Candidate Countries EB 2002.1     March-April 2002     ZA No.  4153

Social Situation in the Countries Applying for European Union Membership

Special Topics: 

• support for and benefit from EU membership (referendum)
• quality of life indicators, household income and standard of living  see related European Foundation project website
• family and children, elderly people
• health
• access to and quality of services
• social protection and social exclusion
• social and political participation
• employment, unemployment and quality of work
• regional mobility

Documents:

• Study Description
• Standard codebook
•   Basic English Questionnaire
• Search Eurobarometer Codebooks / Questionnaires
• ZACAT online access to documentation and data   

Remarks:

• Fieldwork coordination and dataset integration by GALLUP EUROPE 
• 1st ZA release as of January 25, 2006
• Doubled sample size for Poland and Turkey (n=2000)

Publications:

•   European Commission, Directorate General Press and Communication, Public Opinion Analysis: Candidate Countries Eurobarometer 2002.1. Highlights. Public Opinion in the Countries Applying for EU Membership. Support for EU Membership. October 2002.
•   European Commission, Directorate General Press and Communication, Public Opinion Analysis: Candidate Countries Eurobarometer 2002.1. Social Situation in the Countries Applying for European Union Membership. Drawn up by The GALLUP Organization, Budapest. October 2002.
•   Alber, J. and Fahey, T.: Perceptions of living conditions in an enlarged Europe. Report for European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions.  Luxembourg/Brussels/Dublin 2004. [FR] [DE]

	Sample size	Fieldwork dates	Field-Questionnaires
Bulgaria	1000	10 Mar 02 - 29 Mar 02	BG
Cyprus	500	04 Mar 02 - 26 Mar 02	CY
Czech Republic	1000	09 Mar 02 - 02 Apr 02	CZ
Estonia	1010	08 Mar 02 - 21 Mar 02	EE / EE_RU
Hungary	1020	14 Mar 02 - 04 Apr 02	HU
Latvia	1000	08 Mar 02 - 24 Mar 02	LV / LV_RU
Lithuania	1015	07 Mar 02 - 20 Mar 02	LT / LT_RU
Malta	500	05 Mar 02 - 04 Apr 02	MT
Poland	2000	08 Mar 02 - 05 Apr 02	PL
Romania	1049	06 Mar 02 - 28 Mar 02	RO
Slovakia	1067	12 Mar 02 - 02 Apr 02	SK
Slovenia	1002	02 Mar 02 - 29 Mar 02	SI
Turkey	2000	01 Mar 02 - 03 Apr 02	TR
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