Candidate Countries Eurobarometer 2001.1

Attitudes towards European Union and enlargement process. Knowledge
about European Union.

Topics: Preferred language of the interview; current life
satisfaction; life satisfaction compared with five years ago; life
satisfaction over the next five years; personal situation; economic
situation in the country; financial situation of the household;
employment situation in the country; personal job situation; trust in
public institutions; trust in other social institutions; news
viewership on television; news readership of daily newspapers; news
listenership on the radio; trust in the media; national pride; european
pride; knowledge of foreign languages; foreign languages that are the
most useful to know; contacts with foreign countries, work experience
abroad; spontaneous image and meaning of the EU; meaning of being
citizen of the European Union; trust in European Parliament, in
European Commission; support for EU-membership; membership good thing
or bad thing; referendum about membership; perceived benefits of
EU-membership; personal benefits; benefits for the country; expected
benefits for various social groups; expected and desired role of the EU
in five years’ time; benefits of EU in ten years time; support for
joint EU decision-making (defence, environmental protection, currency,
health, social security, unemployment, research, foreign policy,
culture, immigration, justice, crime, drugs and human trafficking);
self-perceived knowledge about the EU (scale); awareness of the
European Union, its institutions, bodies; interest in EU news;
preferred source of information about the European Union; EU topics
people would like to know more about (history, institutions, economy,
international cooperation, social policy); attitudes and knowledge
about enlargement and the accession process; awareness of Country’s bid
for EU Membership; date of accession; perceived and desired speed of
accession process; projected and desired date of accession; feeling
informed about enlargement and the accession process; assessment of
pre-accession funds; use of technical devices.

Demography: Nationality; marital status; age; age at termination of
school training; educational level; size of household; occupational
status; employment in the public sector; position in the household;
size of community; church attendance; income of the household; party
preference; gender.