Eurobarometer 53 (2000)

The major topics are:1. Political attitudes and questions on the European Union2. European Parliament3. Minorities4. Public services5. Labeling of genetically modified food6. Emergency phone number7. Information and communication technologies.Topics:1. Political attitudes and questions on the European Union:nationality (multiple responses possible);interest in politics;personal opinion leadership;personal employment situation, employment situation in one's family andsatisfaction with life in general;deterioration or improvement in personal lifein the last and in the next five years;media usage;self-assessment of extent to which informed about the EU,its policies and its institutions;adequate reporting about interests of the EU in national media;judgement on membership of the country in the EU;advantageousness of this membership;EU image in general;advantageousness of EU membership for selected social groups;satisfaction with democracy in one's country and in the EU;preferred source of information, information channels andmeans of information about the EU, its policies and its institutions;assessment of current speed of integration of Europe;importance of the role of the EU for daily life of respondent in five years;knowledge about European institutions andjudgement on their importance for the EU;trust in European institutions;expected personal identity as European citizen or national citizenin the near future;national pride;attitude to the common European currency, foreign policy and defense policy;attitude to a European Central Bank independent of the member countries orresponsible to the European Parliament;attitude to responsibility of the EU for matters thatcannot effectively be solved on national, regional and local level;attitude to support of the president and members of the European Commissionby a majority of the European Parliament;attitude to school instruction about the work of European institutions;preference for national or European decision-making powerover selected political areas;desired priorities in EU policies, such as e.g. accepting new member countries,populism of the EU, successful introduction of the Euro, fight against poverty,environmental protection, consumer protection, fighting unemployment,reform of EU institutions, securing of peace andprotection of the right to privacy and democratic principles in Europe;self-assessment of personal extent to which informed about the Euro;means of information about the Euro used;preferred new EU member countries;criteria for accepting new countries.2. European Parliament:knowledge and significance of the European Parliament;desire for a strengthening of the European Parliament;assessment of the representation of interests of European citizensby the European Parliament;most important interests that should be represented by the European Parliament;attitude to a European constitution;decision-making power of all or only selected member countriesafter the EU extension to the east.3. Minorities:perceived disturbances from people of another race, religion or culture;belonging to a majority or minority;origin of parents or grandparents from another culture, religion,race or nationality;assessment of proportion of minorities in the country;attitude to the role of minorities in education, job market,economy and culture;most important measures to improve relations with people of another race,religion and culture in one's country;job market acceptance of muslims, Eastern Europeans, refugees,persons seeking asylum and EU citizens;attitude to assimilation and integration of minorities and immigrantsin society;attitude to immigrants from non-EU countries;advantages for the country from presence of immigrants from non-EU countries.4. Public services:accessibility and affordablility of mobile phones, conventional telephones,electricity, gas, water, mail, public transportation and railroad travel;quality, extent to which informed andcontract conditions of these public services;personal complaints in the last 12 months andsatisfaction with the way the service provider dealt with these complaints.5. Labeling of genetically modified food:frequency of noticing such identification of foods anddegree of extent to which informed;judgement on product information on food packaging;significance of health information for purchase decision;extent to which informed about genetically modified food;necessity of identification of genetically modified food,trust in them and influence on purchase decision;preferred sources of information, information channels andmeans of information about genetically modified food.6. Emergency phone number:degree of familiarity of the European emergency phone number 112in case of accident in other European countries.7. Information and communication technologies:possession and use of satellite dish, cable television, digital television,DVD player, game console, PC, laptop, PDA, CD-Rom drive, Internet access,Fax equipment, mobile phone and ISDN connection;interest in using new technologies;reasons for not using ISDN;planned employment of the above-mentioned products and services;personal surf practices;influence of Internet use on use of traditional media such as television,books, press, radio and on social life of respondent;place of access (job, at home, Internet cafe) andsatisfaction with speed of Internet connection;measures for speed increase such as ISDN, DSL etc.and affordability on these measures;interest in certain Internet selections as well as willingness to pay for this.Demography:age;sex;marital status;size of household;children in household;residential status;size of residence in qm;self-assessment on a left-right continuum;postmaterialism;age at termination of education;occupation;revious occupation;religion;self-assessment of religiousness;city size;region.Also encoded was:date of interview;start of interview;length of interview;presence of further persons during interview;cooperation of respondent;possession of a telephone.