Flash Eurobarometer 236 (Citizens´ perceptions of fraud and the fight against fraud in the EU27)

Attitudes towards measures of fighting fraud within the EU.<br>Topics: assessment of the extent of the following practices: defrauding national state budget, defrauding EU budget, corruption in national government and institutions, corruption in European Union institutions, corruption in international organisations; attitude towards the following statements on defrauding the EU budget: own country should cooperate more with anti-fraud services of EU institutions, own country should cooperate more with anti-fraud services of other EU member states, EU should coordinate national investigations of defrauding the EU budget, EU needs own EU level anti-fraud organisation; awareness of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF); trust in selected institutions with regard to fighting fraud against the European Union budget: national police, national customs services, national tax authorities, national legal system, OLAF, other European bodies, press and media, national state auditors, private auditing firms in the own country, national anti-corruption body; own experience with bribery in the last twelve months; involved person: police officer, customs officer, tax officer, judge, inspector, politician, European institutions’ official, private business, other; preferred source of information on fraud against the EU budget.

Demography: sex; age; age at end of education; occupation; professional position; type of community.

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