Special Eurobarometer 186: Health, food and alcohol and safety

This opinion poll has been carried out at the request of the Directorate-General Health and Consumer Protection, managed and organised by the Directorate-General Press and Communication ("Public Opinion Analysis" Sector).
It was carried out between 15th January and 19th February 2003, in all European Union countries, on behalf of the European Opinion Research Group (EORG: a consortium of market research and public opinion agencies, made out of INRA in Belgium – I.C.O. and GfK Ad Hoc Worldwide).
Illness, maintenance of health and steps taken to avoid injury and to protect children are the core issues addressed in this report. This set of questions from Eurobarometer 59.0 (Winter 2002/2003) addresses incidence of chronic illness, long-term treatment, dental health and, in more depth, health maintenance by discussing doctor's visits and various screening tests. Women's health – and medical tests relating specifically to women's health – are also addressed in some depth. Safety and children's safety are also examined in detail. While some aspects of health and safety are fairly uniform across Europe and across socio demographic groups, others show notable differences and are described here.

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
• Volume C: Country/socio-demographics

Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer