Eurobarometer 58.2 (Oct-Dec 2002)

This Eurobarometer is focusing on various topics regarding
respondents´ health and opinions pertaining to developing countries.

Topics: Questions related to health included smoking (e.g., how many
packs smoked and how often, whether cigarette and tobacco advertising
should be banned, and if the respondents were aware of the tar and
nicotine contents of the brand of cigarettes they smoked),
environmental risks (air quality, water quality, noise levels, quality
of food, quality of lakes and rivers, exposure to the sun, and waste
management), the communication of information regarding health risks
and health behaviors, respondents´ general health, emotional well-being
(if ever happy, sad, calm, peaceful, tense, down-hearted, energetic, or
tired), physical activities (like aerobics, digging, cycling, and
housework) and the amount of time spent doing various physical
activities, blood donation, organ donation, and HIV and AIDS. Questions
pertaining to developing countries included the importance of helping
people in impoverished countries, providing aid to those countries, how
much of the nation´s and the European Commission´s budget should be
spent on aid to other countries, which countries they felt were in the
best position to help developing countries, and if the respondent was
aware of the Cotonou Agreement (a partnership agreement between the
European Union and all its member countries and the countries from
Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific), or had ever heard about the
Lome Convention.

Demography: Marital status, gender, age, current occupation, whether
the respondent lived in a rural area or village, small or middle sized
town, or a large town, household income, who contributed largely to the
household income and the occupation of that individual, and how much
toward the left or right the respondent placed their political views.