Flash Eurobarometer 403 (Citizens’ Perception about Competition Policy, wave 2)

Attitudes towards EU competition policy.<br>Topics: attitude towards selected statements regarding competition between companies: allows for better consumer prices, for more choice for consumers, and for higher quality, encourages innovation and economic growth; experiences regarding a lack of competition in the following sectors resulting in higher prices, a reduction in choice, or lower quality: telecommunication and internet access, energy, financial services, transport services, food retailing, pharmaceutical products, others, none; main problems in the mentioned sectors; preferred point of contact in case of encountering the aforementioned problems: national competition authority, other authorities in the own country, consumer organisations in the own country, police, court, European Commission; awareness of issues with regard to competition policies in the media in the last year; sources of the information; assessment of the impact of competition on consumers; awareness of competition-related decisions against a company taken by a competition authority; awareness of the executing authority.

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; type of phone line; nation group; weighting factor.