Eurobarometer 62.1 (Oct-Dec 2004)

European Constitution. Lisbon Agenda. Education. Environment.
Information and communication technologies. Services of general
interest.

Topics: This round of Eurobarometer surveys diverges from standard
trend topics. Respondents were asked if they had heard of the European
Constitution, whether they were for or against the European
Constitution and why, where they obtained information regarding the
European Constitution, and whether they would exercise the ´citizens
right of initiation´ described in the draft of the European
Constitution. The surveys also solicited respondents´ opinions with
respect to the state of both the national and European economy, their
assessment of the employment situation, social welfare, and the overall
quality of life in their individual countries and how it compared to
other EU countries, their outlook for the economy, and their opinion of
their overall quality of life. The surveys also inquired about the
respondents´ experiences with vocational training such as the extent
and nature of information and communication technology training
received, sources of funding for such training, recent and future
participation in vocational training, and what sorts of training the
respondents believed would help them to advance in their careers.
Additional questions were asked about what specific environmental
issues were of concern to them, and whether or not priority should be
given to economic or environmental policies. Respondents were also
asked to describe their personal efforts made towards conservation of
the environment and what level of government they felt should be
responsible for overseeing environmental conservation. There were also
several questions pertaining to information and communication
technology. Respondents were asked what technological devices were most
prevalent in their daily (both professional and personal) lives, to
what extent they made use of computers and the Internet, whether or not
they had received information and communication technology training,
and whether or not they were able to telework. Finally, respondents
were asked to describe the services of general interest (telephone,
electric, water, postal, public transit) available to them and which
were most used, the affordability of these services, and the quality of
the services that they received.

Demography: Respondent´s age, gender, nationality, marital status,
left-right political self-placement, occupation, age at completion of
education, household income, type and size of locality, and region.