DOI: 10.3886/icpsr02864
title: Eurobarometer 51.0: The Elderly and Domestic Violence, March-May 1999
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 goals of the European Union (EU) should be. Additional
 questions focused on the respondents' knowledge of and opinions on the
 EU, including how well-informed they felt about the EU, what sources
 of information about the EU they used, and whether their country had
 benefited from being an EU member. Another major focus of the surveys
 was elderly people and domestic violence. Respondents were asked
 whether retired people should be permitted to take paid employment and
 whether the government should introduce laws to try to stop age
 discrimination. Respondents were also queried as to whether they had
 extra family responsibilities involving looking after someone with a
 long-term illness or someone who was handicapped or elderly, and who
 respondents thought was in the best position to decide on the most
 appropriate services for elderly people needing long-term aid. The
 survey also explored violence against children and young people under
 age 18 as well as against women. Those queried were asked if they had
 heard of violence against women and children and what they believed
 constituted domestic violence against women and children. Given a
 situation in which a woman or child was a victim of violence,
 respondents were asked who might be the most likely perpetrator and
 what might be a general cause of violence against women and children.
 Respondents also commented on whether certain institutions and
 organizations should help victimized women and children, and ways that
 violence against women and children can be combatted. Demographic and
 other background information provided includes the respondent's age,
 gender, marital status, and left-right political self-placement, as
 well as household income, number of people residing in the home,
occupation, religion, and region of residence.
description: Multistage national probability samples.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: Eurobarometer 51.0: The Elderly and Domestic Violence, March-May 1999
description: Citizens of the EU aged 15 and over residing in the 15 EU
 member countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,
 Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain,
Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
description: face-to-face interview(1) The files included with this collection derive
 from the data producer, INRA (International Research Associates)
 (Europe), and have been further processed by the Zentralarchiv (ZA).
 (2) Starting with Eurobarometer 34 and up to survey 61, NUTS 1 level
 data (REGION II) for the NETHERLANDS are not (re-)coded in accordance
 with the official EUROSTAT nomenclature of territorial unit
 statistics. The NUTS 2 level province ZEELAND should be coded as
 belonging to NUTS 1 region (landsdel) WEST instead of SOUTH
 Netherlands. (ZA editions will be corrected from EB 53 onwards,
 November 11, 2005) (3) The SPSS, SAS, and Stata setup files for this
 collection contain characters with diacritical marks used in many
 European languages. (4) D8/V454-V455: For 31 respondents the indicated
 age "WHEN STOPPED FULL-TIME EDUCATION" was too high for their actual
 age (D11/V457). These cases were recoded to '0' (QA) in V454 and V455.
 Fifteen missing cases which are coded '2' in D15A/V462 have been
 recoded to '98' in V454 and '10' in V455 (STILL STUDYING). (5) D29
 INCOME HH QUARTILES: Please notice that the income quartiles are
 produced for comparison purposes and are retained as provided by the
 principal investigator. They are based on the country specific
categorized income question.