Candidate Countries EB 2003.4     October-November 2003     ZA No.  3986

Topics: 

• life in the candidate countries
• political participation and trust in institutions
• national and European identity
• attitudes towards and information about the EU
• important national and international issues
• common foreign and security policy
• attitudes towards and knowledge about enlargement process
• the future of Europe
• European elections
• attitudes towards defrauding the European Union and its budget (OLAF)*
• trust in opinion polls

Documents:

• Study Description (DE)
• 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 
• The special module on Defrauding in the EU (OLAF) was formerly available separately as ZA study 3985.
• Comparable data are available in the framework of Standard Eurobarometer 60.1 (ZA3938)   
• Last update: January 26, 2006

Publications:

• Gallup International Hungary: Eurobarometer 2003.4. Public Opinion in the Candidate Countries. Full Report. Survey requested and coordinated by the Directorate General Press and Communication. December 2003 [CCEB reports at the EC website]
•   Gallup International Hungary: Eurobarometer 2003.4. Public Opinion in the Candidate Countries. Attitudes related to Defrauding the European Union and its Budget. Survey requested by the European Office in the Fight against Fraud (OLAF). December 2003

	Sample size	Fieldwork dates	Field-Questionnaires
Bulgaria	1000	14 Oct 03 - 29 Oct 03	BG
Cyprus	500	11 Oct 03 - 27 Oct 03	CY
Czech Republic	1000	11 Oct 03 - 31 Oct 03	CZ
Estonia	1014	14 Oct 03 - 28 Oct 03	EE / EE_RU
Hungary	1017	14 Oct 03 - 05 Nov 03	HU
Latvia	1001	16 Oct 03 - 31 Oct 03	LV / LV_RU
Lithuania	1015	15 Oct 03 - 30 Oct 03	LT / LT_RU
Malta	500	13 Oct 03 - 30 Oct 03	MT
Poland	1000	11 Oct 03 - 30 Oct 03	PL
Romania	1040	11 Oct 03 - 29 Oct 03	RO
Slovakia	1078	14 Oct 03 - 27 Oct 03	SK
Slovenia	1000	10 Oct 03 - 10 Nov 03	SI
Turkey	1000	17 Oct 03 - 27 Oct 03	TR
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