DOI: 10.5279/dk-sa-dda-3635
title: Eurobarometer 47.2, april-juni 1997
title: Eurobarometer 47.2, April-June 1997

description: Undersøgelserne i Eurobarometer serien er bygget op omkring en lang række replicerede spørgsmål til belysning af bl.a. følgende forhold:     #- respondentens tilfredshed med samfundet og demokratiets funktion samt opfattelse af hvilke mål, der bør afstikkes og forfølges for en gunstig samfundsudvikling,     #- respondentens holdning til nationens medlemskab af EU samt udviklingen henimod et forenet Europa,     #- den generelle holdning til Europaparlamentet, opfattelsen af mulige/ønskværdige mål for Europaparlamentet og tilfredsheden med (omfanget af) mediernes oplysninger om Europaparlamentet,     #- respondentens politiske og religiøse holdninger/præferencer.     #I baggrundsvariablene indgår endvidere en række standard demografiske oplysninger.     #     #Eurobarometer 47.2 beskæftiger sig herudover mere eller mindre detaljeret med bl.a. følgende emner:     #     #- om respondenten hyppigt forsøger at få parterne i en diskussion til at dele sine synspunkter samt hyppigheden af deltagelse i politiske diskussioner;     #- holdning til en række udsagn om EU-borgeres rettigheder (man skal have en arbejdstilladelse for at kunne arbejde i et andet EU-land; man kan stemme ved lokalvalg i et andet EU-land, hvis man bor i landet; man kan søge arbejde i andre EU-lande; man har ikke ret til at modtage arbejdsløshedsunderstøttelse fra ens eget land, hvis man søger arbejde i et andet EU-land; der findes et fælles telefonnummer for nødtjeneste i alle EU-landene; man må ikke have en opsparingskonto i en bank eller tegne en forsikring i et andet EU-land; man kan frit rejse i Europa uden at vise pas eller identitetskort; man kan studere i ethvert EU-land; man skal igennem tolden, hvis man medbringer varer købt i et andet EU-land til personligt brug; man skal skifte kørekort, når man flytter til et andet EU-land);     #- kendskab til en række rettigheder for EU-borgere samt om de følgende rettigheder eksisterer (retten til at bo hvor som helst i EU; retten til at arbejde og/eller starte en virksomhed hvor som helst i EU; retten til at studere hvor som helst i EU; retten til at købe og medtage varer fra et EU-land til et andet uden grænseformaliteter; retten til at få dækket udgifter til lægebehandling hvor som helst i EU; retten til tilstrækkelige standarder for sundhed og sikkerhed på arbejdspladsen hvor som helst i EU; retten til at blive behandlet ens på arbejdspladsen uanset køn hvor som helst i EU; retten til at optage lån eller investere penge hvor som helst i EU; retten til at tegne en forsikring hvor som helst i EU; retten til at stemme og opstille som kandidat ved Europaparlamentsvalg og lokalvalg i et andet EU-land); informationskilder om disse rettigheder;     #- (kun stillet til kvinder): Om respondenten nogensinde forestiller sig, at hun kan få brystkræft eller livmoderhalskræft; om respondenten har gennemgået en række prøver inden for det sidste år eller skal inden for det næste år (brystundersøgelse med røntgen, dvs. mammografi; manuel brystundersøgelse; gynækologisk undersøgelse; ovarieundersøgelse; smeartest; undersøgelse for knogleskørhed); om respondenten har tillid til forebyggende medicinske undersøgelser; holdning til en række påstande om opdagelse af bryst- og livmoderhalskræft; holdning til landsdækkende screeningprogrammer; om kræft kan forebygges; hvilke aspekter af kræft respondenten gerne vil have mere information om; hvorfra respondenten gerne ville have denne information; om respondenten kender nogen, der har kræft eller er død af kræft;     #- hvor stor en rolle Europaparlamentet spiller i EU i dag; om respondenten ville foretrække, at det spillede en endnu større rolle;     #- om respondenten har tillid til, at de følgende sørger for, at EU-beslutningerne er til gavn for mennesker som respondenten: Europa Kommissionen, regeringen i respondentens land, Europaparlamentet, parlamentet i respondentens land, Ministerrådet;     #- om Europaparlamentet beskytter respondentens interesser; hvilke områder Europaparlamentet og den nationale regering bør være specielt opmærksom på;     #- stemmeintention ved en hypotetisk folkeafstemning om forbliven i eller udmeldelse af EU;     #- nødvendigheden af en række ting for at fremme den europæiske integration (det Indre Marked; fælles landbrugspolitik; fælles socialpolitik; fælles miljøpolitik; fælles udenrigspolitik; fælles hær; fælles valuta; fælles skattesystem; en europæisk regering; europæisk statsborgerskab ud over det nationale statsborgerskab);     #- områder der bør prioriteres højest i EU (at bevare freden ved at gribe mere bestemt ind i potentielle konflikter; at løse landbrugs- og fiskeriproblemerne; at beskæftige sig med indvandrerproblemet; at beskytte de europæiske kulturer i alle deres udtryk: billedkunst, biografkunst etc.; at beskæftige sig mindre med økonomi og mere med social retfærdighed; at udforme europæiske love, der skal gælde i alle EU-landene; at gøre en fælles indsats for bedre at beskytte miljøet; at forene forskningsindsatsen på områder som helbred, transport, informationsteknologi etc.; at give mere information om beslutninger taget på europæisk niveau og deres praktiske konsekvenser; at udvikle fælles programmer til bekæmpelse af arbejdsløsheden; at beskytte EU mod ikke-europæisk konkurrence; at sørge for flere muligheder for at få et job i et hvilket som helst EU-land; at bekæmpe narkosalg; at bekæmpe international organiseret kriminalitet; at forhindre import af færdigvarer fra lande hvor arbejdsforholdene er uacceptable; at støtte de fattige regioner i EU; at beskytte forbrugerne; at være tættere på borgerne; at forbedre ligestillingen mellem mænd og kvinder; at kæmpe i fællesskab mod kræft, AIDS etc.; at yde mere hjælp til de fattige og socialt udstødte i EU);     #- om respondenten er bekymret for en række ting i forbindelse med den europæiske union, og om det er sandsynligt, at disse ting vil ske (at de små medlemslande vil miste magt og indflydelse; en stigning i narkosalget og den internationale organiserede kriminalitet; at ens sprog bliver brugt mindre og mindre; at de rige medlemslande kommer til at betale for de andre lande; at udvidelsen mod øst vil blive for dyr for EU-landene; at de sociale ydelser forsvinder; at vi mister vores nationale identitet og kultur; at de nationale valutaer forsvinder; at der flyttes jobs til andre medlemslande, hvor produktionsomkostningerne er lavere; at der flyttes jobs til lande uden for EU, hvor produktionsomkostningerne er lavere; at andre lande kommer med i EU; endnu flere skatter; at ens land ikke rigtigt eksisterer længere)
description: The surveys in the Eurobarometer series have as their core a number of recurring/replicated questions concerning:     #1) The respondents' satisfaction with their society and with    the way democracy works in their country; and the respondents'    views on which goals should be given top priority in their    society.     #2) The respondents' attitudes to their country's membership of    the EC, and to the trend towards the unification of Europe.     #3) The respondents' general attitudes to the European Parliament,    and to the elections for the Parliament; the respondents'    views on possible/desirable goals for the Parliament; and the    respondents' satisfaction with the information about the    European Parliament available in the media.     #4) The respondents' political and religious    affiliations/preferences.     #5) And some standard demographic information.     #     #The special topics of Eurobarometer 47.2 are:     #- whether the respondent often tries to persuade friends, relatives or fellow workers to share her/his views and how often the respondent participates in political discussions;     #- attitude to a number of statements concerning the rights of EU citizens (you have to have a work permit in order to be able to work in another EU member state; you are allowed to vote in local elections in another EU member state, if you are resident there; you are allowed to look for work with firms in other EU countries; you have no right to receive unemployment benefit from your own country if you go to another EU member state to look for work; there is a common telephone number for emergency services in all EU countries; you are not allowed to have a savings account with a bank or buy insurance in another EU country; you are allowed to travel around the EU without showing your passport or identy card; you are allowed to study in any EU country; you have to go through customs when you bring home goods bought in another EU country for your own personal use; you have to change your driving licence when you move to another EU country);     #- knowledge of the rights as a citizen in the European Union and whether the following rights exist (to live anywhere in the EU; to work and/or set up a business anywhere in the EU; to go and study anywhere in the EU; to buy and take goods from one member state to another without border formalities; to be reimbursed for any urgent medical attention in another EU country; to be guaranteed adequate health and safety standards at work anywhere in the EU; to be guaranteed equal treatment at work without discrimination based on sex anywhere in the EU; to borrow from and invest with banks anywhere in the EU; to take out an insurance policy anywhere in the EU; to vote and stand as a candidate in elections for the European Parliament and in local elections in another member state); sources of information about these rights;     #- (asked to women only): whether the respondent has ever thought that one day she could have breast cancer or cervical cancer; whether the respondent has had any of a number of medical examinations once or more, in the last 12 months or will need to have in the next twelve months (breast examination by X-ray, i.e. mammography; breast examination by hand; gynaecological examination; ovary examination; cervical smear test; osteoporosis examination); whether the respondent is confident about preventive medical examinations; attitude to a number of statements on detection of breast and cervical cancer; attitude to national screening programmes; whether cancer can be prevented; on which aspects of cancer the respondent would like to be better informed; where the respondent would like to get this information; whether the respondent knows anybody who has or has had cancer, or who has died from it;     #- how important a part the European Parliament plays in the life of the European Union nowadays; whether the respondent would prefer that the European Parliament played a more important part;     #- whether the respondent relies on the following to make sure that EU decisions are in the interest of people like the respondent: the European Commission, the Government of the respondent's country, the European Parliament, the parliament of the respondent's country, the Council of Ministers;     #- whether the European Parliament protects the respondent's interests; which areas of interest the European Parliament should pay particular attention to;     #- vote at a hypothetical referendum on whether the respondent's country should stay in the EU or should leave the EU;     #- the necessity of a number of things in order to make progress in the building of Europe (a single internal market; a common agricultural policy; a European social policy; a European environmental policy; one European foreign policy; one army; one European currency; one tax system; an elected European government; a European citizenship in addition to the national citizenship);     #- key priorities for the European Union (keeping peace by intervening more firmly in possible conflicts; solving the problems in agriculture and fishing; dealing with the immigration problem; protecting our European cultures in all their expressions: art, cinema, etc.; paying less attention to the economy and more to social justice; developing European laws applicable in all the EU member states; making joint efforts to better protect the environment; pooling research efforts in the areas of health, transport, information technology, etc.; giving more information about decisions taken at the European level and their practical consequences; developing joint programmes to fight unemployment; protecting us from non-European competition; providing more opportunities to find a job anywhere in the EU; fighting against drug trafficking; fighting against international organized crime; preventing the import of manufactured goods from countries where working conditions are unacceptable; supporting the poorer regions of the EU; protecting consumers; being closer to the citizens; improving equality of opportunity between men and women; fighting together against cancer, AIDS, etc.; giving more help to the poor and socially excluded in the EU);     #- whether the respondent is afraid of a number of things in connection with the European Union, and whether these things are likely to happen (a loss of power for smaller member states; an increase in drug trafficking and international organized crime; one's own language being used less and less; richer member states will have to pay for the others; the expansion towards the East will cost too much money for the EU member states; the loss of social benefits; the loss of our national identity and culture; the end of national currencies; the transfer of jobs to other member states which have lower production costs; the transfer of jobs to non-member countries which have lower production costs; other countries joining the EU; even more taxes; one's country not really existing anymore)
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