The Eurobarometer is a program commissioned by the European Commission to monitor public opinion in the European Union member countries. Topics vary with each series, and have included agriculture, energy, environment, gender roles, immigration, knowledge of foreign languages, poverty, public health, technology, and other special topics.

Eurobarometer 31A covered topics including: social conditions and indicators; social behaviour and attitudes; international politics and organization; mass political behaviour, attitudes and opinions; government, political systems and organization; social stratification and groupings; natural resources and energy; environmental degradation, pollution and protection; and economics.