Euro-Barometer 34.0: Perceptions of the European Community, and Employment Patterns and Child Rearing, October-November 1990

This round of Eurobarometer surveys queried respondents on standard Eurobarometer measures, such as how satisfied they were with their present life, whether they attempted to persuade others close to them to share their views on subjects they held strong opinions about, whether they discussed political matters, what their country's goals should be for the next ten to fifteen years, and how they viewed the need for societal change. Additional questions focused on the respondents' knowledge of and opinions on the European Community (EC), including how well-informed they felt about the EC, whether their country had benefited from being an EC member, and the extent of their personal interest in EC matters. Another major focus of the surveys was on how current social and cultural conditions affected the lives of individuals and households. Respondents were asked to assess general economic conditions and the current and future financial situations of their own households, to describe personal interests and the types of voluntary associations to which they belonged, and to comment on the prospective establishment of a Single European Market in 1992, the possible formation of an EC police force for combating terrorism and drug trafficking, which areas of policy should be decided by national governments and which by the EC, the rights of noncitizens in EC countries, the role of the EC in cultural matters, and the position that the EC should assume in reacting to upheavals in Central and Eastern Europe and in the Persian Gulf. Other questions focused on major problems facing European youth, the qualities parents should encourage in their children, knowledge and use of different languages in the home, and the importance of foreign languages in general. A separate section of the survey probed individual employment patterns, asking respondents to describe their employment histories, how changes in their family lives affected their working lives, times of unemployment, reasons for starting work again after a period of unemployment other than money, and occupation. This section also probed the role of child-rearing in family employment patterns by asking respondents to describe their experiences with child care, the distribution of household duties within the family, and their attitudes toward raising children in general. An additional set of questions constituted a test for validation of the proposed variables for harmonization of demographics in the Eurobarometer. This section was a joint effort of the Commission of the EC and INRA (International Research Associates, EUROPE), under the supervision of ESOMAR (European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research). The Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) conducted a survey in Norway independent from, but parallel to, Euro-Barometer 34.0, which was incorporated into this data collection by ICPSR. Many of the questions in Eurobarometer 34.0 were also asked in Norway, though some questions were slightly modified. Respondents in Norway were also queried about additional issues, including their knowledge of the negotiations on European economic cooperation, their opinions about possible Norwegian membership in the EC, and their views concerning the advantages and disadvantages of Norwegian membership in the EC. As in previous Eurobarometers, questions on political party preference queried respondents about which party they felt closest to, how they voted in their country's last general election, and how they would vote if a general election were held tomorrow. Additional information was gathered on family income, number of people residing in the home, size of locality, home ownership, trade union membership, region of residence, occupation of the head of household, and the respondent's age, sex, education, religion, religiosity, subjective social class standing, socio-professional status, and left-right political self-placement.

本轮欧洲晴雨路调查（Eurobarometer surveys）向受访者调研了标准欧洲晴雨路调查指标，涵盖对当前生活的满意度、是否尝试说服亲近他人认同自身所持坚定观点的议题、是否讨论政治事务、本国未来10至15年的目标定位，以及对社会变革需求的看法。额外调研问题聚焦于受访者对欧洲共同体（European Community, EC，以下简称欧共体）的认知与态度，包括其对欧共体的了解程度、本国作为欧共体成员国是否获得收益，以及个人对欧共体相关事务的兴趣深浅。本次调查的另一核心主题为当前社会与文化环境对个体及家庭生活的影响。受访者需完成多项作答：评估整体经济状况与自身家庭当前及未来的财务处境，描述个人兴趣爱好与所属志愿组织类型，就1992年欧洲单一市场的预期建成、欧共体组建打击恐怖主义与毒品贩运警务力量的可能性、哪些政策领域应由成员国政府决策、哪些应交由欧共体统筹、非公民在欧共体成员国的合法权利、欧共体在文化事务中的职能定位，以及欧共体应对中东欧与波斯湾地区动荡的立场发表看法。另有部分议题聚焦于欧洲青年面临的核心挑战、父母应在子女身上培养的品格特质、家庭内部不同语言的认知与使用情况，以及外语的整体重要性。调查另有独立模块针对个体就业模式展开调研，要求受访者详述其就业经历、家庭生活变动对职场生涯的影响、失业时长、失业后重新就业的非金钱类动因，以及当前职业。该模块还通过询问受访者的育儿照料经历、家庭内部家务分工情况，以及对育儿的总体态度，探究育儿在家庭就业模式中的作用。另有一组问题用于验证用于欧洲晴雨路调查人口统计数据协调的拟议变量。该模块由欧共体委员会与INRA（国际研究协会，EUROPE）联合开发实施，由ESOMAR（欧洲民意与市场研究协会，European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research）负责监督。挪威社会科学数据服务中心（Norwegian Social Science Data Services, NSD）独立于但平行于第34.0轮欧洲晴雨路调查开展了挪威本土专项调研，该调研数据由国际社会科学数据联盟（Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, ICPSR）整合入本次数据集。尽管部分问题略有调整，但第34.0轮欧洲晴雨路调查中的多数问题也在挪威调研中被采用，同时挪威受访者还被问及额外议题，包括其对欧洲经济合作谈判的认知程度、对挪威加入欧共体可能性的态度，以及对挪威加入欧共体利弊的看法。与此前各轮欧洲晴雨路调查一致，关于政党偏好的问题询问受访者最亲近的政党、本国上次大选中的投票情况，以及若明日举行大选将如何投票。调查还收集了多项基础信息，包括家庭收入、家庭居住人数、居住地规模、房屋所有权、工会会员身份、居住地区、户主职业，以及受访者的年龄、性别、受教育程度、宗教信仰、宗教虔诚度、主观社会阶层地位、社会职业身份与左右翼政治自我定位。