DOI: 10.3886/icpsr02353
title: Eurobarometer 48.0: Holiday Travel, October-November 1997
title: Archival Version

description: This round of Eurobarometer surveys queried respondents on
 standard Eurobarometer measures, such as how satisfied they were with
 their present life, 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 how they viewed the need
 for societal change. 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, and whether their country had benefited from
 being an EU member. The surveys also questioned respondents on the
 common European currency, whether certain policy decisions (e.g.,
 defense, environmental protection, currency, health and social
 welfare, education, etc.) should be made at the national or EU level,
 what criteria were important for deciding whether a new country should
 join the EU, how the enlargement of the EU would affect the current
 members countries, the EU Common Agricultural Policy, the Treaty of
 Amsterdam, the Basque Country, their thoughts about the 21st century,
 and their feelings toward people of other nationalities, races, and
 religions. A set of questions also asked about respondents' attitudes
 toward the European Parliament, how this organization defended their
 interests, and whether they planned to vote in the next elections to
 the Parliament scheduled in June of 1999. A major focus of the surveys
 was issues surrounding vacations and holiday travel. Respondents were
 asked whether they had taken a trip in 1997 and, if not, the reason
 they did not travel, whether they had ever been on a holiday and, if
 so, when they went on their first holiday and for what duration, what
 subsequent vacations they took, which countries and locales they
 visited, who accompanied them, and how they traveled to their
 destinations. Other questions focused on where respondents stayed
 during their holiday, what criteria they used to select a holiday
 destination, how much they would spend in the current year for their
 holiday, what type of payment (e.g., checks, credit card) they used,
 what types of local products they purchased, what kinds of places they
 visited, and what kinds of events they attended. They were asked who
 arranged their holiday, how they obtained information and how they
 rated tourist information in general, if they sought out tourist
 information before or while on vacation, and how satisfied they were
 if they had already taken a vacation during the year. They also
 indicated whether they planned to travel in the following year and, if
 so, specified their intended destination. Demographic characteristics
 collected include nationality, left-right political self-placement,
 gender, age, occupation, marital status, age at completion of
 education, number of people in household, family income, size of
 locality, region, and whether a telephone was available in the
 household. Selected standard Eurobarometer constructed variables and
 indices are also included. For a comparable survey from this series,
 see EURO-BAROMETER 25: HOLIDAY TRAVEL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS,
APRIL 1986 (ICPSR 8616).
description: Multistage national probability samples.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: Eurobarometer 48.0: Holiday Travel, October-November 1997
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: Data processing for this collection was performed at
 the Zentralarchiv fur Empirische Sozialforschung (ZA) in Cologne,
 Germany. (2) The codebook and questionnaire are provided by ZA 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.