Candidate Countries Eurobarometer 2002.2

Life in the Candidate Countries. Contact with other countries and
cultures. European Union accession. Attitudes towards European Union
directives. Attitudes towards foreigners.

Topics: Preferred language of the interview; 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 social institutions; media use; news
viewer ship on television; news readership of daily newspapers; news
listener ship on the radio; trust in the media; access to modern
information technology; attachment to nationality and identification
with Europe; national pride; European pride; contact with other
countries and cultures; knowledge of foreign languages; foreign
languages that are the most useful to know; tolerance towards other
people; people of other races, nationalities, religions; attitudes
towards foreigners; spontaneous image and meaning of the EU; image of
the European Union; meaning of the European Union; meaning of being a
citizen of the European Union; trust in the European Union and its
institutions; trust levels in the EU; trust levels in the institutions
and bodies of the EU; trust in European Parliament and in European
Commission; support for EU membership; membership: a ‘good thing’ or a
‘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 year’s time; benefits of EU in five years time; support for
joint EU decision-making; preferred decision-making mechanism of the
enlarged EU; self-perceived knowledge about the EU; knowledge of basic
EU-related facts; awareness of the EU, its institutions, bodies;
interest in EU news; preferred methods for receiving information about
the EU; EU topics people would like to know more about; preference for
national versus EU originated information; attitudes towards
enlargement; perception of support levels for country’s membership in
the Member States; awareness of country’s bid for EU membership;
timeframe of the EU accession; feeling informed about enlargement and
the accession process; assessment of pre-accession funds; mutual
support of membership in the candidate region; attitudes towards the
EU´s current policies; priorities of the EU; European Constitution;
support for the Euro; participation on EP elections.

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.