Survey



Sample:

For each survey, face-to-face interviews were conducted with about 1,000 persons aged 15+. The sample was selected via a multi-stage stratified random  sample procedure, with the exception of Bulgaria, where quota sampling was applied. Results are representative for the respective population structure in all  countries but Poland, where the population of only the ten largest cities was sampled.  Further technical details about the survey are summarized in a brief technical report.



 
 
 GenderAgeProfession Total
 Male Femaleup to 30 yearsup to 50 yearsover 50 years Employee Unemployed Pupil, student Retired
 
Base54825718302841394033571018581307229111200
 
 in %absolute
percent48,951,127,037,03651,016,611,720,511200
 
Albania50,149,928,341,430,353,123,110,812,91088
Bosnia and Herzegovina 47,652,422,037,740,336,730,110,321,8985
FYR Macedonia5050,030,336,233,534,334,815,115,81025
Bulgaria49,350,728,337,73460,110,811,018,11000
Croatia47,452,624,133,642,340,318,413,227,81031
Poland49,650,434,639,725,663,09,416,411,11039
Romania48,251,827,435,037,653,98,310,227,5998
Serbia51,948,122,840,137,149,224,18,7181002
Slovakia49,150,932,337,829,957,39,815,517,41000
Czech Rep.48,751,328,832,438,864,36,411,917,51000
Hungary46,553,518,334,647,148,57,05,237,51031
           


Questionnaire:

The most important questions asked in the survey pertain to the currency composition and the amounts of FCC holdings and FCDs as well as to the motives for holding FCC and FCDs. In some aspects, the OeNB Euro Survey continues earlier surveys commissioned by the OeNB that have been conducted in Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia (see, e.g., Stix, 2002), thus producing comparable data over time. Furthermore, a number of new questions has been included, e.g. on people’s perception of the economic situation and their expectations, payment behaviour, sources of foreign currency denominated assets, etc.