Candidate Countries Eurobarometer 2004.1

Attitudes towards European Union and European Parliament. The accession
process. Health. Illegal and harmful content on the Internet.

Topics: Current life satisfaction; life satisfaction compared with
five years ago; life satisfaction over the next five years; dynamics of
change in subjective well-being; expectations for the year; personal
situation; economic situation in the country; financial situation of
the household; employment situation in the country; personal job
situation; trust in institutions; trust in political institutions;
satisfaction with how democracy works; trust in other institutions
(justice, police, army, religious institutions, trade unions, big
companies, EU, United Nations, charitable or voluntary organizations);
perceived role the EU plays in major policy domains; problems facing
the 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, rising
prices / inflation, taxation, fighting unemployment, fighting
terrorism, defence, foreign affairs, housing, immigration, health care
system, educational system, pensions, protecting the environment);
factual and perceived knowledge of EU; knowledge of basic EU-related
facts; preferred sources of information on the EU; the EU in the
national media; image of EU in the nationality media; European and
national pride; support for EU membership; perceived benefits of EU
membership; image of the EU; meaning of EU; role expected and desired
for the EU in five years’ time; feeling informed about enlargement and
the accession process; feeling informed about enlargement and the
country’s accession process; fears related to the building of Europe
(loss of power for smaller member states; increase in drug trafficking
and international organized crime, national language being used less
and less, country paying more and more to the EU, loss of social
benefits, loss of national identity and culture, economic crisis,
transfer of jobs to other member countries that have lower production
costs, more difficulties for national farmers, end of national
currency); support for key issues (common defence policy; teaching
school children about EU, EC commissioners coming from each of the
member states, enlargement of the EU in May 2004, common foreign
policy, constitution for EU; one single currency, further enlargement
of the EU to include other countries, speed of building Europe);
economic and political stability in Europe; country’s influence in the
EU; perceived current speed and desired speed of building Europe;
satisfaction with how national democracy works; satisfaction with how
democracy works in the EU; awareness, importance and confidence in EU
institutions and bodies; awareness and attitudes towards the European
Parliament; role of the European Parliament and the national
parliament; importance of the EP elections in the new EU member
countries; channels to get information about a member of the European
Parliament; participation in EP elections; comparison of participation
in EP elections and national election; reasons for participation in EP
elections; 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, the
reform of EU institutions); increase willingness to vote; reasons for
participation in EP elections; institutional reforms in the field of EU
budget for employment and social affairs, agriculture, scientific
research, regional aid, foreign policy and aid to countries outside the
EU, administrative and personnel costs, buildings); Council presidency;
opinions about the right of veto; opinion about the system of voting in
the Council of Ministers; European Commission is composed of
commissioners coming from each of the member states; speed of building
Europe in countries; support for a common foreign policy; support for a
common defence and security policy; support for the creation of a
European rapid military reaction force; support for a European Foreign
Minister; elements of common foreign and security policy;
decision-making regarding European defence policy; views on
globalisation; advantages/disadvantages of globalisation; controlled
globalisation; most important issues facing the nation; priorities for
extra spending; satisfaction with the health care system and
expectations for the next two years; health care reform; frequent use
of health care facilities; doctors do not spend enough time with
patients; government should provide only essential services; priority
should be given to treating young patients rather than old patients;
health care financing; satisfaction with own health condition; having
health problems; providing care for those in need; extra family
responsibilities; age of the person receiving extra service; paying to
take care of elderly parents; deciding on long-term care services;
deciding on long-term care services; getting by with household’s
income; persistence of difficult financial situation; Internet usage
among children (at home, at school, at a friend’s home, in someone
else´s home, in an Internet café, in a library/other public place);
rules for the Internet usage in the household; rules for TV usage in
the household; information on safer internet; source of information
about safer use of the Internet; preferred way of getting information
about safer Internet; report harmful Internet content.

Demography: Nationality; marital status; left-right self placement;
age; age at termination of school training; educational level; size of
household; position in the household; occupational status; employment
in the public sector; position in the household; size of community;
religion; church attendance; income of the household; party preference
in EP elections; gender.