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 and Data:

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

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]