Eurobarometer 56.0: Public Opinion on Technology, Finance, and Culture in the EU, 2001

One Eurobarometer survey round from August-September 2001 diverged from standard trend questions to focus on information and communication technologies, financial services, and cultural activities. The survey, conducted by the European Commission, asked respondents about computer and internet use, telecommuting, financial services legislation, payment preferences, and cultural consumption. Demographic background includes age, gender, nationality, marital status, political self-placement, occupation, education, income, region, and community size.

Use Cases

• Modeling technology adoption barriers based on reported obstacles to using financial services.
• Analyzing correlations between demographic factors and cultural consumption patterns like book reading and music listening.
• Studying public opinion on EU-wide harmonization of consumer protection standards for financial services.
• Investigating the relationship between workplace technology introduction and reported changes in work methods.

Strengths

• Survey covers three distinct thematic areas—technology, finance, and culture—within a single instrument.
• Includes detailed demographic variables such as left-right political self-placement, age at completion of education, and subjective community size.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

European Commission

Collection Method

Survey

Time Range

August-September 2001

Geography

European Union