Eurobarometer 57.2 (Apr-Jun 2002)

This Eurobarometer is focusing on health issues, cross-border
purchases, and national identities.

Topics: European Union (EU) respondents provided information on their
health status, including whether they had long-standing illness that
limited their work or daily activities. They also answered questions
about the health care system in their countries and indicated how well
health care was run, whether the government should spend more money on
health care, and if they were willing to pay more taxes to contribute
to health care. They were also asked how well they were getting by with
their households´ income, who should pay for taking care of elderly
parents, and who should decide what long-term care services an elderly
person needs. Another major focus of the surveys was cross-border
purchases. EU respondents were asked whether in the last 12 months they
bought anything for private use in stores located in other European
Union countries, and if so, how they bought the product and how much
they paid for it. They were also asked whether the introduction of the
euro and the possibility of buying online made them more interested in
buying products or services from other EU countries, whether in the
last 12 months they heard or saw an advertisement from another EU
country, whether they would be more or less confident buying different
products or services in another EU country, and what factors would
affect their level of confidence. European Union citizens and residents
of three European Union candidate countries (the Czech Republic,
Hungary, and Poland) described how close they felt to the inhabitants
of the city/village/region where they lived, their national fellows, EU
citizens and other European residents, Arabs, Turks, Russians, United
States´ citizens, Gypsies, Jews, and others. They also selected from a
list those things or feelings that were crucial to sense of belonging
to their nation and to Europe. EU respondents were asked what the most
important issues facing their countries were and what their governments
should spend extra money on. Additionally, respondents indicated
whether they were satisfied with their lives, and the state of the
economy, laws, and public transport in their countries.

Demography: 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.