Eurobarometer 73.2: Humanitarian Aid, Domestic Violence Against Women, and Mental Well-Being, February-March 2010 (ICPSR 29761)

Principal Investigator(s): Papacostas, Antonis, European Commission

Summary: This round of Eurobarometer surveys diverged from the Standard Eurobarometer measures and queried participants on the following major areas of focus: (1) humanitarian aid, (2) domestic violence against women, and (3) mental well-being. For the first major area of focus, humanitarian aid, the survey focused on the interviewee?s level of awareness of organizations that provide aid and finance these efforts. Participants were asked how much they knew about humanitarian aid activities, the importan... (more info)

Series: Eurobarometer Survey Series

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Papacostas, Antonis. Eurobarometer 73.2: Humanitarian Aid, Domestic Violence Against Women, and Mental Well-Being, February-March 2010. ICPSR29761-v1. Cologne, Germany: GESIS/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributors], 2011-01-31. doi:10.3886/ICPSR29761.v1

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR29761.v1

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Summary:   This round of Eurobarometer surveys diverged from the Standard Eurobarometer measures and queried participants on the following major areas of focus: (1) humanitarian aid, (2) domestic violence against women, and (3) mental well-being. For the first major area of focus, humanitarian aid, the survey focused on the interviewee’s level of awareness of organizations that provide aid and finance these efforts. Participants were asked how much they knew about humanitarian aid activities, the importance of funding these activities outside the European Union (EU) and informing EU citizens about the funding of activities, and whether the EU as an entity or each separate member state would be more efficient in providing humanitarian aid. For the second major area of focus, domestic violence against women, respondents were queried on their awareness of and proximity to domestic violence, as well as their perception of domestic violence, including some potential reasons for its prevalence. Additionally, respondents identified whether certain institutions, organizations, or people should come to the aid of women experiencing domestic violence. They also evaluated the usefulness of certain resources to combat domestic violence, and were asked whether or not they believed legislative action should be taken on domestic violence. For the third and final major area of focus, mental well-being, the survey assessed respondents' levels of mental well-being over the last four weeks. Topics encompassed positive and negative feelings, absence from work, and the effects of physical health and emotional problems. In addition, respondents were asked about their level of comfort at work, care and treatment for their mental well-being, including sources of professional help and use of antidepressants, and the perception they have of others with mental health problems. Demographic and other background information includes age, gender, nationality, marital status, occupation, age when stopped full-time education, household composition, ownership of a fixed or mobile telephone and other goods, difficulties in paying bills, level in society, Internet use, type and size of locality, region of residence, and language of interview (in select countries).

Subject Terms:   abuse, attitudes, domestic violence, economic integration, emotional disorders, emotional states, European unification, European Union, health behavior, humanitarian aid, mental health, public opinion, social attitudes, social change, social issues, violence against women

Smallest Geographic Unit:   country

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

Time Period:  

• 2010-02-26--2010-03-17

Date of Collection:  

• 2010-02-26--2010-03-17

Unit of Observation:   individual

Universe:   Citizens of the EU aged 15 years and over residing in the 27 EU member countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, and the national population of citizens of all the EU member countries aged 15 and over residing in Iceland.

Data Types:   survey data

Data Collection Notes:

The original data collection was carried out by TNS Opinion and Social on request of the European Commission.

In order to conform to standard SAS, SPSS, and Stata variable naming conventions, original variable names containing periods have been renamed; periods in these variable names have been replaced with underscores "_".

The codebook and setup files for this collection contain characters with diacritical marks used in many European languages.

The documentation and/or setup files may contain references to Croatia, Macedonia, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey, and the Turkish Cypriot Community, but these countries were not participants in this wave of Eurobarometer surveys. This collection contains no data for Croatia, Macedonia, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey, and the Turkish Cypriot Community.

The Consumer Empowerment (QA) module was surveyed in both Eurobarometer 73.2 and 73.3. However, the data for this module are only available as a separate data set, Eurobarometer 73.2+73.3. This data set includes responses to identical questions pertaining to this topic and relevant demographics from both surveys; it doubles standard sample sizes and covers the 27 EU member countries plus Iceland and Norway.

The Humanitarian Aid (QB) module was surveyed in the 27 EU member countries and Iceland.

The Domestic Violence Against Women (QC) and Mental Well-Being (QD) modules were surveyed in the 27 EU member countries.

The total number of interviews is 27,304. The table in the "Technical Specifications" section of the ICPSR codebook shows the total number of interviews as 26,800.

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

Mode of Data Collection:   face-to-face interview

Extent of Processing:  ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

• Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

Original ICPSR Release:  2011-01-31

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