Graph and download economic data for Personal current transfer receipts: Government social benefits to persons: Unemployment insurance (W825RC1) from Jan 1959 to May 2025 about social assistance, insurance, benefits, government, personal, unemployment, and USA.

This paper studies the impact of unemployment insurance (UI) on the housing market. Exploiting heterogeneity in UI generosity across US states and over time, we find that UI helps the unemployed avoid mortgage default. We estimate that UI expansions during the Great Recession prevented more than 1.3 million foreclosures and insulated home values from labor market shocks. The results suggest that policies that make mortgages more affordable can reduce foreclosures even when borrowers are severely underwater. An optimal UI policy during housing downturns would weigh, among other benefits and costs, the deadweight losses avoided from preventing mortgage defaults.

What is the relationship between debt and the welfare state? Recent arguments suggest that credit markets fill gaps left by limited social benefits but often rest on thin empirical grounds. This article makes two contributions to this debate by using micro-level panel data and leveraging variation in welfare state generosity across US states and over time. First, it shows that households that experience unemployment borrow significantly more in states where unemployment benefits are low compared to states where benefits are high. A 10-percentage-point decrease in unemployment replacement rates increases debt levels by about 30 per cent, or $5,300. Secondly, the article documents that rising indebtedness in the context of weak social policies has political consequences and increases support for a stronger safety net. One explanation is that voters seek social protection against downstream debt-induced economic risks. These findings suggest that welfare states can play a critical role in mitigating growing indebtedness.

The German Internet Panel (GIP) is an infrastructure project. The GIP serves to collect data about individual attitudes and preferences which are relevant for political and economic decision-making processes.

The questionnaire contains numerous experimental variations in the survey instruments. For more information, see the study documentation.

Topics: Responsibility of the state for adequate health care for the sick; more or less expenditure of the state and the statutory health insurance fund for the health system; self-assessment of the state of health; type of health insurance; (professional) activity; start of unemployment (year); ever unemployed for more than 3 months; unemployed at least once for more than 3 months in the last 5 years; probability of own unemployment in the next 12 months; estimated proportion of unemployed in Germany; responsibility of the state for an adequate standard of living in old age; more or less expenditure of the state and the statutory pension insurance for pensions; preferred statutory retirement age in Germany; actual or expected age at retirement; preferred age for personal retirement; receipt of pension payments in 2017 from various sources; last year´s contributions to selected types of old-age provision; financing of pensions mainly by the state, the statutory pension scheme, employers and employees or by each individual; responsibility of the state for an adequate standard of living for the unemployed; more or less government expenditure for supporting the unemployed; advocacy of the nationwide statutory minimum wage vs. no statutory minimum wage; responsibility of the state for adequate care for elderly people in need of care; preference for long-term care (at home vs. retirement home); priority family policy (cash benefits and tax breaks, expansion of childcare or neither); responsibility of the state to ensure equal professional opportunities for men and women; support of the statutory quota for women on the supervisory boards of large listed companies; refugees: approval of a generous examination of asylum applications by the state; approval of the right to family reunion for refugees with granted asylum applications; happiness or effort decisive for financial success in Germany; responsiveness of the European Union to the wishes of citizens vs. responsibility and effectiveness; populism: politics as a struggle between righteous people and a corrupt elite; political and social goals best achieved through direct action rather than through politicians; better governance through independent expert decisions; importance of compromise in a democracy; better to abolish the EU completely if these decisions were taken without the consent of most people; satisfaction with the achievements of the EU; confidence in the decision-making competence of the EU; perception of the connection between the incomes of parents and adult children (social mobility); approval of more redistribution of income (by reducing income differences through taxes and transfer payments); more or less expenditure of the Federal Government for the education system; year of birth of the child (categorised); respondent / child: student status; subject of study; receipt of BAföG or BAföG application.

Experiment: distribution of real sums of money to randomly selected participants in the survey in different decision-making situations (income group of the other player).

Demography (variables passed on): sex; year of birth (categorised); highest school leaving certificate; highest professional qualification; marital status; number of household members (household size); employment status; federal state; year of recruitment; German citizenship; private Internet use.

Additionally coded was: unique ID code; household code and person code within the household; interview date; current online status; questionnaire evaluation (interesting, varied, relevant, long, difficult, too personal); overall assessment of the survey; activation of JavaScript; allocation to main groups; allocation to experimental groups.

This data collection is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that evaluate the Bush presidency and solicit opinions on a variety of political and social issues. Topics covered include the economy, foreign affairs, the most important problem facing this country, who was most responsible for doing something about this problem, and which political party better represented the interests of poor people, rich people, and the middle class. In addition, respondents were questioned on whether they thought people in government wasted a lot of money and whether most of them were dishonest. Respondents were also asked if they had a favorable impression of certain people who might run in the presidential election, whom they would vote for if the House of Representatives election were held that day, and toward which candidate they were leaning. Other subjects addressed included whether respondents supported a federal law requiring businesses with more than 50 employees to allow workers 12 weeks of unpaid leave and a federal law giving unemployed people as much as 20 weeks of extra unemployment benefits, whether the United States should cut military spending because of the changes in the Soviet Union, and whether the Senate should have confirmed Clarence Thomas's nomination to the Supreme Court. Background information on respondents includes political alignment, 1988 presidential vote choice, education, age, religion, social class, marital status, number of people in household, labor union membership, employment status, race, income, sex, and state/region of residence.

The total budget expenditure of the central government in Norway was set to 1,88 trillion Norwegian kroner for 2024. The state's operating costs were estimated to be 246 billion Norwegian kroner, with wages and salaries to individuals working for the state set to 117 billion Norwegian kroner. The largest budgetary item, however, was the payment of pension benefits and other national social insurance payments paid to citizens for instance due to sickness, injuries, pregnancy, giving birth, unemployment, retirement, or due to a single parent. The state planned to spend about 650 billion Norwegian kroner on this kind of welfare for its citizens in 2024. More information on Norway's budgeted revenue can be found here.

Abstract

An all-India survey on the situation of employment and unemployment in India during the period July, 2005 to June, 2006 was carried out as part of the annual series in the 62nd round of the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO). In this survey, a nation-wide enquiry was conducted in a moderately large sample of households to provide estimates on various characteristics pertaining to employment and unemployment in India and some characteristics associated with them at the national and state levels. Information on various facets of employment and unemployment in India were collected through a schedule of enquiry (Schedule 10).

In terms of subject coverage for employment and unemployment (Schedule 10), this survey is broadly similar to the NSS 60th round. On the request of the Planning Commission, additional information regarding the possession of different types of ‘ration cards’ by the households and the participation of the household members in the rural areas in various public works programmes were also collected. Further, to meet the requirements of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, information on current attendance in educational institutions by persons of age below 30 years and the type of educational institutions being attended by the persons currently attending educational institutions was also collected. Instead of collecting detailed particulars on formal vocational training, as was done in NSS 60th round, it was enquired from the household members, of age 15 – 29 years, whether they received or receiving‘formal’ or ‘non-formal’ vocational training. Besides, information was collected on whether the household members ( of age 15 – 29 years) were receiving formal vocational training. For the purpose of collection of information on industry of activity, National Industrial Classification (NIC), 2004 was used in this survey.

Geographic coverage

The survey covered the whole of the Indian Union except (i) Leh (Ladakh) and Kargil districts of Jammu & Kashmir, (ii) interior villages of Nagaland situated beyond 5 kilometres of the bus route and (iii) villages in Andaman and Nicobar Islands which remain inaccessible throughout the year. All the sample first-stage units of the districts Poonch and Rajouri of Jammu & Kashmir, became casualty and therefore, the districts Poonch and Rajouri of Jammu & Kashmir, are outside the survey coverage. . Thus, the estimates of Jammu and Kashmir and all-India estimates do not include these two districts.

Analysis unit

Randomly selected households based on sampling procedure and members of the household

Universe

The survey used the interview method of data collection from a sample of randomly selected households and members of the household

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

An outline of the sampling design: The 62nd round (July 2005 - June 2006) of NSS was earmarked for survey on unorganised manufacturing enterprises, annual survey of consumer expenditure and survey on employment – unemployment. The sampling design adopted for the survey was essentially a stratified multi-stage one for both rural and urban areas. Two frames were used for this survey viz. List frame and Area frame. List frame was used only for urban sector and that too for selection of manufacturing enterprises only and thus is not relevant for discussion. Area frame was adopted for both rural and urban sectors for selection of First Stage Units (FSU) . For the area frame, the list of villages as per census 2001 (for Manipur, 1991 census was used since 2001 census list was not available) was used as frame for the rural sector and the latest available list of UFS blocks was used as frame in the urban sector. However, EC-98 was used as frame for the 27 towns with population 10 lakhs or more (as per Census 2001). The ultimate stage units (USU) were households, in both the sectors. In the case of large villages/ blocks requiring hamlet-group (hg)/ sub-block (sb) formation, one intermediate stage was the selection of two hgs/ sbs from each FSU.

Sample Size – first stage units: At the all-India level, a total number of 9997 FSUs (4847 villages in the rural areas and 5150 UFS blocks in the urban areas) for area frame were allocated on the basis of investigator strength. The allocation between rural and urban sectors was made in proportion to the number of unorganised non-agricultural workers as per EC-98. The total (all-India) rural/ urban sample FSUs were allocated to different States and U.Ts. in proportion to number of unorganised non-agriculture workers as per EC-98 subject to the availability of investigators ensuring more or less uniform work-load. Within each sector of a State/ U.T, the respective sample sizes were allocated to the different strata in proportion to the stratum population as per census 2001.Out of these 9997 FSUs allotted for survey, 9923 FSUs could be surveyed - 4798 in rural and 5125 in urban. Note that in the 62nd round, a sample of 10706 FSUs (4962 villages and 5744 urban blocks) was also selected for survey by the state agencies (State sample) at the all-India level.

Sample size – second stage units: For Schedule 10, a sample of 8 households was planned to be surveyed from each selected village and urban block. In the Central sample, 78879 households were actually surveyed – 37975 in rural areas and 40904 in urban areas.
As regards the actual number of persons surveyed, it was 186571 in the rural sector and 190806 in the urban sector.

Sampling deviation

There was no deviation from the original sample deviation.

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

Summary description of the schedule : The schedule 10 on employment-unemployment for NSS62nd round consisted of 9 blocks as given below.

Block 0: Descriptive identification of sample household Block 1: Identification of sample household Block 2: Particulars of field operations Block 3 - Household Characteristics. Block 4: Demographic particulars of household members Block 5: Usual activity particulars of household member Block 6: Time disposition of household members during the week Block 7: Remarks by investigator/ senior investigators Block 8: Comments by supervisory officer(s).

Cleaning operations

System design document giving details of Receipt of schedule,data entry,verification and updation of data is attached as an external resource document

Geographic coverage

The survey covered the whole of the Indian Union except (i) Leh (Ladakh) and Kargil districts of Jammu & Kashmir, (ii) interior villages of Nagaland situated beyond five kilometres of the bus route and (iii) villages in Andaman and Nicobar Islands which remain inaccessible throughout the year.

Analysis unit

Household, Individual

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

Sample Design Outline of sample design: A stratified multi-stage design has been adopted for the 60th round survey. The first stage units (FSU) will be the 1991 census villages in the rural sector and Urban Frame Survey (UFS) blocks in the urban sector. The ultimate stage units (USU) will be households in both the sectors. In case of large villages/blocks requiring hamlet-group (hg)/sub-block (sb) formation, one intermediate stage will be the selection of two hgs/sbs from each FSU.

Sampling Frame for First Stage Units: For the rural sector, the list of Census 1991 villages (panchayat wards for Kerala) and Census 1981 villages for J & K will constitute the sampling frame. For the urban sector, the list of latest available Urban Frame Survey (UFS) blocks will be considered as the sampling frame.

Stratification Rural sector: Two special strata will be formed at the State/ UT level, viz.

Stratum 1: all FSUs with population between 0 to 50 and Stratum 2: FSUs with population more than 15,000.

Special stratum 1 will be formed if at least 50 such FSUs are found in a State/UT. Similarly, special stratum 2 will be formed if at least 4 such FSUs are found in a State/UT. Otherwise, such FSUs will be merged with the general strata.

From FSUs other than those covered under special strata 1 and 2, general strata will be formed and its numbering will start from 3. Each district of a State/UT will normally be treated as a separate stratum. However, if the census rural population of the district is greater than or equal to 2.5 million as per population census 2001 or 2 million as per population census 1991, the district will be split into two or more strata, by grouping contiguous tehsils to form strata. However, in Gujarat, some districts are not wholly included in an NSS region. In such cases, the part of the district falling in an NSS region will constitute a separate stratum.

Urban sector: In the urban sector, strata will be formed within each NSS region on the basis of size class of towns as per Population Census 2001. The stratum numbers and their composition (within each region) are given below.

stratum 1: all towns with population less than 50,000 stratum 2: all towns with population 50,000 or more but less than 2 lakhs stratum 3: all towns with population 2 lakhs or more but less than 10 lakhs stratum 4, 5, 6,...: each town with population 10 lakhs or more

The stratum numbers will remain as above even if, in some regions, some of the strata are not formed.

Total sample size (FSUs): 7612 FSUs have been allocated at all-India level on the basis of investigator strength in different States/UTs for central sample and 8260 for state sample.

Allocation of total sample to States and UTs: The total number of sample FSUs is allocated to the States and UTs in proportion to provisional population as per Census 2001 subject to the availability of investigators ensuring more or less uniform work-load.

Allocation of State/UT level sample to rural and urban sectors: State/UT level sample is allocated between two sectors in proportion to provisional population as per Census 2001 with 1.5 weightage to urban sector subject to the restriction that urban sample size for bigger states like Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu etc. should not exceed the rural sample size. Earlier practice of giving double weightage to urban sector has been modified considering the fact that there has been considerable growth in urban population. A minimum of 8 FSUs will be allocated to each state/UT separately for rural and urban areas.

Allocation to strata: Within each sector of a State/UT, the respective sample size will be allocated to the different strata in proportion to the stratum population as per census 2001. Allocations at stratum level will be adjusted to a multiple of 4 with a minimum sample size of 4.

Selection of FSUs: FSUs will be selected with Probability Proportional to Size With Replacement (PPSWR), size being the population as per Population Census 1991 in all the strata for rural sector except for stratum 1. In stratum 1 of rural sector and in all the strata of urban sector, selection will be done using Simple Random Sampling Without Replacement (SRSWOR). Within each stratum, samples will be drawn in the form of two independent sub-samples in both the rural and urban sectors.

Note: Detail sampling procedure is provided as external resource.

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

Schedule 10: Employment and Unemployment

Block 0- Descriptive identification of sample household: This block is meant for recording descriptive identification particulars of the sample household and the sample village/block to which the sample household belongs.

Block 1- Identification of sample household: The identification particulars of the sample household are to be recorded against items 1, 5 to 15.

Block 2- Particulars of field operation: The identity of the Investigator, Assistant Superintendent and Superintendent associated, date of survey/inspection/scrutiny of Schedules, despatch, etc., will be recorded in this block against the appropriate items in the relevant columns.

Block 3- Household characteristics: Certain household characteristics, such as, household size, household type, religion, social-group, household industry, household occupation, monthly household consumer expenditure, land possessed as on the date of survey (code) etc., will be recorded in this block.

Block 4- Demographic and usual activity particulars of household members: This block is meant to record the demographic particulars like sex, age, marital status, educational level etc. and usual principal activity and usual subsidiary activity particulars of all the household members.

Block 5- Time disposition of members during the week: This block is meant for recording the time disposition for all the 7 days preceding the date of survey, the current weekly status based on the 7 days time disposition, wage and salary earnings during the week, etc.

Block 6- Follow-up questions for persons unemployed on all the seven days of the week: This block is meant for collecting information on persons who are found to be unemployed on all the seven days of the week preceding the date of survey.

Block 7- Particulars of vocational training received by household members: Particulars of formal vocational training received will be collected in respect of all the household members who are in the age group 15-29 with minimum general education level middle and above but below graduate (i.e with codes 05 to 08 in column 7, block 4) and for those who are graduate in vocational courses within the age group 15-29.

Block 8- Household consumer expenditure: This block is meant for collecting household consumer expenditure information which is the sum total of monetary values of all goods and services consumed (out of purchase or procured otherwise) by the household on domestic account during a specific reference period.

Block 9- Remarks by investigator: Any remark which is considered necessary for explaining any peculiarity in the consumption pattern of the household or any other item-specific unusual feature of the household or of any member thereof will be noted here.

Block 10- Comments by supervisory officer(s): The supervisory officers should note their views on any aspect pertaining to the characteristics under enquiry in this schedule relating to the household or any member thereof.

This dataset covers ballots 351-53, and 355-56 spanning January, March, May, September, and October 1972. The dataset contains the data resulting from these polls in ASCII. The ballots are as follows: 351 - January This Gallup poll seeks the opinions of Canadians, on predominantly political and social issues. The questions ask opinions about political leaders and political issues within the country and throughout the world. There are also questions regarding class favouring laws, the welfare system and guaranteed annual income. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographical variables. Topics of interest include: the amount of U.S. capital in Canada; the approval of guaranteed annual income; the best political party for the future; class favouring laws in Canada; conditions of today versus the past year; how respondents feel about the United States; opinion of NDP leader David Lewis; opinion of Stanfield; opinion of Trudeau; respect for the United Nations; the seriousness of governmental leaks to the press; the seriousness of Quebec separation; the strength of Quebec separation; welfare system ratings; and what influences voting choices. Basic demographic variables are also included. 352 - March This Gallup poll seeks the opinions of Canadians, on political and social issues. Topics of interest include: emigrating from Canada, political involvement, Trudeau vs Stanfield as potential prime minister, the right to strike, opinions on the Liberal term, government support for less populated provinces, how the U.S. conceives of its relationship with Canada, voting behavior, voting outcomes, whether political parties should be financially transparent, and pollution. Basic demographic variables are also included. 353 - May This Gallup poll seeks the opinions of Canadians, on predominantly political and social issues. The questions ask opinions about political issues, bilingualism and unemployment. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographical variables. Topics of interest include: the agreement to clear the pollution in the Great Lakes; bilingualism in Canada; the degree of interest in the next Federal election; expanding the NHL; the greatest threat to the future; the importance of basic human rights; the most important problem in Canada; political position (left wing-right wing); the productivity of Canadian workers; the option of remaining on unemployment insurance instead of working; the problem of inflation; the problem of unemployment; whether or not Trudeau conduct is appropriate in parliament; and if the United States sincerely respects the Canadian identity. Basic demographic variables are also included. 355 - September This Gallup poll seeks the opinions of Canadians, on political and social issues. The questions ask opinions about political leaders and the upcoming Federal election. There are also questions on other topics of interest and importance to the country and government, such as the problems facing Canada and the availability of birth control for teens. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographical variables. Topics of interest include: accepting Ugandan refugees; the availability of birth control to teens; the best political party to handle the problems facing Canada; confidence in United States' problem solving; being eligible to vote; giving provinces more power; what influences voting decisions; interest in the Federal election; the likelihood of voting in the Federal election; M.P.'s voting habits; the most important problem facing Canada; the political party with the best leader; the political party with the best policies; voluntary wage restraint; and women having the right to choose an abortion. Basic demographic variables are also included. 356 - October This Gallup poll seeks the opinions of Canadians, on predominantly political and social issues. The questions ask opinions on political issues within the country; such as voting habits and issues regarding the upcoming Federal election. There are also questions regarding tax relief, inflation and unemployment. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographical variables. Topics of interest include: the amount of taxes paid by corporations; the certainty of voting in the upcoming Federal election; corporate tax relief; the ease at which to get unemployment insurance; the improved Canadian economy; improvements in inflation; the increase of unemployment insurance; the interest in the upcoming Federal election; the leader with the best campaign; Lewis's criticism of corporate tax; the most sincere leader; and whether or not a respondents name is on the voters list. Basic demographic variables are also included.

The Politbarometer has been conducted since 1977 on an almost monthly basis by the Forschungsgruppe Wahlen on behalf of the Second German Television (ZDF). Since 1990, this database has also been available for the new German states. The survey focuses on the opinions and attitudes of the voting-age population in the Federal Republic on current political issues, parties, politicians, and voting behavior. From 1990 to 1995 and from 1999 onward, the Politbarometer surveys were conducted separately both in the newly formed eastern and in the western German states (Politbarometer East and Politbarometer West). The separate monthly surveys of a year are integrated into a cumulative data set that includes all surveys of a year and all variables of the respective year. Starting in 2003, the Politbarometer short surveys, collected with varying frequency throughout the year, are integrated into the annual cumulation.
Assessment of personal economic situation and future development; judgement on current and future economic development of the country; fear for job security; interest in politics; memory of voting behavior in the Federal Parliament election 1976 (first vote and second vote); party preference (ballot procedure, rank order procedure); party inclination; party one cannot vote for; satisfaction with achievements of the government and opposition (scale); satisfaction with democracy; reasons for satisfaction or dissatisfaction with democracy; the right people in leading positions; necessity of founding new parties; expected election winner and expected effects on the SPD/FDP coalition; desire for the CSU to be on the ballot in the entire Federal Republic; knowledge of the name of the Federal President and preference for a president or king as leader of the Federal Republic; general judgement on the situation of pensioners in the Federal Republic and financial protection of retirement pensions; preference for increase in retirement insurance or a subsidy by the government in case of insufficient coverage; assumed reasons for the increase in costs in the public health system; attitude to a strike by doctors and introduction of a road toll for citizens of the GDR in the FRG; judgement on the reform of political boundaries with consolidation of municipalities into larger units; preference for provision of energy by nuclear power plants or by other power plants; assessment of the danger from nuclear power plants; attitude to construction of a nuclear power plant in the immediate vicinity and protest behavior in such a case; expected energy shortage without nuclear power plants; personal willingness to conserve power; attitude to European unification; advantageousness of membership of the Federal Republic in the EC; judgement on student demands for better study conditions and increased financial support; general attitude to Italy and the Italians; knowledge about the election success of the communist party in Italy and attitude to cooperation of the Christian-Democratic party with the communists; perceived differences between the communist party of Italy and the parties in the East Bloc; knowledge about the term Euro-Communism; assessment of equal opportunities in the Federal Republic; the death penalty as a means to reduce crime; judgement on the usefulness of citizen initiatives; judgement on the base treaty between the Federal Republic and the GDR; judgement on improvement or deterioration of the relation with the GDR and the side responsible for this; the Federal Government giving in too much in negotiations with the GDR; judgement on task fulfillment of the parties; most important causes as well as judgement on further development of unemployment, price stability, certainty of pensions, the fight against terrorism and youth unemployment; institution most able to solve these problems; personal thoughts about growing old and feelings of concern or pleasure; threat to the state from terrorism and necessity of special laws to fight against terrorism; personal threat from terrorism; willingness to accept increased controls as security measure against terrorism; judgement on the conduct of the Federal Government and authorities after Schleyer´s kidnapping and expected search outcome in this case; terrorism and unemployment as problems calling for a strong man to lead the nation; interest of politicians in what the people think; attitude to a single strong party that represents the interests of all classes; introducing the death penalty for certain crimes; interest in a strong leadership personality to govern the country with a strong hand; adequate differences between the political views and goals of the parties; National Socialism as a good idea; attitude to the increasing number of books published about Hitler and the Third Reich; political retrospect on the year; increase of unemployment and short time work as temporary or long-term phenomenon; union membership; typical occupational groups in one´s...

Attitudes towards European Union and European Parliament. The accession process. Health. Illegal and harmful content on the Internet.

Topics: Current life satisfaction; life satisfaction compared with five years ago; life satisfaction over the next five years; dynamics of change in subjective well-being; expectations for the year; personal situation; economic situation in the country; financial situation of the household; employment situation in the country; personal job situation; trust in institutions; trust in political institutions; satisfaction with how democracy works; trust in other institutions (justice, police, army, religious institutions, trade unions, big companies, EU, United Nations, charitable or voluntary organizations); perceived role the EU plays in major policy domains; problems facing the nations (unemployment, economic situation, health care system, crime, rising prices/inflation, pensions, taxation, housing, educational system, terrorism, protecting the environment, immigration, public transports); perceived role the EU plays in major policy domains (fighting crime, public transportation, economic situation, rising prices / inflation, taxation, fighting unemployment, fighting terrorism, defence, foreign affairs, housing, immigration, health care system, educational system, pensions, protecting the environment); factual and perceived knowledge of EU; knowledge of basic EU-related facts; preferred sources of information on the EU; the EU in the national media; image of EU in the nationality media; European and national pride; support for EU membership; perceived benefits of EU membership; image of the EU; meaning of EU; role expected and desired for the EU in five years’ time; feeling informed about enlargement and the accession process; feeling informed about enlargement and the country’s accession process; fears related to the building of Europe (loss of power for smaller member states; increase in drug trafficking and international organized crime, national language being used less and less, country paying more and more to the EU, loss of social benefits, loss of national identity and culture, economic crisis, transfer of jobs to other member countries that have lower production costs, more difficulties for national farmers, end of national currency); support for key issues (common defence policy; teaching school children about EU, EC commissioners coming from each of the member states, enlargement of the EU in May 2004, common foreign policy, constitution for EU; one single currency, further enlargement of the EU to include other countries, speed of building Europe); economic and political stability in Europe; country’s influence in the EU; perceived current speed and desired speed of building Europe; satisfaction with how national democracy works; satisfaction with how democracy works in the EU; awareness, importance and confidence in EU institutions and bodies; awareness and attitudes towards the European Parliament; role of the European Parliament and the national parliament; importance of the EP elections in the new EU member countries; channels to get information about a member of the European Parliament; participation in EP elections; comparison of participation in EP elections and national election; reasons for participation in EP elections; main issues of the EP campaign (employment, agriculture, issues specific to the county, rights as a EU citizen, crime, education, environment, common defence policy, foreign policy, immigration, enlargement of the EU, the activities of the EP, the reform of EU institutions); increase willingness to vote; reasons for participation in EP elections; institutional reforms in the field of EU budget for employment and social affairs, agriculture, scientific research, regional aid, foreign policy and aid to countries outside the EU, administrative and personnel costs, buildings); Council presidency; opinions about the right of veto; opinion about the system of voting in the Council of Ministers; European Commission is composed of commissioners coming from each of the member states; speed of building Europe in countries; support for a common foreign policy; support for a common defence and security policy; support for the creation of a European rapid military reaction force; support for a European Foreign Minister; elements of common foreign and security policy; decision-making regarding European defence policy; views on globalisation; advantages/disadvantages of globalisation; controlled globalisation; most important issues facing the nation; priorities for extra spending; satisfaction with the health care system and expectations for the next two years; health care reform; frequent use of health care facilities; doctors do not spend enough time with patients; government should provide only essential services; priority should be given to treating young patients rather than old patients; health care financing; satisfaction with own health...