Eurobarometer 88.1: Parlemeter 2017, Cultural Heritage, Future of Europe, Attitudes of European citizens towards the environment

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Question module QA ‘Parlemeter 2017’ was implemented on behalf of and financed by the European Parliament. It partly replicates questions formerly asked in the framework of Eurobarometer 86.1 and 84.1.

Question module QB ‘Cultural heritage’ was newly introduced.

Question module QC ‘Future of Europe’ is partly based on questions asked in the context of the corresponding module surveyed in the framework of Eurobarometer 86.1.

Question module QD ‘Attitudes of European citizens towards the environment’ is partly based on questions asked in the context of the corresponding module surveyed in the framework of Eurobarometer 81.3.

Starting with Eurobarometer 81.3 (with 84.1 for Germany), the category scheme for country specific protocol variables P6 (SIZE OF COMMUNITY) has changed considerably. Categories for all countries have been harmonized among each other to three values (Rural area – Towns and suburbs/small urban area – Cities/large urban areas).

Starting with Eurobarometer 81.3 the category scheme for country specific protocol variables P7 (REGION) has changed for some countries, in particular introducing NUTS categories for Ireland, Estonia, and Croatia.

The derivation of variables qb7r ‘CULTURAL HERITAGE STATEMENTS – POSITIVITY INDEX’ is only briefly documented in the official report. A complete reconstruction and checking of the derived variables is not possible, but the data are consistent with official figures.

The questionnaire representations of qd10_1 to qd10_13 (‘AWARE OF ECOLABEL: …’) and qd11_1 to qd11_13 (‘BOUGHT PROD W ECOLABEL: …’) deviate slightly from the actually fielded answer categories due to technical issues related to the display of the logos. The variables in the dataset correctly represent the actually fielded multiple answer matrix (0=Not mentioned; 1=Mentioned) with variables qd10_14/qd11_14 and qd10_15/qd11_15 representing the answer categories ‘None’ and ‘DK’. The category 0 ‘Not mentioned’ in qd11_1 to qd11_13 includes cases which have not actually reported to be aware of the respective label in qd10_1 to qd10_13, which deviates from the filtering instruction for question QD11.

Please note that gen1 to gen6 are based on age instead of year of birth, which may entail a slightly inaccurate categorization for some respondents. Moreover, additional discrepancy in the categorization might be due to the potential use of 2016 as reference year instead of 2017.

Please note that 12 respondents did not give answers to d15b (‘OCCUPATION OF RESPONDENT – LAST JOB’) after responding with 3 (‘Unemployed, temporarily not working’) in d15a (‘OCCUPATION OF RESPONDENT’). According to the questionnaire such ‘No answer’ responses should not be allowed.

The end-of-fieldwork dates implied by the values in protocol variable p1 (date of interview) differ slightly from those indicated in the technical specifications provided by TNS for Bulgaria and Germany.

Data for protocol variables p8 (postal code), p9 (sample point number) and p10 (interviewer number) have not been made available.