Candidate Countries Eurobarometer 2004.1

Attitudes towards European Union and European Parliament. The accessionprocess. Health. Illegal and harmful content on the Internet. Topics: Current life satisfaction; life satisfaction compared withfive years ago; life satisfaction over the next five years; dynamics ofchange in subjective well-being; expectations for the year; personalsituation; economic situation in the country; financial situation ofthe household; employment situation in the country; personal jobsituation; trust in institutions; trust in political institutions;satisfaction with how democracy works; trust in other institutions(justice, police, army, religious institutions, trade unions, bigcompanies, EU, United Nations, charitable or voluntary organizations);perceived role the EU plays in major policy domains; problems facingthe nations (unemployment, economic situation, health care system,crime, rising prices/inflation, pensions, taxation, housing,educational system, terrorism, protecting the environment, immigration,public transports); perceived role the EU plays in major policy domains(fighting crime, public transportation, economic situation, risingprices / inflation, taxation, fighting unemployment, fightingterrorism, defence, foreign affairs, housing, immigration, health caresystem, educational system, pensions, protecting the environment);factual and perceived knowledge of EU; knowledge of basic EU-relatedfacts; preferred sources of information on the EU; the EU in thenational media; image of EU in the nationality media; European andnational pride; support for EU membership; perceived benefits of EUmembership; image of the EU; meaning of EU; role expected and desiredfor the EU in five years’ time; feeling informed about enlargement andthe accession process; feeling informed about enlargement and thecountry’s accession process; fears related to the building of Europe(loss of power for smaller member states; increase in drug traffickingand international organized crime, national language being used lessand less, country paying more and more to the EU, loss of socialbenefits, loss of national identity and culture, economic crisis,transfer of jobs to other member countries that have lower productioncosts, more difficulties for national farmers, end of nationalcurrency); support for key issues (common defence policy; teachingschool children about EU, EC commissioners coming from each of themember states, enlargement of the EU in May 2004, common foreignpolicy, constitution for EU; one single currency, further enlargementof the EU to include other countries, speed of building Europe);economic and political stability in Europe; country’s influence in theEU; perceived current speed and desired speed of building Europe;satisfaction with how national democracy works; satisfaction with howdemocracy works in the EU; awareness, importance and confidence in EUinstitutions and bodies; awareness and attitudes towards the EuropeanParliament; role of the European Parliament and the nationalparliament; importance of the EP elections in the new EU membercountries; channels to get information about a member of the EuropeanParliament; participation in EP elections; comparison of participationin EP elections and national election; reasons for participation in EPelections; main issues of the EP campaign (employment, agriculture,issues specific to the county, rights as a EU citizen, crime,education, environment, common defence policy, foreign policy,immigration, enlargement of the EU, the activities of the EP, thereform of EU institutions); increase willingness to vote; reasons forparticipation in EP elections; institutional reforms in the field of EUbudget for employment and social affairs, agriculture, scientificresearch, regional aid, foreign policy and aid to countries outside theEU, administrative and personnel costs, buildings); Council presidency;opinions about the right of veto; opinion about the system of voting inthe Council of Ministers; European Commission is composed ofcommissioners coming from each of the member states; speed of buildingEurope in countries; support for a common foreign policy; support for acommon defence and security policy; support for the creation of aEuropean rapid military reaction force; support for a European ForeignMinister; elements of common foreign and security policy;decision-making regarding European defence policy; views onglobalisation; advantages/disadvantages of globalisation; controlledglobalisation; most important issues facing the nation; priorities forextra spending; satisfaction with the health care system andexpectations for the next two years; health care reform; frequent useof health care facilities; doctors do not spend enough time withpatients; government should provide only essential services; priorityshould be given to treating young patients rather than old patients;health care financing; satisfaction with own health condition; havinghealth problems; providing care for those in need; extra familyresponsibilities; age of the person receiving extra service; paying totake care of elderly parents; deciding on long-term care services;deciding on long-term care services; getting by with household’sincome; persistence of difficult financial situation; Internet usageamong children (at home, at school, at a friend’s home, in someoneelse´s home, in an Internet café, in a library/other public place);rules for the Internet usage in the household; rules for TV usage inthe household; information on safer internet; source of informationabout safer use of the Internet; preferred way of getting informationabout safer Internet; report harmful Internet content. Demography: Nationality; marital status; left-right self placement;age; age at termination of school training; educational level; size ofhousehold; position in the household; occupational status; employmentin the public sector; position in the household; size of community;religion; church attendance; income of the household; party preferencein EP elections; gender.