Public understanding of science in Europe 1989-2005. A Eurobarometer trend file.

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Wissenschaft und Technik. Zusammengefasster Datensatz aus fünf Eurobarometern. Themen: Informationsgrad und Interesse im Bereich Sportnachrichten, Politik, medizinische und wissenschaftliche Entdeckungen, neue Untersuchungen und Technologien; Häufigkeit eines Besuchs im Wissenschafts- und Technikmuseum, Zoo, Aquarium, Naturkundemuseum, in einer öffentlichen Bibliothek oder im Kunstmuseum; Kenntnis wissenschaftlicher Fakten (Erdzentrum ist heiß, Herkunft von Sauerstoff, radioaktive Milch wird durch kochen genießbar, Verhältnis von Elektronen und Atomen, Bewegung der Kontinente, Gene, Menschen lebten in der Zeit der Dinosaurier, Antibiotika, Lasergeräte, Radioaktivität ist Menschenwerk); Wissenstest zur Naturwissenschaft (Erde kreist um die Sonne, Dauer einer Umlaufbahn um die Sonne); Vertrautheit mit Wahrscheinlichkeitsberechnungen und wissenschaftlichen Testmethoden; Beurteilung der Wissenschaftlichkeit der Disziplinen: Biologie, Astronomie, Geschichte, Physik, Astrologie, Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Medizin, Psychologie, Mathematik und Homöopathie; Einstellung zu Wissenschaft und Technik (Skala: Verbesserung der Lebensqualität, Unerschöpflichkeit von natürlichen Ressourcen durch wissenschaftlichen und technologischen Fortschritt, Abhängigkeit von Wissenschaft und nicht vom Glauben, im Bereich Umweltschutz spielt Wissenschaft keine wichtige Rolle, Legitimität von Tierversuchen um Informationen über menschliche Gesundheitsprobleme zu erlangen, aufgrund ihres Wissens stellen Wissenschaftler eine Bedrohung dar, Arbeit wird durch Wissenschaft interessanter, Unwichtigkeit von wissenschaftlichen Kenntnissen im täglichen Leben des Befragten, Wissensschaft verändert zu schnell die Lebensformen, bietet neue Möglichkeiten für zukünftige Generationen); Vergleich von wissenschaftlichen Entdeckungen Europas und der USA, technologischer Fortschritt in der Industrie und täglichen Leben; Kenntnis von Aktivitäten der Europäischen Union im wissenschaftlichen und technischen Bereichen (Landwirtschaft, Energie, Wissenschaft, Technik und Umweltschutz). Demographie: Familienstand; Alter bei Beendigung der Schulbildung; Geschlecht; Alter; Größe der Gemeinde (Urbanisierungsgrad); Religion; Berufsstatus; Nationalität.

Science and technology. Compiled data set of five Eurobarometer.Topics: Levels of information and interest towards sports news,politics, new medical discoveries, new investigations and technologiesand new scientific discoveries; frequency of visiting a science andtechnology museum, a zoo or aquarium, a natural history museum, apublic library and an art museum; knowledge of fundamental scientificfacts (center of the earth is hot, origin of oxygen, radioactive milk,proportions of electrons and atoms, movement of continents, genes,earliest humans lived in the time of dinosaurs, antibiotics, lasers,all radioactivity is man-made, evolution of human beings); naturalscience knowledge test (the earth orbits around the sun, duration of anorbit around the sun); familiarity with probability calculus andscientific testing methods; assessment of different fields of knowledgeas scientific: biology, astronomy, history, physics, astrology,economics, medicine, psychology, mathematics and homeopathy; attitudetowards science and technology (scale: more comfort, natural resourceswill be inexhaustible because of scientific and technological advances,dependence on science and not on faith, no important role of scientificresearch in protecting the environment, painful experiments on animalsshould be allowed to produce information about human health problems,knowledge of scientists makes them dangerous, makes work moreinteresting, knowledge about science is not important in respondent`sdaily life, makes the way of life change too fast, more opportunitiesfor the future generation); issue-comparison of Europe and the USA inscientific discoveries, technological advances applied in industry andeveryday life; knowledge about European Community activities inscientific and technical areas (agriculture, energy, science andtechnology, environment and defence).Demography: Marital status, age at completion or stop of fulltimeeducation; sex; age; size of community (degree of urbanization);religion; occupational status; nation.

Residents in the respective country with national or EU citizenship, aged 15 and over.

Einwohner des jeweiligen Landes mit nationaler oder EU-Staatsbürgerschaft

A multi-stage, random (probability) sampling design was used for this Eurobarometer. In the first stage, primary sampling units (PSU) were selected from each of the administrative regionals units in every country (Statistical Office of the European Community, EUROSTAT NUTS 2 or equivalent). PSU selection was systematic with probability proportional to population size, from sampling frames stratified by the degree of urbanization. In the next stage, a cluster of starting addresses was selected from each sampled PSU, at random. Further addresses were chosen systematically using standard random route procedures as every Nth address from th initial address. In each household, a respondent was drawn, at random, following the closest birthday rule. No more than one interview was conducted in each household. All respondents were supposed to have sufficient command of one of the respective national language(s) to answer the questionnaire. Separate samples were drawn for Northern Ireland and East Germany. Eurobarometer 31: Quota sampling established by sex, age and occupation on the basis of census data in Belgium, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Ireland; random selection of individuals or households from population registers in Denmark, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.4232/1.10725
Metadata Access https://api.datacite.org/dois/10.4232/1.10725
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Creator Bauer, Martin W.; Shukla, Rajesh; Kakar, Preeti; Reif, Karlheinz (EB 31, EB38.1); Soufflot De Magny, Renaud (EB55.2, CCEB2002.3, EB63.1)
Publisher GESIS Data Archive
Contributor Faits At Opinions, Paris (EB31); INRA, Brussels (EB38.1); European Opinion Research Group (EORG), Brussels (EB55.2); TNS Opinion, Brussels (EB63.1); Gallup Organization Hungary, Budapest (CCEB2002.3)
Publication Year 2011
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Language English
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Discipline Social Sciences
Spatial Coverage Austria; Austria; Belgium; Belgium; Bulgaria; Bulgaria; Switzerland; Switzerland; Cyprus; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Czech Republic; Germany - Germany West and East; Germany - Germany West and East; Denmark; Denmark; Estonia; Estonia; Spain; Spain; Finland; Finland; France; France; United Kingdom - Great Britain and Northern Ireland; United Kingdom - Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Greece; Greece; Croatia; Croatia; Hungary; Hungary; Ireland; Ireland; Italy; Italy; Luxembourg; Luxembourg; Lithuania; Lithuania; Latvia; Latvia; Malta; Malta; Netherlands; Netherlands; Norway; Norway; Poland; Poland; Portugal; Portugal; Romania; Romania; Sweden; Sweden; Slovenia; Slovenia; Slovakia; Slovakia; Iceland; Iceland; Turkey; Turkey