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Bibliographic Description
ICPSR Study No.:	4669

Persistent URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04669

Title:	Eurobarometer 63.2: Radioactive Waste, Transport Services, Farm Animal's Welfare, and Means of Payment, February-March 2005

Principal Investigator(s):	Antonis Papacostas, European Commission

Series:	Eurobarometer Survey Series

Bibliographic Citation:	Papacostas, Antonis. EUROBAROMETER 63.2: RADIOACTIVE WASTE, TRANSPORT SERVICES, FARM ANIMAL'S WELFARE, AND MEANS OF PAYMENT, FEBRUARY-MARCH 2005 [Computer file]. ICPSR04669-v2. Conducted by TNS Opinion & Social, Brussels, Belgium. ZA ed. Cologne, Germany: Zentralarchiv fur Empirische Sozialforschung [producer], 2007. Cologne, Germany: Zentralarchiv fur Empirische Sozialforschung/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributors], 2008-08-27. doi:10.3886/ICPSR04669

Scope of Study
Summary:	This round of Eurobarometer surveys diverged from the standard Eurobarometer measures and queried respondents on their opinions regarding radioactive waste, transport services, farm animal welfare, and means of payment. To start the interview, questions were asked regarding knowledge and support of radioactive waste disposal, as well as questions regarding the options of and preferences for nuclear energy. Respondents gave their views on the risks of radioactive waste disposal, the possibility of recycling noncontaminated materials from the nuclear industry, and the political and health-related consequences of handling dangerous waste. Next, questions were asked regarding transport services within the European Union (EU). Respondents gave their views on the rights of passengers, whether they were satisfied with the current transport services in EU countries, and their satisfaction with international travel within the EU. The third portion of the interview collected information on respondents' views on the welfare of farm animals. Questions were asked pertaining to the purchase and consumption of food derived from farm animals, respondents' views on the rights of farm animals, as well as their views and preferences regarding the protection of farm animals. Respondents gave their views on the purchase of eggs, meat, and milk from animal welfare-friendly production systems, their willingness to accept additional price premiums to ensure such production systems are used, and their perception of animal welfare in the EU versus other parts of the world. The last topic of the survey was means of payment. A series of questions addressed financial services in the EU, expectations of financial institutions, preferred payment options, and banking security. Background information includes respondent's age, gender, nationality, origin of birth (personal and parental), marital status, left-to-right political self-placement, occupation, age when they stopped full-time education, household composition, region of residence, and telephone equipment.

Subject Term(s):	attitudes, citizen attitudes, economic integration, European unification, European Union, financial planning, food consumption, food production, life satisfaction, nuclear energy, payment methods, personal finances, political influence, public opinion, public transportation, quality of life, radioactive waste disposal, social change, transportation

Smallest Geographic Unit:	country

Geographic Coverage:	Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Global

Time Period:	February 9, 2005 - March 20, 2005

Date(s) of Collection:	February 9, 2005 - March 20, 2005

Unit of Observation:	individual

Universe:	Citizens of the EU aged 15 and over residing in the 25 EU member countries: Austria, Belgium, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom

Data Type:	survey data

Data Collection Notes:	(1) The codebook and setup files for this collection contain characters with diacritical marks used in many European languages. (2) The categories and scales for P6 (SIZE OF COMMUNITY) and P7 (REGION) may have changed compared to former Eurobarometer up to survey 61. (3) The variable P6UK (SIZE OF LOCALITY UNITED KINGDOM) integrates data for Northern Ireland (codes 1-2) and Great Britain (codes 3-5). The value labels have been corrected by the ZA after consultation with TNS Opinion & Social. (4) Values in the data and setup files may vary from those shown in the questionnaire due to standardization of response categories. (5) The fieldwork dates in the data file for Denmark, Germany, Ireland, and Estonia are not consistent with the fieldwork dates in the Technical Specifications.

Methodology
Sample:	Multistage national probability samples.

Weight:	Please review the "Weighting Information" section of the ICPSR codebook for this Eurobarometer study.

Mode of Data Collection:	face-to-face interview

Access and Availability
Note:	A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.

Original ICPSR Release:	2007-07-19

Version History:	The last update of this study occurred on 2008-08-27.

	2008-08-27 - The data have been further processed by the ZA, and the SPSS setup file and codebook have been updated. Also, SAS and Stata setup files, SPSS and Stata system files, SAS transport (CPORT) file, and a tab-delimited ASCII data file have been added.

Dataset(s):	DS1: Eurobarometer 63.2: Radioactive Waste, Transport Services, Farm Animal's Welfare, and Means of Payment, February-March 2005

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