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Eurobarometer 63.1 (Jan-Feb 2005)

European Commission, Brussels; DG Communication Public Opinion Analysis Sector
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA4233 Data file Version 1.1.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.10965
Other Title (type): Science and Technology, Social Values, and Services of General Interest (Subtitle)
Abstract: This round of Eurobarometer surveys diverged from the standard Eurobarometer measures and queried respondents on their opinions regarding science and technology, social values, and services of general interest. Topics: Questions concerning the first topic focused on the respondents´ attitudes toward science and technology issues including what areas they were most interested, how informed respondents were in general, and recent visits to a museum of science and technology or another type of public museum. Other questions measured respondents´ level of trust in science, their views on the rol ... more
Topics: Social change | Social behaviour and attitudes | Consumption and consumer behaviour | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 03.01.2005 - 17.02.2005
Date(s) of Data Collection: 14.01.2005 - 09.02.2005, France | 11.01.2005 - 05.02.2005, Belgium | 10.01.2005 - 26.01.2005, Netherlands | 14.01.2005 - 03.02.2005, Germany | 19.01.2005 - 09.02.2005, Italy | 10.01.2005 - 02.02.2005, Luxembourg | 11.01.2005 - 06.02.2005, Denmark | 11.01.2005 - 13.02.2005, Ireland (Republic) | 10.01.2005 - 13.02.2005, United Kingdom | 13.01.2005 - ... more
Geographic coverage: France (FR) | Belgium (BE) | Netherlands (NL) | Germany (DE) | Italy (IT) | Luxembourg (LU) | Denmark (DK) | Ireland (IE) | United Kingdom (GB) | Greece (GR) | Spain (ES) | Portugal (PT) | Finland (FI) | Sweden (SE) | Austria (AT) | Cyprus (CY) | Czech Republic (CZ) | Estonia (EE) | Hungary (HU) | Latvia (LV) | Lithuania (LT) | Malta (MT) | Poland ... more
Universe: All respondents were residents in the respective country and aged 15 and over.
Number of Units: 31390
Sampling Procedure: A multi-stage, random (probability) sampling design was used for this Eurobarometer. In the first stage, primary sampling units (PSU) were selected from each of the administrative regionals units in every country (Statistical Office of the European Community, EUROSTAT NUTS 2 or equivalent). PSU selection was systematic with probability proportional ... more
Mode of Data Collection: Face-to-face interviews with standardized questionnaire
Data Collector: Österreichisches GALLUP, Vienna, Austria TNS Dimarso, Bruxelles, Belgium TNS Gallup DK, Copenhagen, Denmark TNS Sofres, Montrouge, France TNS GALLUP OY, Espoo, Finland TNS Infratest, Munich, Germany TNS ICAP, Athens, Greece TNS UK, London, United Kingdom TNS MRBI, Dublin, Ireland TNS Abacus, Milan, Italy TNS ILReS, Luxemburg, Luxemburg TNS NIPO, Am ... more
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Number of Variables: 790
Notes: The regular sample size (in the sense of completed interviews) is 1000 respondents per country, except the United Kingdom with separate samples for Great Britain (1000) and Northern Ireland (300), Germany with separate samples for the Eastern (500) and the Western part (1000), and Luxembourg, Cyprus (Republic), Malta, and Iceland with 500 interview ... more

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: - European Commission, Brussels; DG Communication Public Opinion Analysis Sector
Publication year: 2012
DOI: 10.4232/1.10965 | 10.4232/1.4233
Alternate IDs: doi:10.3886/ICPSR04563.v2
Study number: ZA4233
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Research data center: FDZ Int. Umfrageprogramm bei GESIS

Versions

Current Version: 1.1.0, 2012-03-30, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.10965
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Reference publications

Publications: TNS Opinion & Social: Special Eurobarometer 224 / Wave 63.1. Europeans, Science and Technology. Survey requested by Directorate General Research and coordinated by the Directorate General Press and Communication (European Commission). Brussels: June 2005. http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_224_report_en.pdf | TNS Opinion ... more
Study group:
EB - Standard and Special Eurobarometer | show all hits of the group
Since the early nineteen seventies the European Commission´s “Standard and Special Eurobarometer” are regularly monitoring the public opinion in the European Union member countries at times. Interviews are conducted face-to-face, in each spring and each autumn, at all times based on new samples with a size 1000 respondents per country. Separate sam ... more

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