Flash Eurobarometer 345 (Accessibility)

Accessibility of goods and services for disabled people.<br>Topics: illness or longstanding health problem of respondent or other household member; limited activities due to handicap in the last six months; attitude towards full participation of people with disabilities in society; attitude towards barriers to accessibility hindering disabled people in social participation; impact of the improvement of accessibility of goods and services on: people with disabilities and elderly people, disabled and elderly and other people (e.g. pregnant women, travellers with luggage, etc.), opportunities for industry; experienced difficulties with regard to: taking means of transportation, entering into a building or an open public space, using a sidewalk or cross the street, using devices of telecommunication, buying required products or services, voting in elections, using official authority websites, using commercial websites; assumed impact of common rules on accessibility in the EU on operating of companies in other EU countries; willingness to buy or pay more for better designed products; attitude towards selected statements on the improvement of accessibility: existing rules in the own country ensure sufficient access to goods and services, common European solutions would enable disabled people to travel and live in other EU countries, public authorities should ensure accessibility of provided goods and services, higher investment in eliminating physical obstacles, manufacturers and service providers should be required to ensure accessibility of sold goods and services, possibility to seek judicial sanctions against manufacturers and service providers who do not comply with binding measures to improve accessibility.

Demography: age; sex; nationality; age at end of education; occupation; professional position; region; type of community; own a mobile phone and fixed (landline) phone; household composition and household size.

Additionally coded was: respondent ID; language of the interview; type of phone line; country; date of interview; time of the beginning of the interview; duration of the interview; weighting factor.