Euro-barometer 38.1: Consumer Protection and Perceptions of Science and Technology, November 1992 (ICPSR 6045)

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Principal Investigator(s):
Karlheinz Reif; Anna Melich

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06045.v2

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Summary

This round of Euro-barometer surveys queried respondents on standard Euro-barometer measures such as public awareness of and attitudes toward the Common Market and the European Community (EC), and also focused on the role that consumer, science, and entertainment issues play in the lives of residents of the European Community. Respondents were asked to describe their television viewing habits and to comment on whether they watched programs broadcast by satellite. Their interest in a 24-hour European news channel and their receptivity to purchasing and using HDTV (high definition television) technology were also probed. In addition, participants in this Euro-barometer were asked a series of questions on consumer protection issues. They reported on topics such as recent European Community initiatives on product safety, labeling, and consumer credit, the problems they experienced as consumers over the last 12 months, what action they took if they wished to lodge a formal complaint, where they would turn for information on purchasing/selling products directly, their opinion regarding the uniformity of consumer protection policies across the Community, their level of satisfaction with current practices on the packaging and labeling of foodstuffs, and their knowledge of preservatives, additives, and colorings used in food products. Respondents also described their recent travel experiences, their use of products and services while traveling, and their opinions regarding the level of safety of these products and services as compared to those found in their own countries. Other questions focused on recent issues in the news of interest to respondents and which professions they respected the most. A final battery of questions probed attitudes toward science and technology issues: how informed respondents were in general, the sources of their information, recent visits to zoos, museums, and cultural institutions, opinions as to which subjects were "scientific" and which were not, and knowledge of scientific methods of investigation and the importance of science and technology in their lives. Finally, they were asked about the role the European Community plays in scientific research and how effective Community countries were in the promotion of science and technologies as compared with Japan and the United States. As in previous Euro-Barometers, information was gathered on family income, number of people residing in the home, size of locality, region of residence, occupation of the head of household, and the respondent's age, sex, education, religion, subject social class standing, socio-professional status, and left-right political self-placement.

Citation

Reif, Karlheinz, and Melich, Anna. Euro-barometer 38.1: Consumer Protection and Perceptions of Science and Technology, November 1992. Zentralarchiv fuer Empirische Sozialforschung [distributor], Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2015-04-27. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06045.v2

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

Country

Distributor(s)

Zentralarchiv fuer Empirische Sozialforschung, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1992-11-03 -- 1992-11-29

Date of Collection

1992-11-03 -- 1992-11-29

Data Collection Notes

  1. Data processing for this collection was performed at GESIS.

  2. Access to GESIS data and documentation, including the GESIS DOI, for Eurobarometer 38.1 can be found through the GESIS Data Catalogue. Additional information on the Eurobarometer Survey Series and the Eurobarometer data can be found at the GESIS Eurobarometer Web site and ZACAT, respectively.

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Sample

Multistage national probability samples.

Time Method

Cross-sectional

Universe

Persons aged 15 and over residing in the 12 member nations of the European Community: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

Unit(s) of Observation

individual

Data Source

personal interviews

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

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Original Release Date

1995-03-16

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Reif, Karlheinz, and Anna Melich. Euro-barometer 38.1: Consumer Protection and Perceptions of Science and Technology, November 1992. ICPSR06045-v2. Koeln, Germany: Zentralarchiv fuer Empirische Sozialforschung/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributors], 2015-04-27. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06045.v2

2015-04-27 The SPSS setup files were updated to conform to current standards. SAS and Stata setup files, as well as SPSS and Stata system files, a SAS transport (CPORT) file, a R data file, a tab-delimited data file, and a PDF codebook have been added to the collection.

1995-03-16 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:

  • Standardized missing values.
  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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Weight

The data are not weighted, however there are nine weights that users may want to apply during analysis: V6 (WEIGHT SPECIAL UNITED KINGDOM), V8 (WEIGHT RESULT FROM TARGET), V9 (WEIGHT ADJUSTED TO STANDARD SIZE), V11 (WEIGHT SPECIAL GERMANY), V12 (WEIGHT EURO 6), V13 (WEIGHT EURO 10), V14 (WEIGHT EURO 12), V15 (WEIGHT EUROPE 12 +), and V16 (WEIGHT RESULTS FROM TARGET NORWAY ONLY). For additional information please see the "Original ICPSR Documentation, 1995 Release" in the ICPSR codebook.

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Notes