Special Eurobarometer 297: Attitudes towards radioactive waste
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Description
The Directorate-General for Energy and Transport launched this Eurobarometer survey. It was carried out by TNS Opinion & Social network between 18 February and 22 March 2008. The study covers the following topics: - Citizens’ attitudes towards nuclear energy and radioactive waste in particular - Their wish for involvement in decision-making about managing radioactive waste - The role of the EU in managing radioactive waste - How informed citizens feel about radioactive waste - Their objective knowledge of radioactive waste and ways of managing radioactive waste - Trusted sources of information about radioactive waste To gain a deeper insight in the publics’ opinion regarding radioactive waste, the following key variables have been used while analysing the different questions: - Respondents’ support for nuclear energy production: QB2 Are you totally in favour, fairly in favour, fairly opposed or totally opposed to energy production by nuclear power stations? - Their self-perceived level of information about radioactive waste: QB1 How well informed do you think you are about radioactive waste? Very well informed, fairly well informed, not very well informed or not at all informed
The results by volumes are distributed as follows:
- Volume A: Countries
- Volume AA: Groups of countries
- Volume A' (AP): Trends
- Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries
- Volume B: EU/socio-demographics
- Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics
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Volume C: Country/socio-demographics
Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer
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Resources
Documentation
- Detailed information on public opinion website Provisional data
- Identifier
- S681_69_1_EBS297
- Alternative Title
- Awareness of European Social Fund ESF, Consumer Protection in the Internal Market, DISCRIMINATION IN EUROPE, Special Eurobarometer on Radioactive Waste
- Release Date
- 2014-12-10
- Geographical Coverage
- Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Belgium, Austria, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Germany, Czechia, Spain, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, United Kingdom, France, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Malta, Latvia
- Language
- English
- Version
- v1.00
Contact
DG COMM
Rue de La Loi, 56, Brussels