DOI: 10.3886/icpsr06749
title: Eurobarometer 45.1: European Union Rights, Sun Exposure, Work Safety, and Privacy Issues, April-May 1996
title: Archival Version

description: This round of Eurobarometer surveys queried respondents on
 standard Eurobarometer measures, such as whether they attempted to
 persuade others close to them to share their views on subjects they
 held strong opinions about, whether they discussed political matters,
 and what the EU's goals should be for the next ten years. Additional
 questions focused on the respondents' knowledge of and opinions on the
 European Union (EU), including how well-informed they felt about the
 EU, what sources of information about the EU they used, whether their
 country had benefited from being an EU member, and the extent of their
 personal interest in EU matters. Another major focus of the surveys
 was the rights of EU citizens as well as issues of work safety, sun
 exposure, and personal interviews. Respondents were asked about their
 knowledge of and the importance of rights such as traveling, working,
 buying, investing, studying, voting, and receiving medical care
 anywhere in the EU. Respondents provided further interpretation as to
 the meaning of some rights by indicating whether the right to live
 anywhere includes the right to permanently relocate, work, vote, or
 retire, if the right to work anywhere includes the right to set up a
 business, receive unemployment, receive retirement pay, or work as a
 civil servant, if the right to study includes equal access to schools,
 universities, scholarships, or exchange programs, and if purchasing
 rights include the right to buy any amount of goods for personal or
 other use. Questions concerning work safety asked respondents about
 their satisfaction with steps taken to guarantee health and safety in
 the workplace and whether employers, government inspectors, worker
 representatives, company committees, or individual workers should
 contribute more or less in order to reduce work accidents or
 work-related illnesses. Responses were also elicited regarding whether
 health and safety in the workplace contribute to worker efficiency,
 benefits for the people, economic benefits, and costs that are
 difficult for the employer to cover. Issues surrounding interviewing
 and personal data were also investigated. Respondents were asked if
 interviewing is a proper scientific tool, whether the interview format
 allows people to express their opinions, and whether it enables
 decision-makers to take people's views into account. Respondents were
 also asked if interviewing represents a form of intrusion and whether
 people need legal protection against the misuse of data. Respondents
 also indicated whether they thought individuals should have the
 decision as to whether their personal information can be passed on to
 someone else. Respondents' attitudes and opinions about sun exposure
 were also probed. Questions included whether respondents thought sun
 exposure was good or bad for their health, how best to protect
 themselves from the sun, and what type of skin, eye color, and hair
 color they had. Questions also examined respondents' opinions on
 European currency. Demographic and other background information
 provided includes respondent's age, sex, marital status, and
 left-right political self-placement, as well as household income, the
number of people residing in the home, and region of residence.
description: Multistage national probability samples.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: Eurobarometer 45.1: European Union Rights, Sun Exposure, Work Safety, and Privacy Issues, April-May 1996
description: Persons aged 15 and over residing in the 15 member nations
 of the European Union: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France,
 Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden.
description: (1) Data processing for this collection was performed
 at the Swedish Social Science Data Service (SSD). (2) The codebook and
 the data collection instrument are provided by SSD as Portable
 Document Format (PDF) files. The PDF file format was developed by
 Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader
 software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to
 obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web
site.