DOI: 10.3886/icpsr04350.v1
title: Candidate Countries Eurobarometer 2004.1, February-March 2004
title: Version 1

description: The Candidate Countries Eurobarometer (CCEB) series, first
 conducted in 2001, gathers information from the countries applying to
 become members of the European Union (EU) in a way that allows direct
 comparison with the standard Eurobarometer series carried out in the
 existing EU countries. The CCEB provides decision-makers and the
 European public with opinion data on the similarities and differences
 between the EU and the candidate countries. The CCEB continuously
 tracks support for EU membership in each country and records changes
 in attitudes related to European issues in the candidate countries.
 This round of the CCEB surveys was conducted between February 20 and
 March 17, 2004, in the 13 candidate countries: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech
 Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania,
 Slovakia, Slovenia, and Turkey. The three main topics covered were
 opinions regarding the European Union (EU), health, and Internet use
 by the respondents' children. For the first topic, respondents were
 asked about the enlargement of the EU, its policies, and its
 institutions. They were asked several questions to discern the impact
 the EU would have on their lives when their residing country joined
 the EU. Other questions focused on the European Parliament, its
 elections, and its voting intent. Further questions included national
 decision-making policies of the EU, statements on EU policies --
 particularly foreign and defense policies -- and the EU's role in
 globalization. For the second main topic, health, the respondents were
 asked about health care and the health care system in their residing
 country. Other questions asked about the respondent's role in the care
 of a person with a long-term illness, a person with a handicap, or the
 elderly. They were further asked about their own health situations.
 The third topic was Internet usage. The questions focused on ways to
 protect children from possible dangers and risks associated with the
 Internet such as pornographic, discriminatory, or violent content.
 Respondents answered questions concerning Internet rules in their
 homes, Internet safety, and procedures for reporting harmful content.
 Demographic and other background information provided includes each
 respondent's age, gender, nationality, marital status, left-right
 political self-placement, occupation, age at completion of education,
 household income, region of residence, subjective size of community,
and religious affiliation.
description: Multistage national probability samples.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: Candidate Countries Eurobarometer 2004.1, February-March 2004
description: Citizens aged 15 and over residing in the 13 countries
 applying for European Union membership: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech
 Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania,
 Slovakia, Slovenia, and Turkey. There are three exceptions. In Estonia
 and Latvia, the survey covered permanent residents aged 15 and
 over. In Cyprus, the sample covered the territory of the Republic of
Cyprus only. Smallest Geographic Unit: country
description: face-to-face interviewQuestion 38 was a Split Ballot A and B.