Study title

Attitudes towards and knowledge about biodiversity. Topics: awareness of the term ‘biodiversity‘; associations with the phrase ‘loss of biodiversity‘; self-rated knowledge about the loss of biodiversity; most important reasons to halt the loss of biodiversity: moral obligation, significance for well-being and quality of life, importance for the production of goods and the economy; seriousness of the decline and possible extinction of animal species, flora and fauna in the own country and globally; impact on the respondent; most important threats to biodiversity; awareness of the Natura 2000 network; sources of information on biodiversity; personal efforts to protect biodiversity. Demography: sex; age; age at end of education; professional position; type of community; household composition and household size; own a mobile phone and fixed (landline) phone. Additionally coded was: interviewer ID; language of the interview; date of interview; time of the beginning of the interview; duration of the interview; type of phone line; region; country; weighting factor.