DOI: 10.3886/icpsr06105
title: Central and Eastern Euro-barometer 2: Current Affairs and the Media, September-October 1991
title: Archival Version

description: The second round of Central and Eastern Euro-Barometer
 Surveys was carried out in Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Estonia,
 Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and European Russia. It
 assessed Central and Eastern Europeans' awareness of and attitudes
 toward the European Community (EC) and its programs and activities. In
 addition, the survey asked respondents to give opinions on a number of
 issues of importance to all European nations. It also explored
 citizens' reactions to the political and economic reforms occurring in
 their own countries. Respondents were asked whether things in general
 were going in the right or wrong direction in their country, and
 whether economic reforms and privatization were occurring too fast or
 too slowly. Other questions probed for how well individuals felt their
 country's economy and their own finances had fared over the past year,
 and how well they would fare over the coming year. Opinions were
 sought on whether the establishment of a free market economy was right
 or wrong. The survey asked respondents how satisfied they were with
 the development of democracy in their country, and whether they
 intended to vote in the next general election. It also elicited
 opinions on the degree of respect for human rights in the respondent's
 country. Other questions asked how frequently respondents thought of
 themselves as European, and whether they had considered going to work
 in a country in Western Europe. A series of items focused on general
 usage of television, radio, and newspapers, and on trust in various
 forms of information media, including broadcasts from the
 West. Several country-specific questions were asked about sources of
 information on the European Community. Respondents were also asked to
 indicate how aware they were of, and how interested in, the European
 Community and its activities and institutions, and to rate how
 positively they regarded the EC and the prospect of their country's
 membership in it. Participants were also asked about how the economy,
 government, and private citizens might be advantaged or disadvantaged
 by the country's increasing ties with the EC. Opinions were sought on
 the fairness of the Community's and other countries' trade and
 assistance policies, especially the PHARE assistance program for
 Central and Eastern Europe, and EC aid requested by the former Soviet
 Union. Respondents were asked to rate the usefulness of EC initiatives
 in Yugoslavia and its republics if they were aware of them.
 Respondents' views were also obtained on the break-up of the Soviet
 republics. Demographic data collected on each participant included
 age, education, occupation, religion, ethnic background,
 mother-tongue, citizenship, union membership, left/right political
 placement, sex, and income. A brief section, not asked in Albania,
 obtained data on lifestyle characteristics, such as household
 appliances and machines, recreation and hobby activities, and
optimistic or pessimistic attitudes.
description: Multistage national probability samples, except in Hungary, 
where a national stratified quota sampling technique was employed.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: Central and Eastern Euro-barometer 2: Current Affairs and the Media, September-October 1991
description: Persons aged 15 and over residing in 10 nations in Central
 and Eastern Europe: Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Estonia,
Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and European Russia.
description: face-to-face interview(1) Yugoslavia was not included in this survey due to
 the outbreak of hostilities prior to the commencement of
 fieldwork. (2) Data processing for this collection was performed at
the Zentralarchiv fur Empirische Sozialforschung in Cologne, Germany.