Eurobarometer 58.0     September-October 2002     ZA No.  3692

Services of General Interest, New Technologies, ICT, Health, Environment, and Public Safety

Special Topics: 

• Services of general interest (telephone, electricity, gas, water, post, transport) see related Publication
• New technologies: attitudes towards biotechnology (including genetic engineering) see related Publication
• Information and communication technologies: computer / Internet usage and teleworking see related Publication
• Sources of  information about health (including Internet) see related Publication
• Concern about environmental pollution, attitudes towards environment protection, and information on environment topics see related Publication see related EC website 
• Public safety issues (including attitudes towards crime and crime prevention) see related Publication

Documents:

• Study description (DE)
• Standard codebook
•   Basic English Questionnaire
•   Basic French Questionnaire
• Search Eurobarometer Codebooks / Questionnaires 

Remarks:

• Original data set edition provided by EORG
• No standard trend questions
• Swiss data on the 'Biotechnology' module are available in the framework of EBCH 02.
• Candidate Countries data on the 'Services of general interest' module are available in the context of Candidate Countries Eurobarometer 2003.3 (ZA3984).   
• 2nd ZA edition as of March 13,  2007
• Errata (former releases)

Publications:

•   Eurobarometre 58 - Edition Speciale: L'opinion des consommateurs sur les services d'interet general. Rapport rédigé par The European Opinion Research Group (EORG) pour la Commission européenne, Direction Générale "Santé et Protection des Consommateurs".
  [Summary: Consumers' Opinions on Services of General Interest]
  [Zusammenfassung: Die Meinung der Verbraucher über die Dienstleistungen der Daseinsvorsorge]
•   Eurobarometer 58.0: The attitudes of Europeans towards the envorinment. Written by: The European Opinion Research Group (EORG) for Directorate General Environment. December 2002. [also available in French]  

•   Gaskell, George; Allum, Nick; Stares, Sally: Europeans and Biotechnology in 2002. Eurobarometer 58.0. A report to the EC Directorate General for Research from the project 'Life Sciences in European Society'. March 21st 2003 (2nd edition).

•   Spadaro, Rosario (The European Opinion Research Group): Eurobarometer 58.0. European Union citizens and sources of information about health. Written for Directorate General SANCO. March 2003.

•   The European Opinion Research Group (EORG): Public Safety, Exposure to Drug-related Problems and Crime, Public Opinion Survey. Report prepared for the European Commission. Brussels, May 2003. [summary] [tables]

•   Spadaro, Rosario (The European Opinion Research Group): Eurobarometer 58.0. Les européens et les technologies de l'infiormation et de la communication dans le cadre de l'emploi. Gere et organise par La Direction Générale Presse et Communication- secteur Opinion Publique. Automne 2002.

	Sample size	Fieldwork dates	Field-Questionnaires
France	1004	02 Sep 02 - 24 Sep 02	FR
Belgium	1074	02 Sep 02 - 04 Oct 02	BE_NL / BE_FR
Netherlands	998	01 Sep 02 - 02 Oct 02	NL
Germany (West)	1036	01 Sep 02 - 19 Sep 02	DE_W
Italy	992	05 Sep 02 - 30 Sep 02	IT
Luxembourg	599	04 Sep 02 - 30 Sep 02	LU_LU / LU_FR
Denmark	1000	01 Sep 02 - 04 Oct 02	DK
Ireland	999	03 Sep 02 - 30 Sep 02	IE
Great Britain	1014	02 Sep 02 - 04 Oct 02	GB
Northern Ireland	306	04 Sep 02 - 23 Sep 02	GB_NI
Greece	1001	02 Sep 02 - 02 Oct 02	GR
Spain	1000	03 Sep 02 - 04 Oct 02	ES
Portugal	1000	03 Sep 02 - 29 Sep 02	PT
Germany (East)	1009	01 Sep 02 - 18 Sep 02	DE_E
Norway	1001	01 Sep 02 - 16 Oct 02	NO
Finland	1000	02 Sep 02 - 01 Oct 02	FI_FI / FI_SE
Sweden	1000	01 Sep 02 - 07 Oct 02	SE
Austria	1008	03 Sep 02 - 25 Sep 02	AT
Questionnaire Copyright and Acknowledgements

Errata:

• Please notice that derived variable of integrated regions for West and East Germany (P7R_GER) is not correct. For German regions you should always refer to the basic (NUTS II) variables (P7_WGE, P7_EGE) and recode to larger regional units (NUTS I) if needed. Corrected in the 1st ZA edition as of April 10, 2006.
• Please notice erroneous coding for basic British regions in P7_GB and accordingly in all derived variables (M7_GB, P7R_UK). At least GREATER LONDON (16) and KENT (18) seem to be exchanged. This variable should only be used with caution. Variable has been recoded in the 1st ZA edition as of April 10, 2006. 
• Respondents who should not have been asked D.15B (LAST OCCUPATION), i.e. if not CODE 1-4 IN D15.A, are all coded '15' (NEVER DID ANY PAID WORK) in D.15B. Users should recode the D.15B variables in accordance with the filter instructions. Corrected in the 1st ZA edition as of April 10, 2006.