Eurobarometer 63.1     January-February 2005     ZA No.  4233

Science and Technology, Social Values, and Services of General Interest

Special Topics

• Knowledge about and attitudes towards science and technology   
• Social values, science and technology   
• Services of general interest (electricity, gas, telephone, mail, transport)   

Documents and Data

• Study description (including version information, errata reporting, variable information, access to questionnaires and data download)
• Archive variable report
• Basic English Questionnaire
• Basic French Questionnaire

Remarks

• Original data set and documentation supplied by TNS Opinion&Social
• Including the ten new EU members as of 2004, remaining candidates, plus EFTA countries
• No standard trend questions
• Module A ("Science and Technology") replicates several questions from surveys 55.2, 38.1, 31 and 10A. They may have been modified or strongly modified over time. See also special Eurobarometer trend file release: "Public Understanding of Science in Europe 1989-2005" (ZA4669).
• Module C ("Services of General Interest") was only asked in the ten new member countries.    
• Current archive dataset version / update: v1.1.0 (2012)

Publications

• TNS Opinion & Social: Special Eurobarometer 224 / Wave 63.1. Europeans, Science and Technology. Survey requested by Directorate General Research and coordinated by the Directorate General Press and Communication (European Commission). Brussels, June 2005.
• TNS Opinion & Social: Special Eurobarometer 225 / Wave 63.1. Social Values, Science and Technology. Survey requested by Directorate General Research and coordinated by the Directorate General Press and Communication (European Commission). Brussels, June 2005.
• TNS Opinion & Social: Special Eurobarometer 226 / Wave 63.1. Price and Quality of Services of General Interest. Survey requested by Directorate General MARKT and coordinated by the Directorate General Press and Communication (European Commission). Brussels, September 2005.