New Europe Barometer

^{For details on all aspects of this
database, see

NEB}

1. General description

^{The New Europe Barometer is a
large-scale, European cross-national, longitudinal survey research programme
on changes in attitudes, beliefs and values with regard to economic,
political and social issues in relation to Europe. It has been monitoring
the response of citizens of post-Communist societies to their new regimes
since 1991.}

^{The information available from the NEB is divided between two institutions:
the Central Archive (ZA), and the Centre for the Study of Public Policy
(CSPP). Both differ slightly with respect to the questionnaires and the
number of participating countries. Since the data is stored at ZACAT, ZA's
central archive, the information here focuses on the data provided by ZA.
Furthermore, ZA uses alternative labels for the NEB, namely ‘Central and
Eastern Eurobarometer’ and ‘Candidate Countries Eurobarometer’. For links to
information from the CSPP on the New Europe Barometer, see
CSPP.}

2. Survey type

Cross-national
Cross-sectional, annual waves from 1990-1997 and 2001-2004
Representative national samples, > 15 years of age
The 1990-1997 waves include post-Communist countries in Central and Eastern Europe:
- Single core questionnaire, with varying modules
- Core themes: attitudes towards Europe and the European Union; evaluation of economic and political reforms
- For information on topics per wave, see ZA
The 2001-2004 waves include the candidate countries for the EU:
- Different themes per wave, no core questionnaire
- Core themes: attitudes towards the European Union; employment; social and political attitudes; well-being
- For information on topics per wave, see ZA

3. Participating countries

The 1990-1997 waves:
- 7 to 20 countries, depending on wave
- All countries: Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic, East-Germany, Estonia, European Russia, European USSR, Georgia, Greater Moscow, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia/FYROM, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
- For information on countries by waves, see ZA
The 2001-2004 waves:
- 13 countries.
- All countries: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey.

4. Topics

a. Socio-demographics

Respondent: age, sex, education, income, work and employment, marital status, socio-economic status, ethnicity, national region, community size
Partner:
Parents:
Children:
Household: composition, income

b. General

For the 1990-1997 waves:
- Country-level benefits of EU membership, democracy, economy, European Union, income, knowledge of foreign languages, media, membership of NATO, politics
For the 2001-2004 waves:
- Agriculture, country-level benefits of EU membership, equality, European Union, European Union enlargement, health, immigration, income, media, science and technology, well-being, work

c. Regarding work and welfare

Core topics of the 1990-1997 waves:
- Economic reforms, education system, EU benefits for the countries’ poor, making ends meet, market economy, social services
Core topics of the 2001-2004 waves:
- Advantages of EU membership for social groups in country, gender equality, health satisfaction, job opportunities, job quality, job satisfaction, job search, life satisfaction, making ends meet, role of government (responsibilities), satisfaction with health services, social exclusion, social protection, standard of living, state of economy, subjective well-being, tolerance, trade unions, work abroad, work autonomy, work ethic
- For more topics of the 2001-2004 waves, see ZA

5. Questionnaires available

For the 1990-1997 waves downloadable; from ZA
For the 2001-2004 waves; from ZA

6. Keyword search in questionnaires

^{From

ZA QBase. For the 2001-2004 waves

ZA provides a broad overview of the topics per wave.}

New Europe Barometer, NEB