Citation  | European Commission (2012): Eurobarometer 51.1 (Apr-May 1999). INRA, Brussels. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA3172 Data file Version 1.0.1, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.10932 |
| Study No. | ZA3172 |
| Title | Eurobarometer 51.1 (Apr-May 1999) |
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| Current Version | 1.0.1, 2012-3-30, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.10932 |
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| Date of Collection | 12.04.1999 - 18.05.1999 |
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| Abstract | Attitudes and conduct on environmental protection. Consumer protection institutions. Topics: 1. environmental protection: greatest worries, concerns and fears (rank order); significance of environmental protection and environmental pollution; most important fears and concerns in the area of environmental protection and environmental protection areas in which fears have increased or decreased in the last 5 years; type and extent of the most important environmental pollution in one's own residential surroundings; most important national environmental protection problems; most important future environmental influences on health; perceived security from natural catastrophes and technical accidents in other European countries compared with one's own country; self-classification of extent to which informed about global as well as current environmental problems; extent to which informed about conduct in emergencies, about scientific and technological development to eliminate environmental problems; classification of extent to which informed about measures of national or European Government and of environmental protection organizations (scale); self-assessment of personal contribution to protect the environment; sources of information used in the area of environmental protection; evaluation of reliability of selected sources of information; special efforts in the search for information about the environment; assessment of the efficiency of the effort of government offices for the environment on local, regional, national, European and world-wide level; percentage extent of readiness to pay additional costs for selected environmentally compatible products; environmentally compatible conduct through conscious product selection, conserving water or electricity, environmentally compatible driving, separating trash (scale); laws, taxes, price increases or hoping for technical progress as most effective measure to solve environmental problems; preferred measures to reduce traffic in the centers of town; judgement on the statement, human action leads to environmental catastrophe; environmental protection and elimination of jobs; economy and ecology as opposed. 2. Consumer protection: self-assessment of extent to which informed about consumer rights; knowledge of consumer protection organizations; most important tasks of consumer protection associations; reasons for the desire for more or less influence of consumer protection associations; most important problems of consumer associations; membership in a consumer organization; reasons for membership or non-membership; knowledge of magazines of consumer associations; reading consumer magazines; occasions at which one would make use of consumer associations; most important tasks of consumer protection associations; preference for private or public responsibility for the tasks of consumer protection; personal utilization of a consumer protection institution and experiences made; reasons for not making use of a consumer protection organization; preferred information channels from consumer associations to consumers; attitude to paying charges for use of consumer associations; services of associations for which there ought to be charges; amount of accepted annual fee for such services; willingness to pay for such services; preferred means of financing consumer associations through member contributions, their services or the government; influence of consumer associations in comparison to other special interest groups as well as in comparison to politicians and the media; assessment of the influence of consumer associations on public discussion. Demography: nationality; marital status; sex; age; number of persons in household; number of children under 15 years in household; occupational position; head of household; occupational position of head of household; residential status; household income. Also encoded was: date of interview; time of start of interview; length of interview; number of persons present during interview; willingness of respondent to cooperate; city size; regional code. |
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| Universe | Persons 15 years old and older |
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Multi-stage stratified random sample
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Oral survey with standardized questionnaire
0160 Publications:
European Commission (Ed.):
Eurobarometer: Public Opinion in the European Union.
Report Number 51.
Brussels 1999.
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| Data Collector | INRA BELGIUM, Bruessel; GfK Danmark, Frederiksberg; INRA DEUTSCHLAND, Moelln; KEME, Athen; INRA ESPANA, Madrid; CSA-TMO, Paris; LANSDOWNE Market Research, Dublin; Ulster Marketing Surveys, Nordirland; PRAGMA, Rom; ILRES, Luxemburg; NIPO, Amsterdam; METRIS, Lissabon; INRA UK, London; GfK SVERIGE, Lund, Schweden; MDC MARKETING RESEARCH Ltd, Espoo, Finnland; SPECTRA, Linz, OEsterreich; INRA EUROPE, Bruessel (internationale Koordination) |
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EB - Standard and Special Eurobarometer