Regionalized Cultural Access and Participation (Books And Libraries) And Science Attitudes Variables (2013)

This dataset was created from the microdata of the Eurobarometer 79.2 survey using the development version of the eurobarometer package. The read a book variable is a weighted sum of the responses that chose from `QB1 How many times in the last twelve months have you read a book?` any answer apart from "not in the last 12 months." The library access variable is a weighted sum of the responses that chose from `QB1 How many times in the last twelve months have you visited a public libarary?` any answer apart from "not in the last 12 months. The limited library access is a weighted sum of the responses that chose from the question block `QB2 And for each of the following activities, please tell me why you haven’t done it or haven’t done it more often in the last 12 months? ... Visited a public library` the answer option `Limited or poor quality of this activity in the place where you live.` In this case, the number of respondents is rather low and this is not a very reliable statistic on regional level. The supports open access variable is a weighted sum of yes answer options to the `QD 17 Do you think that the results of publicly funded research should be made available online free of charge?` question. The internet access question is a weighted sum of responses to the answer option for `D46 Which of the following do you have? - An Internet connection at home`. The internet access question is a weighted sum of responses to the answer option for `D15 What is your current occupation? - student`.