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Dataset:     Eurobarometer 57.2: Health Issues, Cross-Border Purchases, and National Identities, April-June 2002

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Description:  This round of Eurobarometer surveys diverged from standard trend questions, instead focusing on:

  • health issues
  • cross-border purchases
  • national identities

European Union citizens and residents of three European Union candidate countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland) participated in the survey.

Background information collected includes:

  • respondents' age
  • gender
  • nationality
  • marital status
  • left-right political self-placement
  • occupation
  • age at completion of education
  • household income
  • type and size of locality
  • region of residence

Time period:  April 27 - June 10, 2002

For more details, see below.


Principal Investigator

Christensen, Thomas


Documentation

ICPSR Study No. 3543


Data Format and File Storage

LRECL with SPSS data definition statements


Source of Data

Personal interviews


Bibliographic Citation

Christensen, Thomas. Eurobarometer 57.2: Health Issues, Cross-Border Purchases, and National Identities, April-June 2002 [Computer file]. ICPSR version. Brussels: European Opinion Research Group EEIG [producer], 2002. Cologne, Germany: Zentralarchiv fur Empirische Sozialforschung/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributors], 2003.