Eurobarometer 66.3: Social Reality, E-Communications, Common Agricultural Policy, Discrimination and the Media, and Medical Research, November-December 2006

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Label

Eurobarometer 66.3: Social Reality, E-Communications, Common Agricultural Policy, Discrimination and the Media, and Medical Research, November-December 2006

Creator

• Papacostas, Antonis

Contributor

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Author

• Papacostas, Antonis

Contributor

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Subject

• European unification
• Group identity
• Information resources
• Internet
• Occupational training
• Political participation
• Public welfare
• Research
• Science -- Study and teaching
• Subsidies
• Telecommunication
• Telecommunication systems
• Telephone
• access to information
• agricultural policy
• agriculture
• attitudes
• children
• communications systems
• community participation
• consumer attitudes
• consumer behavior
• consumer expectations
• consumer protection
• discrimination
• durable goods
• electronics
• employment
• ethnic discrimination
• ethnic groups
• ethnic tensions
• farmers
• government performance
• government subsidies
• households
• information sources
• job expectations
• job loss
• job satisfaction
• job security
• job training
• knowledge (awareness)
• life satisfaction
• mass media
• media influence
• pensions
• public opinion
• purchasing
• quality of life
• rural development
• science education
• scientific research
• social activism
• social attitudes
• social change
• social identity
• social welfare
• standard of living
• survey
• telecommunications
• telephones
• Agriculture and state
• work attitudes
• work environment
• trust in government
• Consumers -- Attitudes
• Cost and standard of living
• European Union

Genre

• survey

Summary

This round of Eurobarometer surveys diverged from the Standard Eurobarometer measures and queried respondents on the following major areas of focus: (1) social reality, (2) e-communications, (3) Common Agricultural Policy, (4) discrimination and the media, and (5) medical research. For the first area of focus, a sequence of questions covered a broad spectrum in terms of social reality, asking the respondents to evaluate their life and job satisfaction, work environment, confidence in their job skills, ability to keep or find a job, and what they expected would happen to their jobs in the near future, e.g., promotion, job loss, relocation, and pensions. Respondents were then asked their opinions on the effectiveness of social welfare, which social issues they considered most important, whether they had or wanted children, how the presence of minority groups affect their countries in a cultural and economic sense, and what necessities are required in order to get ahead in life. The second major focus called for respondents to provide information on the availability, or lack there of, of each of these communication systems: television, fixed telephone, mobile phones, and Internet in their household. Respondents were asked to share reasons why they owned or did not own certain systems, including telecommunication bundles, and to explain how accessible the systems were to their household. Respondents also were asked to assess the performance of each system, to share their expectations as consumers, and to rate the effectiveness of their service providers and the available features (e.g., personal data protection, costs, tariffs, and flexibility with account changes). Respondents indicated, from lists of service providers included in the survey, the specific provider they used for each communication system they used. Respondents answered additional questions about viruses and spam, and how they dealt with such issues, as well as their knowledge of the phone numbers to contact in case of emergencies. Only one question was asked in the next topic as respondents were shown a European label and asked what it symbolized. For the third major area of focus, the survey asked respondents about their knowledge of and their interest in learning about the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Respondents also were asked their opinions on the importance of agriculture and rural development in their countries, what the European Union's (EU) main priorities should be in terms of CAP, and the effectiveness of its role in policy development. Respondents were further asked if the EU's reduction of the subsidy for farmers was justified if farmers failed to attend to their responsibilities and rules of policy, and whether the current amount of budgeting for agriculture was adequate. The fourth major topic focused on people's opinions about discrimination and the media. Respondents were requested to assess the importance of the media's role in combating discrimination and the particular actions the media may use to do this. The survey further asked respondents how they felt about viewing people of different ethnic origins on television, and the media's use of ethnic origin or religious affiliation when discussing people. Also, respondents shared whether they believed the media contributed to the creation of ethnic tensions between different communities. For the fifth and final topic, the survey queried respondents about their knowledge of and interest in scientific research, their access to information on science and subjects of interest (e.g., exhibitions, lectures, professors, doctors, family, and periodicals), and whether they were aware of the projects funded by the EU. Demographic and other background information include respondent's age, gender, nationality, origin of birth (personal and parental), marital status, left-to-right political self-placement, occupation, age when stopped full-time education, household composition, and ownership of a fixed or a mobile telephone and other durable goods. In addition, country-specific data include the type and size of locality, region of residence, and language of interview (select countries)