Eurobarometer public opinion surveys have been carried out in all member states of the European Union since 1973. Eurobarometer 55.2 was a special survey collected in 2001 and designed to elicit information on European experience and perception of science and technology. One question, of identical form in all states, asked respondents about their sources of information about science, and requested them to rank them in order of importance. The items were: Television, Radio, Press, Scientific Magazines, Internet, School and University.
euro55.2.des
The data is a design data frame generated from the original data using patt.design.
Each row represents a (derived) paired comparison response pattern crossclassified by the categorical subject covariates SEX and AGE4.
The columns are:
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TVdesign vector for Television
RADdesign vector for Radio
NEWSPdesign vector for Newspapers and magazine
SCIMAGdesign vector for Scientific magazines
WWWdesign vector for The internet
EDINSTdesign vector for School/University
SEXGender: Factor with 2 levels: (1) male, (2) female
AGE4Age: Factor with 4 levels: (1) 15--24, (2) 25--39, (3) 40--54, (4) 55+
The original data contained 16 029 cases, after removal of cases with missing values and improper rankings this design data frame is based on 12216 observations.
Christensen, T. (2001). Eurobarometer 55.2: Europeans, science and technology. Technical report, European Opinion Research Group, Commission of the European Communities, Brussels.