Eurobarometer 37.1     April-May 1992     ZA No.  2241

Consumer Goods and Social Security

Special Topics:

• Consumer behavior with respect to food products and labeling see related Publication
• Attitudes towards social security, health care, unemployment and pensions see related Publication
• Attitudes towards elderly people see related Publication

Documents:

• Study Description 
•   Standard codebook
•   Basic English Questionnaire
•   Basic French Questionnaire
• Search in Eurobarometer Codebooks / Questionnaires

Remarks:

• Errata
• Last update: March 2000 (codebook)

Publications:

• Maurizio Ferrera (University of Pavia): EC Citizens and social Protection - Main results from a Eurobarometer survey. Italy, November 1993.
•   Commission of the European Communities: Age and Attitudes - Main Results from a Eurobarometer Survey. Brussels, 1993 (also available in french).
• Commission des Communautés Européennes: Etiquetage des produits. Bruxelles, Août 1992.

	Sample size	Fieldwork dates	Field-Questionnaires
France	1003	21 Apr 92 - 04 May 92	FR
Belgium	1017	21 Apr 92 - 09 May 92	BE_NL / BE_FR
Netherlands	1002	23 Apr 92 - 10 May 92	NL
Germany (West)	1008	21 Apr 92 - 09 May 92	DE_W
Italy	1043	21 Apr 92 - 13 May 92	IT
Luxembourg	498	21 Apr 92 - 18 May 92	LU
Denmark	1000	21 Apr 92 - 07 May 92	DK
Ireland	1000	21 Apr 92 - 12 May 92	IE
Great Britain	1062	20 Apr 92 - 07 May 92	GB
Northern Ireland	304	21 Apr 92 - 11 May 92	GB_NI
Greece	1000	20 Apr 92 - 19 May 92	GR
Spain	1000	20 Apr 92 - 08 May 92	ES
Portugal	1000	24 Apr 92 - 12 May 92	PT
Germany (East)	1058	21 Apr 92 - 29 Apr 92	DE_E
Questionnaire Copyright and Acknowledgements

Errata:

• SIZE OF COMMUNITY has not been documented correctly in the case of GREECE. The correct categories (value labels) for Greece are: 01. up to 2.000 inhabitants; 02. 2.001 - 10.000 inhabitants; 03. 10.001 - 50.000 inhabitants; 04. 50.001 - 1.000.000 inhabitants; 05. 1.000.001 and more inhabitants. Current ZA deliveries contain the correct documentation. The original INRA codebook and SPSS documentation for categories '04' and '05' is erroneous.
• Starting with Eurobarometer 34 and up to survey 61, NUTS 1 level data (REGION II) for the NETHERLANDS are not (re-)coded
  in accordance with the official EUROSTAT nomenclature of territorial unit statistics. The NUTS 2 level province ZEELAND should be
  coded as belonging to NUTS 1 region (landsdel) WEST instead of SOUTH Netherlands. (ZA editions will be corrected from EB 53 onwards, November 11, 2005)   
• Original INRA data show identical frequencies for Q32_1 and Q32_2, i.e. V290 and V291 in the ZA data set edition. Data of variable Q32_2 (V291) were overrun by Q32_1 (V290) during the processing. Correct data for Q32_2 are not available.

• Results to HEALTH CHECK UP question Q.21 (V270 to V275) are probably not correct for PORTUGAL. Categories '1' (yes) and '2' (no) were exchanged compared to the Portuguese field questionnaire. Results are obviously dubious for V272, V274, and V275. (October 23, 2000)