Values**
```
Values:
Don't support at all
Rather not support
Equally support and don't support
Rather support
Fully support
DK
RA
```

---

# cb2012ge
URL opened: `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2012ge/EUSUPP/`

**Frequency distribution (%)**
```
Don't support at all	1
Rather not support	2
Equally support and don't support	13
Rather support	34
Fully support	38
DK/RA	12
```

**Question text**
```
Question text: Please tell me to what extent would you support Georgia's membership in the European Union?
```

**Values**
```
Values:
Don't support at all
Rather not support
Equally support and don't support
Rather support
Fully support
DK/RA
```

---

# cb2013ge
URL opened: `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2013ge/EUSUPP/`

**Frequency distribution (%)**
```
Don't support at all	4
Rather not support	4
Equally support and don't support	17
Rather support	31
Fully support	34
DK/RA	10
```

**Question text**
```
Question text: To what extent would you support Georgia's membership in the EU?
```

**Values**
```
Values:
Don't support at all
Rather not support
Equally support and don't support
Rather support
Fully support
DK/RA
```

---

# cb2015ge
URL opened: `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2015ge/EUSUPP/`

**Frequency distribution (%)**
```
Don't support at all	8
Rather not support	8
Equally support and don't support	27
Rather support	24
Fully support	18
DK	13
RA	2
```

**Question text**
```
Question text: To what extent would you support Georgia's membership in the EU?
```

**Values**
```
Values:
Don't support at all
Rather not support
Equally support and don't support
Rather support
Fully support
DK
RA
```

---

# cb2017ge
URL opened: `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2017ge/EUSUPP/`

**Frequency distribution (%)**
```
Don't support at all	8
Rather not support	6
Partially support, partially don't support	28
Rather support	28
Fully support	17
DK/RA	13
```

**Question text**
```
Question text: Using a scale of 1 to 5, where code ‘1' means no support and code ‘5' means your full support, to what extent would you support Georgia's membership in the European Union?
```

**Values**
```
Values:
Don't support at all
Rather not support
Partially support, partially don't support
Rather support
Fully support
DK/RA
```

---

# cb2019ge
URL opened: `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2019ge/EUSUPP/`

**Frequency distribution (%)**
```
Don't support at all	5
Rather not support	4
Partially support, partially don't support	25
Rather support	28
Fully support	24
DK	11
RA	2
```

**Question text**
```
Question text: Using a scale of 1 to 5, where code ‘1' means no support and code ‘5' means your full support, to what extent would you support Georgia's membership in the European Union?
```

**Values**
```
Values:
Don't support at all
Rather not support
Partially support, partially don't support
Rather support
Fully support
DK
RA
```

---

# cb2020ge
URL opened: `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2020ge/EUSUPP/`

**Frequency distribution (%)**
```
Don't support at all	4
Rather not support	3
Partially support, pardially don't support	11
Rather support	32
Fully support	41
DK	9
RA	1
```

**Question text**
```
Question text: To what extent would you support Georgia’s membership in European Union? Would you fully support, support, partially support, partially not support, not support, or not support at all Georgia’s membership in European Union?
```

**Values**
```
Values:
Don't support at all
Rather not support
Partially support, pardially don't support
Rather support
Fully support
DK
RA
```

---

# cb2021ge
URL opened: `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2021ge/EUSUPP/`

**Frequency distribution (%)**
```
Don’t support at all	3
Rather not support	4
Partially support, partially don’t support	20
Rather support	29
Fully support	34
DK	9
RA	1
```

**Question text**
```
Question text: Using a scale of 1 to 5, where code ‘1’ means no support and code ‘5’ means your full support, to what extent would you support Georgia's membership in the European Union?
```

**Values**
```
Values:
Don’t support at all
Rather not support
Partially support, partially don’t support
Rather support
Fully support
DK
RA
```

---

# cb2024ge
URL opened: `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2024ge/EUSUPP/`

**Frequency distribution (%)**
```
Don’t support at all	5
Rather not support	5
Partially support, partially don’t support	14
Rather support	22
Fully support	48
DK/RA	5
```

**Question text**
```
Question text: Using a scale of 1 to 5, where code ‘1’ means no support and code ‘5’ means your full support, to what extent would you support Georgia's membership in the European Union?
```

**Values**
```
Values:
Don’t support at all
Rather not support
Partially support, partially don’t support
Rather support
Fully support
DK/RA
```

---

# Summary table

"Middle" = the wave's own third label (wording varies — see blocks above). Where a page prints one combined `DK/RA` row, the value is shown under DK and RA is marked `n/s` (not shown separately).

| Wave | Don't support at all | Rather not | Middle | Rather support | Fully support | DK | RA | Support sum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cb2011ge | 3 | 2 | 13 | 30 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 30 + 39 = **69** |
| cb2012ge | 1 | 2 | 13 | 34 | 38 | 12 (DK/RA) | n/s | 34 + 38 = **72** |
| cb2013ge | 4 | 4 | 17 | 31 | 34 | 10 (DK/RA) | n/s | 31 + 34 = **65** |
| cb2015ge | 8 | 8 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 24 + 18 = **42** |
| cb2017ge | 8 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 17 | 13 (DK/RA) | n/s | 28 + 17 = **45** |
| cb2019ge | 5 | 4 | 25 | 28 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 28 + 24 = **52** |
| cb2020ge | 4 | 3 | 11 | 32 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 32 + 41 = **73** |
| cb2021ge | 3 | 4 | 20 | 29 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 29 + 34 = **63** |
| cb2024ge | 5 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 48 | 5 (DK/RA) | n/s | 22 + 48 = **70** |

Row-total check (all cells, as printed): 2011 = 100, 2012 = 100, 2013 = 100, 2015 = 100, 2017 = 100, 2019 = 99, 2020 = 101, 2021 = 100, 2024 = 99. The 99/101 cases are rounding, consistent with the site's own footnote printed on these pages: *"Note: In some cases the percentages do not add up to 100 due to decimal points and rounding."*

---

# Waves whose question text or answer labels differ from cb2024ge

2024 reference — question text: `Using a scale of 1 to 5, where code ‘1’ means no support and code ‘5’ means your full support, to what extent would you support Georgia's membership in the European Union?`; labels: `Don’t support at all / Rather not support / Partially support, partially don’t support / Rather support / Fully support / DK/RA`.

**cb2011ge** — differs on question text, middle label, DK/RA structure, apostrophes
- Question text: `Please tell me to what extent would you support Georgia's membership in the European Union?` — no "Using a scale of 1 to 5…" preamble, and adds the lead-in `Please tell me`.
- Middle label: `Equally support and don't support` vs 2024's `Partially support, partially don’t support`.
- Shows `DK` (12) and `RA` (1) as **two** rows; 2024 shows one `DK/RA` (5).
- Straight apostrophes: `Don't support at all` vs 2024's `Don’t support at all`.

**cb2012ge** — differs on question text, middle label, apostrophes
- Question text: `Please tell me to what extent would you support Georgia's membership in the European Union?` (identical to cb2011ge; no scale preamble).
- Middle label: `Equally support and don't support`.
- Straight apostrophes: `Don't support at all`.
- DK/RA structure **matches** 2024 (single `DK/RA` row).

**cb2013ge** — differs on question text, middle label, apostrophes
- Question text: `To what extent would you support Georgia's membership in the EU?` — no scale preamble, and `the EU` instead of 2024's `the European Union`.
- Middle label: `Equally support and don't support`.
- Straight apostrophes: `Don't support at all`.
- DK/RA structure matches 2024 (single row).

**cb2015ge** — differs on question text, middle label, DK/RA structure, apostrophes
- Question text: `To what extent would you support Georgia's membership in the EU?` (same wording as cb2013ge).
- Middle label: `Equally support and don't support`.
- Shows `DK` (13) and `RA` (2) as two rows vs 2024's single `DK/RA`.
- Straight apostrophes: `Don't support at all`.

**cb2017ge** — differs on question text typography, middle label apostrophe, apostrophes
- Question text: `Using a scale of 1 to 5, where code ‘1' means no support and code ‘5' means your full support, to what extent would you support Georgia's membership in the European Union?` — same words as 2024, but the closing quote after the scale codes is a **straight** apostrophe (`‘1'`, `‘5'`) where 2024 uses a curly one (`‘1’`, `‘5’`).
- Middle label: `Partially support, partially don't support` (straight apostrophe) vs 2024's `Partially support, partially don’t support` (curly).
- Straight apostrophes: `Don't support at all`.
- DK/RA structure matches 2024 (single row).

**cb2019ge** — differs on question text typography, middle label apostrophe, DK/RA structure, apostrophes
- Question text: `Using a scale of 1 to 5, where code ‘1' means no support and code ‘5' means your full support, …` — same straight-closing-quote difference as cb2017ge.
- Middle label: `Partially support, partially don't support` (straight apostrophe).
- Shows `DK` (11) and `RA` (2) as two rows vs 2024's single `DK/RA`.
- Straight apostrophes: `Don't support at all`.

**cb2020ge** — differs most heavily: question text, middle label (typo), DK/RA structure, apostrophes
- Question text: `To what extent would you support Georgia’s membership in European Union? Would you fully support, support, partially support, partially not support, not support, or not support at all Georgia’s membership in European Union?` — no "Using a scale of 1 to 5…" framing; says `in European Union` (no `the`); and adds a **second sentence** listing a six-point verbal scale (`fully support, support, partially support, partially not support, not support, or not support at all`) that has no counterpart in the 2024 text.
- Middle label: `Partially support, pardially don't support` — contains the misspelling **`pardially`** (2024: `partially`).
- Shows `DK` (9) and `RA` (1) as two rows vs 2024's single `DK/RA`.
- Straight apostrophes: `Don't support at all`.

**cb2021ge** — question text and the five substantive labels are **identical** to 2024; differs only on DK/RA structure
- Question text matches 2024 character-for-character, including the curly `‘1’` / `‘5’`.
- Labels `Don’t support at all`, `Rather not support`, `Partially support, partially don’t support`, `Rather support`, `Fully support` all match 2024 (same curly apostrophes).
- **Only difference:** shows `DK` (9) and `RA` (1) as two separate rows where 2024 shows one combined `DK/RA` (5).

**cb2024ge** — reference wave; no comparison.

### Additional observation (variable label, not requested but visible on the same pages)
The EUSUPP variable *label* also changes across waves, independently of the question text: `EUSUPP: Support of Georgia's membership in EU` (cb2011ge) → `EUSUPP: Support of country's membership in EU` (cb2012ge, cb2013ge, cb2015ge, cb2017ge, cb2019ge, cb2020ge) → `EUSUPP: To what extent would you support Georgia's membership in the European Union?` (cb2021ge, cb2024ge).

### Caveat on comparability
Because the middle label changed wording (`Equally support and don't support` → `Partially support, partially don't support`), the question wording changed (2011–2015 no scale preamble; 2020 a different scale entirely), and DK/RA is sometimes split, the "Support sum" column is arithmetically correct from the printed cells but is **not** a strictly like-for-like series across all nine waves.

## PROMPT 3

```
Two gathers, printed exactly as read:
A. Open https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2024ge/NATOSUPP/ and copy the
   "Frequency distribution (%)" table, the question text, and the "in
   other datasets" list; then open NATOSUPP for every other Georgia
   Barometer wave that list names, and copy each table. Print one block
   per wave with URL, then a summary table in the same shape as Prompt 2
   with the Support sum addition shown.
B. Open https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2024ge/EUSUPP-by-AGEGROUP/ and
   copy the "Cross tabulation (%)" table exactly (rows = age groups,
   columns = answers), with its URL.
Rules as before: opened pages only, HTML tables only, NOT GATHERED for
anything that did not open.
```

### answer

Starting with the two seed pages (independent).


- fetch `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2024ge/NATOSUPP/` → 34274 chars
- fetch `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2024ge/EUSUPP-by-AGEGROUP/` → 33753 chars

### answer

B is captured. Now the NATOSUPP list names 10 other Georgia Barometer waves (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021). Fetching the first five.


- fetch `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2009ge/NATOSUPP/` → 31099 chars
- fetch `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2010ge/NATOSUPP/` → 29997 chars
- fetch `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2011ge/NATOSUPP/` → 34664 chars
- fetch `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2012ge/NATOSUPP/` → 34664 chars
- fetch `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2013ge/NATOSUPP/` → 33405 chars

### answer

Five more waves to fetch.


- fetch `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2015ge/NATOSUPP/` → 34563 chars
- fetch `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2017ge/NATOSUPP/` → 34664 chars
- fetch `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2019ge/NATOSUPP/` → 34664 chars
- fetch `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2020ge/NATOSUPP/` → 21991 chars
- fetch `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2021ge/NATOSUPP/` → 34664 chars

### answer

All 11 pages opened (cb2024ge + the 10 other Georgia Barometer waves its list names). Nothing is NOT GATHERED.

---

# A. NATOSUPP

## A0. Seed page — cb2024ge
URL opened: `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2024ge/NATOSUPP/`

**Frequency distribution (%)**
```
Don’t support at all	8
Rather not support	8
Partially support, partially don’t support	18
Rather support	20
Fully support	37
DK	8
RA	1
```

**Question text**
```
Question text: Using a scale of 1 to 5, where code ‘1’ means no support and code ‘5’ means your full support, to what extent would you support Georgia's membership in NATO?
```

**Values**
```
Values:
Don’t support at all
Rather not support
Partially support, partially don’t support
Rather support
Fully support
DK
RA
```

**"NATOSUPP in other datasets" list, exactly as printed**
```
NATOSUPP in other datasets:
Single datasets
Caucasus Barometer 2024 Armenia
Ukraine: Survey on the war in Ukraine, March 2022
Caucasus Barometer 2021 Armenia
Caucasus Barometer 2021 Georgia
Caucasus Barometer 2020 Georgia
Caucasus Barometer 2019 Armenia
Caucasus Barometer 2019 Georgia
Caucasus Barometer 2017 Georgia
NDI: Public attitudes in Georgia, April 2017
Caucas Barometer 2017 Armenia
Caucasus Barometer 2015 Armenia
Caucasus Barometer 2015 Georgia
Caucasus Barometer 2013 Azerbaijan
Caucasus Barometer 2013 Georgia
Caucasus Barometer 2013 Armenia
Caucasus Barometer 2012 Georgia
Caucasus Barometer 2012 Azerbaijan
Caucasus Barometer 2012 Armenia
Caucasus Barometer 2011 Azerbaijan
Caucasus Barometer 2011 Georgia
Caucasus Barometer 2011 Armenia
Caucasus Barometer 2010 Georgia
Caucasus Barometer 2010 Azerbaijan
Caucasus Barometer 2010 Armenia
Caucasus Barometer 2009 Georgia
Caucasus Barometer 2009 Azerbaijan
Caucasus Barometer 2009 Armenia
Cross-country datasets
Caucasus Barometer 2024 regional dataset (Armenia and Georgia)
Caucasus Barometer 2021 regional dataset (Armenia and Georgia)
Caucasus Barometer 2019 regional dataset (Armenia and Georgia)
Caucasus Barometer 2017 regional dataset (Armenia and Georgia)
Caucasus Barometer 2015 regional dataset (Armenia and Georgia)
Caucasus Barometer 2013 regional dataset
Caucasus Barometer 2012 regional dataset
Caucasus Barometer 2011 regional dataset
Caucasus Barometer 2010 regional dataset
Caucasus Barometer 2009 regional dataset
Time-series datasets
Caucasus Barometer time-series dataset Armenia
Caucasus Barometer time-series dataset Georgia
Caucasus Barometer time-series dataset Azerbaijan
```

**Georgia Barometer waves selected from that list** (id confirmed from each entry's own link URL on the same page): cb2021ge, cb2020ge, cb2019ge, cb2017ge, cb2015ge, cb2013ge, cb2012ge, cb2011ge, cb2010ge, cb2009ge — 10 waves.
**Excluded:** all `*am` (Armenia) and `*az` (Azerbaijan) entries; `uk2022ge` ("Ukraine: Survey on the war in Ukraine, March 2022") and `na2017ge` ("NDI: Public attitudes in Georgia, April 2017") — Georgia-based but not Caucasus Barometer; the 10 cross-country regional datasets (`cb2009`…`cb2024`); the 3 time-series datasets (`cb-am`, `cb-ge`, `cb-az`).

Note: this NATOSUPP list reaches back to **2009**, two waves further than the EUSUPP list in Prompt 2 (which started at 2011).

---

## cb2009ge
URL opened: `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2009ge/NATOSUPP/`

**Frequency distribution (%)**
```
Don't support at all	5
2	5
3	19
4	30
Fully support	29
DK	12
RA	1
```

**Question text**
```
Question text: To what extent would you support Georgia's membership in NATO?
```

**Values**
```
Values:
Don't support at all
2
3
4
Fully support
DK
RA
```

---

## cb2010ge
URL opened: `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2010ge/NATOSUPP/`

**Frequency distribution (%)**
```
Don't support at all	4
2	4
3	13
4	35
Fully support	35
DK	9
RA	1
```

**Question text**
```
Question text: To what extent would you support Georgia's membership in NATO?
```

**Values**
```
Values:
Don't support at all
2
3
4
Fully support
DK
RA
```

---

## cb2011ge
URL opened: `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2011ge/NATOSUPP/`

**Frequency distribution (%)**
```
Don't support at all	4
Rather not support	3
Equally support and don't support	15
Rather support	28
Fully support	38
DK	11
RA	1
```

**Question text**
```
Question text: To what extent would you support Georgia's membership in NATO?
```

**Values**
```
Values:
Don't support at all
Rather not support
Equally support and don't support
Rather support
Fully support
DK
RA
```

---

## cb2012ge
URL opened: `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2012ge/NATOSUPP/`

**Frequency distribution (%)**
```
Don't support at all	3
Rather not support	3
Equally support and don't support	14
Rather support	33
Fully support	34
DK	12
RA	1
```

**Question text**
```
Question text: To what extent would you support Georgia's membership in NATO?
```

**Values**
```
Values:
Don't support at all
Rather not support
Equally support and don't support
Rather support
Fully support
DK
RA
```

---

## cb2013ge
URL opened: `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2013ge/NATOSUPP/`

**Frequency distribution (%)** — note: this page prints **no RA row at all**
```
Don't support at all	7
Rather not support	5
Equally support and don't support	19
Rather support	29
Fully support	29
DK	11
```

**Question text**
```
Question text: To what extent would you support Georgia's membership in NATO?
```

**Values**
```
Values:
Don't support at all
Rather not support
Equally support and don't support
Rather support
Fully support
DK
```

---

## cb2015ge
URL opened: `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2015ge/NATOSUPP/`

**Frequency distribution (%)**
```
Don't support at all	10
Rather not support	10
Equally support and don't support	27
Rather support	21
Fully support	17
DK	13
RA	2
```

**Question text**
```
Question text: To what extent would you support Georgia's membership in NATO?
```

**Values**
```
Values:
Don't support at all
Rather not support
Equally support and don't support
Rather support
Fully support
DK
RA
```

---

## cb2017ge
URL opened: `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2017ge/NATOSUPP/`

**Frequency distribution (%)**
```
Don't support at all	12
Rather not support	8
Partially support, partially don't support	26
Rather support	25
Fully support	16
DK/RA	13
```

**Question text**
```
Question text: Using a scale of 1 to 5, where code ‘1' means no support and code ‘5' means your full support, to what extent would you support Georgia's membership in NATO?
```

**Values**
```
Values:
Don't support at all
Rather not support
Partially support, partially don't support
Rather support
Fully support
DK/RA
```

---

## cb2019ge
URL opened: `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2019ge/NATOSUPP/`

**Frequency distribution (%)**
```
Don't support at all	7
Rather not support	7
Partially support, partially don't support	23
Rather support	26
Fully support	24
DK	11
RA	2
```

**Question text**
```
Question text: Using a scale of 1 to 5, where code ‘1' means no support and code ‘5' means your full support, to what extent would you support Georgia's membership in NATO?
```

**Values**
```
Values:
Don't support at all
Rather not support
Partially support, partially don't support
Rather support
Fully support
DK
RA
```

---

## cb2020ge
URL opened: `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2020ge/NATOSUPP/`

**Frequency distribution (%)**
```
Don't support at all	4
Rather not support	3
Partially support, pardially don't support	12
Rather support	29
Fully support	42
DK	9
RA	1
```

**Question text**
```
Question text: To what extent would you support Georgia’s membership in NATO? Would you fully support, support, partially support, partially not support, not support, or not support at all Georgia’s membership in NATO?
```

**Values**
```
Values:
Don't support at all
Rather not support
Partially support, pardially don't support
Rather support
Fully support
DK
RA
```

---

## cb2021ge
URL opened: `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2021ge/NATOSUPP/`

**Frequency distribution (%)**
```
Don’t support at all	5
Rather not support	5
Partially support, partially don’t support	20
Rather support	29
Fully support	31
DK	10
RA	1
```

**Question text**
```
Question text: Using a scale of 1 to 5, where code ‘1’ means no support and code ‘5’ means your full support, to what extent would you support Georgia's membership in NATO?
```

**Values**
```
Values:
Don’t support at all
Rather not support
Partially support, partially don’t support
Rather support
Fully support
DK
RA
```

---

## A summary table

"Middle" = each wave's own third label. For cb2009ge/cb2010ge the site prints bare numerals `2`/`3`/`4`, mapped here to their scale positions. Where a page prints one combined `DK/RA` row, the value sits under DK and RA is `n/s`. cb2013ge prints no RA row (`—`).

| Wave | Don't support at all | Rather not | Middle | Rather support | Fully support | DK | RA | Support sum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cb2009ge | 5 | 5 (label `2`) | 19 (label `3`) | 30 (label `4`) | 29 | 12 | 1 | 30 + 29 = **59** |
| cb2010ge | 4 | 4 (label `2`) | 13 (label `3`) | 35 (label `4`) | 35 | 9 | 1 | 35 + 35 = **70** |
| cb2011ge | 4 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 28 + 38 = **66** |
| cb2012ge | 3 | 3 | 14 | 33 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 33 + 34 = **67** |
| cb2013ge | 7 | 5 | 19 | 29 | 29 | 11 | — (no RA row printed) | 29 + 29 = **58** |
| cb2015ge | 10 | 10 | 27 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 21 + 17 = **38** |
| cb2017ge | 12 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 16 | 13 (DK/RA) | n/s | 25 + 16 = **41** |
| cb2019ge | 7 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 26 + 24 = **50** |
| cb2020ge | 4 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 29 + 42 = **71** |
| cb2021ge | 5 | 5 | 20 | 29 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 29 + 31 = **60** |
| cb2024ge | 8 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 20 + 37 = **57** |

Row totals as printed: 2009 = 101, 2010 = 101, 2011 = 100, 2012 = 100, 2013 = 100, 2015 = 100, 2017 = 100, 2019 = 100, 2020 = 100, 2021 = 101, 2024 = 100. The 101s are rounding, per the site's own footnote on these pages: *"Note: In some cases the percentages do not add up to 100 due to decimal points and rounding."*

**Comparability warnings (from the printed pages, not inferred):**
- cb2009ge and cb2010ge use **numeric** middle labels `2`, `3`, `4` rather than verbal ones, so their "Rather not / Middle / Rather support" columns are position-mapped, not label-matched.
- cb2013ge prints **no RA row** — its DK (11) may or may not absorb refusals; the page does not say.
- The middle label changes wording at cb2017ge: `Equally support and don't support` (2011–2015) → `Partially support, partially don't support` (2017, 2019, 2021, 2024), with cb2020ge printing the misspelling `Partially support, pardially don't support`.
- Question wording changes: bare `To what extent would you support Georgia's membership in NATO?` (2009–2015) → 1-to-5 scale preamble (2017, 2019, 2021, 2024) → a different two-sentence six-point verbal scale in 2020.
- So the Support sum column is arithmetically correct from the printed cells but is **not** a strictly like-for-like series across all 11 waves.

---

# B. Cross tabulation

URL opened: `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2024ge/EUSUPP-by-AGEGROUP/`

**Cross tabulation (%)** — copied exactly, tab-separated as returned (rows = age groups, columns = answers):

```
Cross tabulation (%)	Don’t support at all	Rather not support	Partially support, partially don’t support	Rather support	Fully support	DK/RA
18-34	4	5	14	16	58	3
35-54	5	5	15	26	46	3
55+	6	4	14	23	43	10
```

Same table rendered as a grid:

| Cross tabulation (%) | Don’t support at all | Rather not support | Partially support, partially don’t support | Rather support | Fully support | DK/RA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-34 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 58 | 3 |
| 35-54 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 46 | 3 |
| 55+ | 6 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 43 | 10 |

Row sums: 18-34 = 4+5+14+16+58+3 = 100; 35-54 = 5+5+15+26+46+3 = 100; 55+ = 6+4+14+23+43+10 = 100.

The same page also prints the column variable's definition, which I quote because it documents the row labels:
```
AGEGROUP: Age of the respondent

Question text: Age of the respondent

Note: The variable is generated from AGE variable, present in the original dataset

Values:
18-34
35-54
55+
```

Cross-check against the marginal on the EUSUPP page opened earlier this session (cb2024ge: 5 / 5 / 14 / 22 / 48 / 5): the age-band cells are row-percentages within each age group, so they are **not** expected to reproduce the overall marginal, and they do not (e.g. "Fully support" 58/46/43 by age vs 48 overall). I flag this only to note the two tables are on different bases — no reconciliation was attempted or invented.

## PROMPT 4

```
Open https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2024ge/factsheet/ and copy
exactly, with the URL: country; fieldwork dates; population covered and
exclusions; sample design; number of completed interviews; response rate;
survey mode; interview languages; the weighting statement; principal
investigator. Anything not on that page is written NOT GATHERED (not on
factsheet) — do not fill it from memory or other sites.
Only if you proved PDF access in Prompt 0: also open
https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2024ge/downloads/ → "Georgia
methodological note (ENG)" and add from it: the sampling stages and
strata, how weights are built, whether a margin of error is stated
(quote it or write "not stated"), the funder, and the citation format
the report requests. Otherwise write NOT GATHERED (PDF) for those five.
```

### answer

PDF access was proven in Prompt 0 (probe C = OK), so I'll gather both sources. Fetching the factsheet and the methodological note PDF (URL resolved in Prompt 0).


- fetch `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2024ge/factsheet/` → 28920 chars
- fetch `https://caucasusbarometer.org/downloads/attachments/ae8d604c18d72402bc03bd3ce711707c` → 9665 chars

### answer

Both sources opened. PDF access was proven in Prompt 0 (probe C = OK) and re-confirmed here, so all five PDF items are gathered — no NOT GATHERED (PDF) entries.

---

# Part 1 — Factsheet

URL opened: `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2024ge/factsheet/`

All ten requested items **are** on that page. Quoted exactly as returned.

**Country**
The fact sheet body has no `Country:` field of its own. The page's metadata block (printed twice, above and below the fact sheet text) reads:
```
Country: Georgia
```
The body text describes the project's scope:
```
Caucasus Barometer is a regular survey about socio-economic issues and political attitudes conducted by the Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC) in the three countries of the South Caucasus: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The project started in 2004. Representative nationwide data is available since 2008 (before 2010, the survey was titled The Data Initiative). The 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2024 waves of the survey were conducted in Armenia and Georgia only.
```

**Fieldwork dates** — in the fact sheet body:
```
Fieldwork Dates: April 16 to May 13, 2024
```
The page metadata block prints the same span with a comma: `Fieldwork Dates: April 16, 2024 to May 13, 2024`

**Population covered and exclusions**
```
Population: Adults (18 years old and over), excluding populations living in territories affected by military conflict (South Ossetia and Abkhazia).
```

**Sample design**
```
Sample Design: Multi-stage cluster sampling with preliminary stratification.
```

**Number of completed interviews**
```
Number of completed interviews: 1,509 respondents.
```

**Response rate**
```
Response rate: 23%
```

**Survey mode**
```
Survey mode: Computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI).
```

**Interview languages**
```
Interview languages: Armenian, Azerbaijani, Georgian.
```

**Weighting statement** — the page's entire weighting statement is these three words:
```
Results are weighted.
```

**Principal investigator**
```
Principal Investigator: Dr. Tamar Khoshtaria, Senior Researcher and Caucasus Barometer Project Coordinator.
```

Also on the page, adjacent to the PI line (not requested, quoted for completeness):
```
Contact for more Information: Dr. Tamar Khoshtaria, tamarna@crrccenters.org.
```

---

# Part 2 — Georgia methodological note (ENG), PDF

Route: `https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2024ge/downloads/` → link text `Georgia methodological note (ENG)` → `https://caucasusbarometer.org/downloads/attachments/ae8d604c18d72402bc03bd3ce711707c` (opened).

Document title block as extracted: `Caucasus Barometer 2024 Georgia` / `Funded by:` `CRRC-Georgia` / `METHODOLOGICAL` `REPORT` / `June 2024`

*Extraction caveat: the tool returns PDF text with occasional spurious internal spaces and dropped apostrophes (e.g. `Azer baijani`, `cover s`, `withi n`, `recomm ended`, `enter ed`, `Since it s inception`). Quotes below are verbatim from that extraction, artifacts included; I have not silently corrected them.*

## 1. Sampling stages and strata

**Method and sampling frame**
```
Respondents were selected using the Multi-stage Stratified Cluster sampling method. CRRC offices used lists of electoral precincts as primary sampling units (PSUs). Sampling frames were prepared based on 2020 Parliamentary Elections in Georgia.
```

**Strata**
```
Primary sampling units were allocated into three strata: precincts located in capital cities, other urban settlements, and rural settlements. Urban and rural strata were further divided by four geographic regions (‘quadrants’): north-east, north-west, south-east, and south-west.
```

**Stage 1 — PSUs**
```
In the first stage, the sample of primary sampling units from each geographic substratum using a probability proportional to size (PPS) method was drawn.
```

**Stage 2 — households**
```
Next, selected PSUs were visited, and households (Secondary Sampling Units) were sampled via Random Walk protocol using a predefined starting point, directions for a walk, and step size.
```

**Stage 3 (final) — respondents**
```
At the final stage, respondents were selected using a Kish grid. Interviewers were strictly instructed to interview only selected respondents and not replace them.
```

**Sample-size logic**
```
The factors that influenced the sample size include the number of population subgroups to be represented, the targeted margin of error, and available resources. In each stratum, the sample size was adjusted based on expected nonresponse. Hence, the interviewers contacted more households to get the targeted number of completed interviews. The sample size was independently calculated at a 95% confidence level for each stratum.
```

## 2. How weights are built

Three sequential steps, quoted in order:

**Step 1 — base weights from precinct voter counts**
```
Sampling weights account for the fact that different members of the population have different probabilities of being selected for an interview and thus represent different numbers of people than withi n the overall population. Sampling weights are necessary when estimating the proportion of the population that would choose a particular response if interviewed. For calculating sampling weights, CRRC offices used precinct-level information; specifically, the number of voters.
```

**Step 2 — nonresponse adjustment**
```
Next, sampling weights are adjusted for nonresponse; for example, if 80% of the interview attempts in a voting precinct resulted in interviews, then the weight of th at 20% who did respond would be adjusted upwards by a factor of 1.25.
```

**Step 3 — demographic calibration to the 2014 census**
```
Finally, the respondents are binned into gender, age, and geographic categories (e.g., females in Tbilisi aged 18-34, males in rural areas aged 35-54, etc.), and weights are adjusted so that the weighted age and gender ratios of the sample matched that of the population. CRRC -Georgia used the results of the 2014 National Census of Georgia to calculate demographic bins.
```

**Recommended analysis syntax (weights in use)**
```
As Caucasus Barometer has a complex survey design, it is highly recomm ended that users take into consideration survey design when analyzing the dataset. Below is a recommended syntax for survey settings in STATA:
Household-level analysis : svyset psu [pweight=hhwt], strata(substratum) fpc(npsuss) singleunit(certainty) || id, fpc(nhhpsu)
Individual-level analysis : svyset psu [pweight=indwt], strata(substratum) fpc(npsuss) singleunit(certainty) || id, fpc(nhhpsu) || _n, fpc(nadhh)
```

## 3. Margin of error — **not stated**

No numeric margin of error appears anywhere in the report. It is referenced only as an unnamed input to sample sizing:
```
The factors that influenced the sample size include the number of population subgroups to be represented, the targeted margin of error, and available resources.
```
The only precision figure given is a confidence level, not a margin of error:
```
The sample size was independently calculated at a 95% confidence level for each stratum.
```
So: **margin of error = not stated** (a "targeted margin of error" is mentioned but never quantified; 95% confidence level is stated per stratum).

## 4. Funder

Cover page:
```
Funded by:  
CRRC-Georgia
```
Body text, on the funding history and this wave specifically:
```
Since it s inception, Caucasus Barometer has been supported by generous funding from the Carnegie Corporation in New York. The 2024 wave of the survey in Georgia was self-funded by CRRC-Georgia.
```

## 5. Citation format the report requests

```
Caucasus Barometer data is protected under copyright. Please acknowledge its use by citing datasets in the following format:
The Caucasus Research Resource Centers. (dataset year) "[dataset name -  e.g. Caucasus Barometer]". Retrieved from http://www.caucasusbarometer.org/ on {date of accessing the database here}
```

---

# Cross-source notes

**Which source supplies what:** the **principal investigator** appears only on the factsheet — the PDF names no PI. The **funder** appears only in the PDF — the factsheet says nothing about funding. The **margin of error**, **sampling stages/strata** and **weight construction** appear only in the PDF; the factsheet's `Results are weighted.` is its complete weighting statement.

**Consistent across both:** completed interviews (1,509 in both); response rate (factsheet `23%`; PDF `The minimum response rate (AAPOR RR1) of 23 % was achieved.` — the PDF adds that it is AAPOR RR1 and a *minimum*); fieldwork window (April 16 – May 13, 2024 in both); languages (Armenian, Azerbaijani, Georgian in both); 18+ population excluding Abkhazia and South Ossetia in both.

**Wording differs, substance matches, on design:** factsheet `Multi-stage cluster sampling with preliminary stratification` vs PDF `Multi-stage Stratified Cluster sampling method`.

**Detail the PDF adds beyond the factsheet:** language shares (`89.8% of the interviews were conducted in Georgian, 8.7% in Azer baijani, and 1.5% in Armenian`); `Overall, 92 interviewers were involved in the fieldwork`, supervised by `a Fieldwork Coordinator and eight Fieldwork Supervisors`; pilot of `30 interviews conducted in and near Tbilisi during March 15-18, 2024`; `On average, interviews lasted for 31 minutes`; contact attempts (`1,224 interviews were completed during the first contact, 238 interviews were done during the second attempt, and 47 interviews were administered during the third attempt`); and a `face- to-face fieldwork check of the 10 % of interviews`.

**Arithmetic cross-check on the PDF's strata table** (`Table 1: Completed interviews by strata`): complete interviews Capital 429 + Urban 436 + Rural 644 = **1,509**, matching both the PDF's own `Overall, 1,509 complete interviews were collected.` and the factsheet's `1,509 respondents`. Its non-response row is 3,802 / 657 / 480.

**Two source-side oddities, reported not corrected:** (a) the PDF captions two different tables `Table 1` (`Table 1: Completed interviews by strata` and `Table 1: Additional protocols for data cleaning`) while its body text refers to `Table 3`; (b) the PDF's requested citation says `Retrieved from http://www.caucasusbarometer.org/`, whereas the ODA site's own footer citation (seen on the pages opened in Prompts 1–3) says `Retrieved through ODA - http://caucasusbarometer.org`. The two citation strings are not identical.

## PROMPT 5

```
Using ONLY the tables and text you printed in your previous four answers
in this chat — no new browsing, no memory — write a research note in the
style of a polling institute's topical release.

Every percentage carries its wave/year; every claim of change names the
two waves compared; differences between percentages are in "percentage
points"; no causal claims beyond what a cross-tabulation shows; no
speculation about events. If something needed here was NOT GATHERED
earlier, say so in that section instead of writing around it.

Structure:
TITLE: "<Topic> in Georgia, <first year>–<latest year>: what the Caucasus
Barometer shows"
OVERVIEW — 3–4 sentences: latest reading (top category and support sum),
direction since the first wave and since the previous wave, the one
breakdown finding worth leading with.
KEY FIGURES — latest full distribution; the Wave | Fully | Rather |
Partial | Rather not | Not at all | DK/RA | Support sum table; lowest and
highest waves with years.
BREAKDOWN — the age cross-tab, then 2–3 sentences: highest group on the
top category, the gap in percentage points, where DK/RA concentrates.
COMPARISON — the NATO table, 2 sentences on how the two series move
together or apart.
METHODOLOGY — from Prompt 4; the wording and label changes from Prompt 2;
state that the figures are CRRC's published weighted percentages.
SOURCES — dataset, variable code, URL, date accessed, per wave; the CRRC
citation format from Prompt 4.

End with: "CHECK: every number above appears in my printed tables —
yes/no." If no, correct the note before answering.
```

### answer

# Support for European Union membership in Georgia, 2011–2024: what the Caucasus Barometer shows

## OVERVIEW

In the most recent wave gathered (cb2024ge, 2024), the top category on EUSUPP is **"Fully support" at 48%**, and the support sum (Rather support + Fully support) is **70%** (22 + 48). Measured against the first wave in this series (cb2011ge, 2011), the support sum is essentially flat — 69% in 2011 vs 70% in 2024, **+1 percentage point** — but its composition changed: "Fully support" rose from 39% (2011) to 48% (2024), **+9 pp**, while "Rather support" fell from 30% to 22%, **−8 pp**. Against the previous wave (cb2021ge, 2021), the support sum rose from 63% to 70%, **+7 pp**, driven by "Fully support" moving 34% → 48% (**+14 pp**). The breakdown finding worth leading with is the 2024 age cross-tabulation: "Fully support" stands at **58% among 18–34s** against **43% among the 55+ group**, a gap of **15 pp**, and DK/RA is concentrated in that same oldest band at **10%** versus **3%** in both younger bands.

## KEY FIGURES

**Latest full distribution — cb2024ge (2024), EUSUPP, as printed:**
```
Don’t support at all	5
Rather not support	5
Partially support, partially don’t support	14
Rather support	22
Fully support	48
DK/RA	5
```
Support sum, 2024: 22 + 48 = **70%**

**EUSUPP by wave (Georgia Caucasus Barometer), support-oriented order:**

| Wave | Fully | Rather | Partial | Rather not | Not at all | DK/RA | Support sum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cb2011ge (2011) | 39 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 12 (DK) + 1 (RA) | 30 + 39 = **69** |
| cb2012ge (2012) | 38 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 12 (combined DK/RA) | 34 + 38 = **72** |
| cb2013ge (2013) | 34 | 31 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 10 (combined DK/RA) | 31 + 34 = **65** |
| cb2015ge (2015) | 18 | 24 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 13 (DK) + 2 (RA) | 24 + 18 = **42** |
| cb2017ge (2017) | 17 | 28 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 13 (combined DK/RA) | 28 + 17 = **45** |
| cb2019ge (2019) | 24 | 28 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 11 (DK) + 2 (RA) | 28 + 24 = **52** |
| cb2020ge (2020) | 41 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 9 (DK) + 1 (RA) | 32 + 41 = **73** |
| cb2021ge (2021) | 34 | 29 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 9 (DK) + 1 (RA) | 29 + 34 = **63** |
| cb2024ge (2024) | 48 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 5 (combined DK/RA) | 22 + 48 = **70** |

"Partial" is the third scale point, whose printed label varies by wave (see METHODOLOGY). Where a page printed DK and RA as two rows, both are shown; where it printed one `DK/RA` row, that is marked.

**Lowest and highest waves:**
- Support sum — lowest: **cb2015ge (2015), 42%** (24 + 18). Highest: **cb2020ge (2020), 73%** (32 + 41). Range across the nine waves: 73 − 42 = **31 pp**.
- "Fully support" alone — lowest: **cb2017ge (2017), 17%**. Highest: **cb2024ge (2024), 48%**. Range: 48 − 17 = **31 pp**.
- "Don't support at all" — lowest: **cb2012ge (2012), 1%**; highest: **cb2015ge (2015) and cb2017ge (2017), 8% each**.

## BREAKDOWN

**EUSUPP by AGEGROUP — cb2024ge (2024), "Cross tabulation (%)", as printed:**

| Cross tabulation (%) | Don’t support at all | Rather not support | Partially support, partially don’t support | Rather support | Fully support | DK/RA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-34 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 58 | 3 |
| 35-54 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 46 | 3 |
| 55+ | 6 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 43 | 10 |

On the top category, "Fully support", the **18–34 group is highest at 58% (2024)**, ahead of 35–54 at 46% and 55+ at 43%; the gap between the highest and lowest group is 58 − 43 = **15 pp**, and between 18–34 and 35–54 it is 58 − 46 = **12 pp**. **DK/RA concentrates in the 55+ band at 10% (2024)**, against 3% in each of the two younger bands — a difference of 10 − 3 = **7 pp** — so the oldest group is simultaneously the least likely to give a top-scale answer and the most likely to give no substantive answer. Adding the two support categories within each band gives 16 + 58 = **74%** (18–34), 26 + 46 = **72%** (35–54) and 23 + 43 = **66%** (55+); these are row percentages within age group and sit on a different base from the 2024 national figures of 48% and 70%, so the two are not directly reconcilable.

## COMPARISON

**NATOSUPP by wave (Georgia Caucasus Barometer), as printed:**

| Wave | Fully | Rather | Middle | Rather not | Not at all | DK | RA | Support sum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cb2009ge (2009) | 29 | 30 (label `4`) | 19 (label `3`) | 5 (label `2`) | 5 | 12 | 1 | 30 + 29 = **59** |
| cb2010ge (2010) | 35 | 35 (label `4`) | 13 (label `3`) | 4 (label `2`) | 4 | 9 | 1 | 35 + 35 = **70** |
| cb2011ge (2011) | 38 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 28 + 38 = **66** |
| cb2012ge (2012) | 34 | 33 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 33 + 34 = **67** |
| cb2013ge (2013) | 29 | 29 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 11 | — (no RA row printed) | 29 + 29 = **58** |
| cb2015ge (2015) | 17 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 21 + 17 = **38** |
| cb2017ge (2017) | 16 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 13 (combined DK/RA) | n/s | 25 + 16 = **41** |
| cb2019ge (2019) | 24 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 26 + 24 = **50** |
| cb2020ge (2020) | 42 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 29 + 42 = **71** |
| cb2021ge (2021) | 31 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 29 + 31 = **60** |
| cb2024ge (2024) | 37 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 20 + 37 = **57** |

Across the nine waves where both variables were gathered (2011–2024), the two support sums track each other closely in level and in timing — both bottom out in 2015 (EU 42%, NATO 38%) and both peak in 2020 (EU 73%, NATO 71%) — with the EU figure above NATO in every one of those nine waves by margins of 3 pp (2011: 69 − 66), 5 pp (2012: 72 − 67), 7 pp (2013: 65 − 58), 4 pp (2015: 42 − 38), 4 pp (2017: 45 − 41), 2 pp (2019: 52 − 50), 2 pp (2020: 73 − 71) and 3 pp (2021: 63 − 60). The two series then move **apart** in the most recent step: from 2021 to 2024 the EU support sum rises 63% → 70% (**+7 pp**) while the NATO support sum falls 60% → 57% (**−3 pp**), opening a 2024 gap of 70 − 57 = **13 pp**, the widest in the nine overlapping waves; on the top category alone, 2024 reads 48% "Fully support" for EU membership against 37% for NATO membership, a difference of **11 pp**.

## METHODOLOGY

**Wave gathered in full — cb2024ge.** From the factsheet (`https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2024ge/factsheet/`): `Country: Georgia`; `Population: Adults (18 years old and over), excluding populations living in territories affected by military conflict (South Ossetia and Abkhazia).`; `Sample Design: Multi-stage cluster sampling with preliminary stratification.`; `Number of completed interviews: 1,509 respondents.`; `Response rate: 23%`; `Survey mode: Computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI).`; `Interview languages: Armenian, Azerbaijani, Georgian.`; `Fieldwork Dates: April 16 to May 13, 2024`; `Results are weighted.`; `Principal Investigator: Dr. Tamar Khoshtaria, Senior Researcher and Caucasus Barometer Project Coordinator.`

From the Georgia methodological note (ENG) PDF: the design is `Multi-stage Stratified Cluster sampling`, with `lists of electoral precincts as primary sampling units (PSUs)` and `Sampling frames … prepared based on 2020 Parliamentary Elections in Georgia`. PSUs were `allocated into three strata: precincts located in capital cities, other urban settlements, and rural settlements`, and `Urban and rural strata were further divided by four geographic regions (‘quadrants’): north-east, north-west, south-east, and south-west`. Stage 1 drew PSUs `using a probability proportional to size (PPS) method`; stage 2 sampled households `(Secondary Sampling Units) … via Random Walk protocol`; the final stage selected respondents `using a Kish grid`. Weights are built in three steps: a base from `precinct-level information; specifically, the number of voters`; then `adjusted for nonresponse`; then respondents are `binned into gender, age, and geographic categories … and weights are adjusted so that the weighted age and gender ratios of the sample matched that of the population`, using `the results of the 2014 National Census of Georgia`. The response rate is specified as `The minimum response rate (AAPOR RR1) of 23 %`. **A numeric margin of error is not stated**: the report names `the targeted margin of error` only as an input to sample sizing and gives `a 95% confidence level for each stratum`. The 2024 Georgia wave was `self-funded by CRRC-Georgia` (cover page: `Funded by: CRRC-Georgia`), with the report noting earlier support `from the Carnegie Corporation in New York`.

**All figures in this note are CRRC's published weighted percentages** — the values printed in the sites' own "Frequency distribution (%)" and "Cross tabulation (%)" HTML tables, which the pages state are weighted (`Results are weighted.`) and rounded, carrying the site's footnote: `Note: In some cases the percentages do not add up to 100 due to decimal points and rounding.` Printed row totals confirm this: on EUSUPP, 2019 sums to 99 and 2020 to 101; on NATOSUPP, 2009, 2010 and 2021 sum to 101.

**Wording and label changes across waves (EUSUPP), which limit like-for-like comparison:**
- **Third scale point relabelled.** `Equally support and don't support` in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015 → `Partially support, partially don't support` in 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2024. The 2020 page prints the misspelling `Partially support, pardially don't support`.
- **Question text changed four ways.** 2011 and 2012: `Please tell me to what extent would you support Georgia's membership in the European Union?` 2013 and 2015: `To what extent would you support Georgia's membership in the EU?` (no scale preamble; `the EU` not `the European Union`). 2017 and 2019: the 1-to-5 scale preamble with a straight closing quote, `‘1'` and `‘5'`. 2021 and 2024: the same preamble with curly quotes, `‘1’` and `‘5’`. 2020 differs most: `To what extent would you support Georgia’s membership in European Union? Would you fully support, support, partially support, partially not support, not support, or not support at all Georgia’s membership in European Union?` — no 1-to-5 framing, `in European Union` without `the`, and an added second sentence listing six verbal points.
- **DK/RA structure varies.** Two separate rows (`DK`, `RA`) in 2011, 2015, 2019, 2020 and 2021; one combined `DK/RA` row in 2012, 2013, 2017 and 2024.
- **Apostrophe style varies.** Straight (`Don't support at all`) in 2011–2020; curly (`Don’t support at all`) in 2021 and 2024.
- **Variable label changed.** `EUSUPP: Support of Georgia's membership in EU` (2011) → `EUSUPP: Support of country's membership in EU` (2012–2020) → `EUSUPP: To what extent would you support Georgia's membership in the European Union?` (2021, 2024).

**Additional NATOSUPP caveats.** The 2009 and 2010 pages print bare numerals `2`, `3`, `4` for the second, third and fourth scale points instead of verbal labels, so those three columns are position-mapped rather than label-matched. The 2013 page prints **no RA row at all**, and does not state whether its DK (11) absorbs refusals. The NATOSUPP question text is the bare `To what extent would you support Georgia's membership in NATO?` in 2009–2015, the 1-to-5 scale preamble in 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2024, and a two-sentence six-point verbal form in 2020.

**NOT GATHERED for all waves except cb2024ge:** fieldwork dates, sample sizes, response rates, sampling design, weighting procedure, funder and principal investigator. The factsheet and methodological note were opened for cb2024ge only; no equivalent documents were opened for 2009–2021, and nothing here should be read as describing their methodology. Consequently this note makes **no cross-wave methodological comparison** and attributes no part of the observed movement to design change, even though the wording and label changes above are themselves documented.

**Also NOT GATHERED:** any margin of error for any wave, including 2024 (see above); and the calendar date on which these pages were accessed (see SOURCES).

## SOURCES

**Dataset series:** Caucasus Barometer, Georgia national waves, retrieved through the Online Data Analysis (ODA) application at caucasusbarometer.org. **Variable codes:** `EUSUPP` (EU membership support), `NATOSUPP` (NATO membership support), `AGEGROUP` (column variable, described on the page as `Age of the respondent … generated from AGE variable, present in the original dataset`, values `18-34`, `35-54`, `55+`).

**Date accessed: NOT GATHERED.** No calendar date was returned in any fetched text in this session, so none is asserted. The only date-like strings printed on the ODA pages were the footer `© 2011 - 2026` and the counter `charts generated since Feb 27, 2013`; neither is an access date.

**EUSUPP — one page per wave:**

| Wave | Variable | URL |
|---|---|---|
| cb2011ge | EUSUPP | https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2011ge/EUSUPP/ |
| cb2012ge | EUSUPP | https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2012ge/EUSUPP/ |
| cb2013ge | EUSUPP | https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2013ge/EUSUPP/ |
| cb2015ge | EUSUPP | https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2015ge/EUSUPP/ |
| cb2017ge | EUSUPP | https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2017ge/EUSUPP/ |
| cb2019ge | EUSUPP | https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2019ge/EUSUPP/ |
| cb2020ge | EUSUPP | https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2020ge/EUSUPP/ |
| cb2021ge | EUSUPP | https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2021ge/EUSUPP/ |
| cb2024ge | EUSUPP | https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2024ge/EUSUPP/ |
| cb2024ge | EUSUPP by AGEGROUP | https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2024ge/EUSUPP-by-AGEGROUP/ |

**NATOSUPP — one page per wave:**

| Wave | Variable | URL |
|---|---|---|
| cb2009ge | NATOSUPP | https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2009ge/NATOSUPP/ |
| cb2010ge | NATOSUPP | https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2010ge/NATOSUPP/ |
| cb2011ge | NATOSUPP | https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2011ge/NATOSUPP/ |
| cb2012ge | NATOSUPP | https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2012ge/NATOSUPP/ |
| cb2013ge | NATOSUPP | https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2013ge/NATOSUPP/ |
| cb2015ge | NATOSUPP | https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2015ge/NATOSUPP/ |
| cb2017ge | NATOSUPP | https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2017ge/NATOSUPP/ |
| cb2019ge | NATOSUPP | https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2019ge/NATOSUPP/ |
| cb2020ge | NATOSUPP | https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2020ge/NATOSUPP/ |
| cb2021ge | NATOSUPP | https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2021ge/NATOSUPP/ |
| cb2024ge | NATOSUPP | https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2024ge/NATOSUPP/ |

**Methodology documents (cb2024ge only):**
- Factsheet — https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2024ge/factsheet/
- Downloads index — https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2024ge/downloads/ → link text `Georgia methodological note (ENG)` → https://caucasusbarometer.org/downloads/attachments/ae8d604c18d72402bc03bd3ce711707c

**Wave coverage note.** The EUSUPP series begins at 2011 because the `EUSUPP in other datasets` list on the cb2024ge page names no Georgia Barometer wave before cb2011ge. The NATOSUPP series begins at 2009 because the `NATOSUPP in other datasets` list on the cb2024ge page additionally names `Caucasus Barometer 2010 Georgia` and `Caucasus Barometer 2009 Georgia`. Neither list names a Georgia Barometer EUSUPP wave for 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022 or 2023, and no such wave was probed or assumed. Non-Barometer Georgia surveys appearing in those lists (`irex2024`, `dw2020ge`, `uk2022ge`, `na2017ge`), all Armenia and Azerbaijan waves, the cross-country regional datasets and the time-series datasets were excluded.

**CRRC citation format, as requested by the methodological note:**
```
The Caucasus Research Resource Centers. (dataset year) "[dataset name -  e.g. Caucasus Barometer]". Retrieved from http://www.caucasusbarometer.org/ on {date of accessing the database here}
```
The ODA site footer prints a variant of the same citation — `Retrieved through ODA - http://caucasusbarometer.org` — so the two published forms are not identical. The `{date of accessing the database here}` placeholder cannot be completed from this session, for the reason given under Date accessed above.

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CHECK: every number above appears in my printed tables — **yes**, with this qualification: all wave-level percentages, the age cross-tabulation cells, and every Support sum (shown as its own addition) are copied from the tables printed in my previous four answers; the only new figures are differences and gaps, each written out as explicit arithmetic on those printed cells (e.g. 48 − 43 = 15 pp; 70 − 57 = 13 pp; 16 + 58 = 74%), so each is traceable to printed values. No number was supplied from memory, from an unopened page, or from any source outside this chat.