Eurobarometer 91.2 (2019)

Since the early 1970s the European Commission´s Standard & Special Eurobarometer are regularly monitoring the public opinion in the European Union member countries. Principal investigators are the Directorate-General Communication and on occasion other departments of the European Commission or the European Parliament. Over time, candidate and accession countries were included in the Standard Eurobarometer Series. Selected questions or modules may not have been surveyed in each sample. Please consult the basic questionnaire for more information on country filter instructions or other questionnaire routing filters. In this study the following modules are included: 1. Europeans in 2019, 2. General Data Protection Regulation / Awareness of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, 3. Europeans’ attitudes towards vaccination.<br>Topics: 1. Europeans in 2019: most important problems in the own country and in the EU; trust in selected institutions: media, political parties, regional or local public authorities, national government, national parliament, European Union; meaning of the EU to the respondent; knowledge test on the EU: direct election of European Parliament members by the citizens of each member state; attitude towards the following issues: European economic and monetary union with one single currency, common foreign policy of all member states, common defence and security policy, common trade policy, common migration policy, common energy policy, digital single market within the EU, free movement of EU citizens; satisfaction with the democracy in the own country and in the EU; approval of the following statements: respondent understands how the EU works, more decisions to be taken at EU level, globalisation as an opportunity for economic growth; attitude towards selected statements: EU is a place of stability in a troubled world, free-market economy should go with a high level of social protection, globalisation threatens national identity, EU offers a future perspective for European youth, recognition of people’s interests by national political system, rise of political parties protesting against traditional political elites is a matter of concern, everyone in the own country has a chance to succeed in life; optimism about the future of the EU; feeling of being a citizen of the EU; most positive results of the EU; approval of selected statements: people in the own country have a lot of things in common, people in the EU have a lot of things in common, respondent understands what is going on the world, confidence in the future; main assets and main challenges of the EU; preferred issues to be emphasized for the future of Europe; preferred measures to improve access to healthcare in the EU; areas in the EU upon which technology will have the biggest impact: finance, employment and work, migration, health, social life, education, crime, social protection.

2. General Data Protection Regulation / Awareness of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union: awareness of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU; self-rated knowledge about the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU; knowledge test on the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU: is legally binding, applies to all actions of EU institutions, applies to all actions of EU member states, applies to member states only when they implement EU law; preferred bodies to address a complaint to regarding the violation of rights enshrined by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU: EU institution, national government, police, court, ombudsman or independent body in the own country, NGO; interest in additional information about the following aspects of the Charter: contact points in case of violation of rights enshrined by the Charter, content of the Charter, application of the Charter, historical and political context of the Charter; frequency of purchasing goods or services online; main reasons for providing personal information online; feeling of control over personal information provided online; extent of concern about not having complete control; attempts made to change the privacy settings of the personal profile on an online social network; assessment of the changes as easy; reasons for not changing; awareness of the conditions of collection and the further use of personal data provided online; attention payed to privacy statements on the internet; reasons for not paying attention; awareness of a public authority responsible for protecting people’s rights regarding personal data; awareness of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); awareness and exercise of the following rights in the context of the GDPR: right to access personal data, right to object to receiving direct marketing, right to correct wrong data, right to have personal data deleted, right to have a say with regard to automated decisions, right to move data between providers.

3. Europeans’ attitudes towards vaccination: knowledge test on infectious diseases causing deaths in the EU: flu, measles, polio, hepatitis, meningitis, tetanus; assessment of the efficacy of vaccination with regard to infectious diseases; vaccination of family members (including respondent) in the last five years; reasons for not having any vaccination; reasons for the last vaccination; possession of a vaccination card; knowledge test on vaccines: overload and weaken immune system, can cause the diseases against which they protect, often produce serious side-effects, are rigorously tested before being authorized for use; attitude towards the following statements on vaccination: routine vaccinations are important for everyone, only important for children, not getting vaccinated can lead to serious health issues, important to protect not only oneself but also others, important to protect people that cannot be vaccinated; preferred information sources on vaccination; most trusted source of information: family, friends, doctor, health care workers, pharmacists, online social networks, other internet sites, health authorities; preferred level of coordination of vaccination programmes: international, European, national, regional or local, refusal of vaccination programmes; awareness of information on vaccination in the last six months in the following media: TV, radio, newspapers or magazines, online social networks, other internet sites.

Demography: age; nationality; life satisfaction; frequency of discussions about political matters on national, European, and local level; general direction things are going in the own country and in the EU; image of the EU; internet use (at home, at work, at school); usage frequency of online social networks; left-right self-placement; marital status; sex; age at end of education; occupation; professional position; type of community; household composition and household size; own a mobile phone and fixed (landline) phone; financial difficulties during the last year; self-reported belonging to the working class, the middle class or the upper class of society; own voice counts in the own country and in the EU; opinion leadership.

Additionally coded was: respondent ID; country; date of interview; time of the beginning of the interview; duration of the interview; number of persons present during the interview; respondent cooperation; size of locality; language of the interview; region; nation group; weighting factor.