Aruba: preferred governmental status of the island 2015

This statistic displays the opinions on the preferred governmental status of the island in Aruba in 2015. Aruba has been a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands since 1986. Respondents from Aruba participating in this survey were asked what their preferred governmental status for the island was. Nearly 70 percent would pick their current status, of autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Only 7.4 percent of the respondents preferred complete independence.

If you had to choose one of the following options, would you now choose for Aruba: complete independence, an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, a special municipality of the Netherlands, or back to the Netherlands Antilles?*

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Release date

January 2016

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

September 14, 2015 to December 1, 2015

Number of respondents

408 respondents

Method of interview

Questionnaire and personal interview

Supplementary notes

* This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Als u zou moeten kiezen, welke van de volgende mogelijkheden zou u dan op dit moment voor [eiland] wensen: volledige onafhankelijkheid, een autonoom land binnen het Koninkrijk, een bijzondere gemeente van Nederland, of terug in de Nederlandse Antillen?" (English: If you had to choose one of the following options, would you now choose for the [island]: complete independence, an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, a special municipality of the Netherlands, or back to the Netherlands Antilles?)

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