EU Neighbourhood Barometer Wave 2 - Autumn 2012

Attitudes towards the European Union. Cooperation between the EU and the own country. Trust in institutions. Globalisation. Global crisis. Environment. Energy.

Topics: 1. Attitudes towards the European Union: life satisfaction; frequency of discussions about political matters on international, national, and local level with friends and relatives; opinion leadership; most important personal values; assessment of the current situation in the following areas: national economy, global economy, personal job situation, financial situation of the own household; expected development in the next twelve months regarding: national economy, personal job situation, financial situation of the own household, national employment situation, personal life in general; most important problems in the own country; general direction things are going in the own country; image of the EU; characteristics that best represent the European Union; assessment of the relations of the own country with the EU; awareness of financial support for the own country provided by the EU in the context of cooperation programmes; knowledge of specific programmes; areas with the highest benefit from current European Union’s policies for the own country; attitude towards the following statements: EU has appropriate level of involvement in the own country, EU brings peace and stability in region surrounding the own country, EU is an important partner of the own country, sufficient common values of own country and EU as the basis for cooperation, EU support contributes a lot to own country’s development, position taken by the EU during the Arab Spring was supportive of local populations; prioritized areas the EU should play a greater role in in the own country.

2. Cooperation between the EU and the own country: attitude towards selected statements: appropriate amount of information on the EU available in the own country, clear communication from the EU regarding the own country, communication from the EU not considering reality of life in the own country; most effective actors in helping economic development in the own country; most effective actors in helping security and stability in the own country; extent of contribution of the following local actors to economic development in the own country: national government, presidency (not in MA, JO, EG), private companies in the own country, national banks, NGOs, religious organisations; most important areas of cooperation between the EU and the own country; preferred area to focus EU’s development aid for the own country on.

3. Trust in institutions: trust in selected media: printed press, radio, TV, internet; trust in the following institutions: European Union, United Nations, NATO, Arab League (only in DZ, EG, TN, JO, LB, PS, MA); trust in selected national bodies: national government, national parliament, regional public authorities, local public authorities, political parties; satisfaction with democracy in the own country and in the own region; extent of applicability of the following elements to the own country: freedom of speech, free elections, gender equality, protection of the rights of minorities, independence of justice, freedom of press, rights of vote, respect of human rights, rule of law, good governance, lack of corruption; elements that best describe the concept of democracy.

4. Globalisation: awareness of globalisation; attitude towards the development of globalisation; preferred statement with regard to globalisation: good opportunity for national companies thanks to the opening-up of markets, threat to employment and national companies; attitude towards the effect of globalisation on: economic growth in the own country, cultural exchanges between countries, solidarity between countries, employment in the own country; benefit for each of the following actors from globalisation: consumers, financial markets, EU, United States, China, Japan, multi nationals, small and medium sized companies, developing countries, farmers; attitude towards selected statements on globalisation: requires common global rules (´worldwide governance´), leads to price increases in the own country, leads to more foreign investments in the own country.

5. Global crisis: assessment of the impact of the crisis on the national economic situation; impact of the economic crisis on the job market has already reached its peak; most effective actor in fighting the effects of the crisis in the own country: national government, European Union, United States, Arab League (only in DZ, EG, TN, JO, LB, PS, MA), NATO (not in LB), a G8 or G20 country, United Nations or one of its agencies (not in IL), Arab funds, private charitable foundations, GUAM Organisation for Democracy and Economic Development (only in MD, GE, UA, AZ), single economic area with other CIS countries (only in AM, AZ, GE, MD, UA, RU, BY), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (only in UA, AM, AZ, GE), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB), private companies, religious organisations; attitude towards the following statements with regard to the crisis: own country needs reforms to face the future, own country will be able to get out of the crisis without external support.

6. Environment: associations with the term ´environment´; self-rated knowledge about environmental issues; personal importance of environmental protection; most important environmental issues; issues where respondent lacks information most; awareness of EU environmental protection actions in the own country.

7. Energy: assessment of the difficulty to access energy in the own country; experience of power outages in the last six months; access to affordable energy in the own country; most affected areas by lack of affordable energy; preferred energy source in the future; attitude towards selected statements: appropriate measures of EU development aid to assist developing countries in getting access to energy, energy access as a serious issue for citizens in the own country.

Demography: sex; age; age at end of education; marital status; occupation; professional position; visited or lived in another EU country in the last twelve months for the following purposes: visited for business, visited on holiday, lived or worked, studied; EU countries visited or lived in in the last twelve months; relatives living in another EU country for the following purposes: work, study, other reasons; self-rated social position (scale); financial difficulties during the last year; household composition and household size; own a mobile phone and fixed (landline) phone; possession of durable goods (entertainment electronics, internet connection, possession of a car, a flat/a house have finished paying for or still paying for); internet use (at home, at work, at school); type of community.

Additionally coded was: respondent ID; country; date of interview; time of the beginning of the interview; duration of the interview; number of persons present during the interview; respondent cooperation; size of locality; region; interviewer ID; language of the interview; weighting factor.

对欧洲联盟（European Union）的态度、欧盟（EU）与本国的合作、对机构的信任、全球化、全球危机、环境、能源。

Topics: 1. 对欧洲联盟（European Union）的态度：生活满意度；与亲友就国际、国家及地方层面政治事务的讨论频率；意见领袖（opinion leadership）；最重要的个人价值观；对以下领域当前状况的评估：国民经济、全球经济、个人工作状况、家庭财务状况；未来12个月对以下方面的预期发展：国民经济、个人工作状况、家庭财务状况、全国就业形势、个人总体生活；本国最突出的问题；本国发展的总体方向；欧盟（EU）形象；最能代表欧洲联盟的特征；对本国与欧盟关系的评估；对欧盟在合作项目框架下向本国提供财政支持的认知；对具体项目的了解；当前欧洲联盟政策对本国受益最大的领域；对以下陈述的态度：欧盟对本国的参与程度适当、欧盟为周边地区带来和平与稳定、欧盟是本国重要合作伙伴、本国与欧盟拥有足够共同价值观作为合作基础、欧盟支持对本国发展贡献显著、欧盟在阿拉伯之春（Arab Spring）期间的立场对当地民众有利；欧盟应在本国发挥更大作用的优先领域。

2. 欧盟与本国的合作：对以下选定陈述的态度：本国可获取的欧盟相关信息数量适当、欧盟向本国传达的信息清晰、欧盟传达的信息未考虑本国民生实际；对本国经济发展帮助最有效的主体；对本国安全与稳定帮助最有效的主体；以下本土主体对本国经济发展的贡献程度：中央政府、总统职位（不适用于MA、JO、EG）、本国私营企业、国家银行、非政府组织（NGOs）、宗教组织；欧盟与本国合作的最重要领域；欧盟对本国发展援助应侧重的优先领域。

3. 对机构的信任：对选定媒体的信任：印刷媒体、广播、电视、互联网；对以下机构的信任：欧洲联盟、联合国（United Nations）、北约（NATO）、阿拉伯联盟（Arab League，仅适用于DZ、EG、TN、JO、LB、PS、MA）；对选定国家机构的信任：中央政府、国民议会、地区公共当局、地方公共当局、政党；对本国及所在地区民主状况的满意度；以下要素在本国的适用程度：言论自由、自由选举、性别平等、少数群体权利保护、司法独立、新闻自由、投票权、人权尊重、法治、善治（good governance）、无腐败；最能描述民主概念的要素。

4. 全球化：对全球化的认知；对全球化发展的态度；关于全球化的偏好陈述：市场开放为国内企业带来良好机遇、对就业及国内企业构成威胁；对全球化在以下方面影响的态度：本国经济增长、国家间文化交流、国家间团结、本国就业；全球化为以下各主体带来的益处：消费者、金融市场、欧盟、美国、中国、日本、跨国公司（multi nationals）、中小企业（small and medium sized companies）、发展中国家、农民；对以下全球化相关陈述的态度：需要共同的全球规则（"全球治理"，worldwide governance）、导致本国物价上涨、吸引更多外国投资进入本国。

5. 全球危机：危机对国民经济状况影响的评估；经济危机对就业市场的影响是否已达峰值；本国应对危机影响最有效的主体：中央政府、欧盟、美国、阿拉伯联盟（仅适用于DZ、EG、TN、JO、LB、PS、MA）、北约（不适用于LB）、某G8或G20国家、联合国或其某一机构（不适用于IL）、阿拉伯基金、私人慈善基金会、古阿姆民主与经济发展组织（GUAM Organisation for Democracy and Economic Development，仅适用于MD、GE、UA、AZ）、与其他独联体（CIS）国家组成的单一经济区（仅适用于AM、AZ、GE、MD、UA、RU、BY）、联合国开发计划署（UNDP，仅适用于UA、AM、AZ、GE）、国际货币基金组织（IMF）与世界银行（WB）、私营企业、宗教组织；对以下危机相关陈述の态度：本国需改革以应对未来、本国无需外部支持即可走出危机。

6. 环境：与"环境"一词相关的联想；对环境问题的自评认知水平；环境保护对个人的重要性；最突出的环境问题；受访者最缺乏信息的环境问题；对欧盟在本国开展环境保护行动的认知。

7. 能源：本国获取能源难度的评估；过去六个月的停电经历；本国可负担能源的获取情况；因缺乏可负担能源受影响最严重的领域；未来偏好的能源来源；对以下选定陈述的态度：欧盟发展援助中用于帮助发展中国家获取能源的措施适当、能源获取是本国公民面临的严重问题。

人口统计学：性别；年龄；教育结束时的年龄；婚姻状况；职业；专业职位；过去12个月是否因以下目的访问或居住在其他欧盟国家：商务访问、度假访问、居住或工作、学习；过去12个月访问或居住过的欧盟国家；是否有亲属因以下目的居住在其他欧盟国家：工作、学习、其他原因；自评社会地位（量表）；过去一年的财务困难情况；家庭构成及规模；是否拥有移动电话及固定电话（landline）；耐用消费品拥有情况（娱乐电子产品、互联网连接、汽车拥有情况、已付清或仍在还款的公寓/房屋）；互联网使用情况（家中、工作场所、学校）；社区类型。

额外编码项：受访者ID；国家；访谈日期；访谈开始时间；访谈时长；访谈期间在场人数；受访者配合度；地区规模；区域；访谈员ID；访谈语言；权重因子（weighting factor）