Observa Political Index Polls 1984: April

#Observa opinion polls: #---------------------- # #From 1967 and onwards Observa has carried out a number of opinion polls, i.e. surveys of attitudes and habits of life, partly through so-called political index polls (postal panel surveys) and partly through more extensive attitudinal surveys based on interviews. The political index polls have been carried out re- gularly in the period (approx. 10 times a year), whereas the at- titudinal surveys have been carried out quarterly in the period 1969 to 1972. The current data collection of similar data mate- rial over a long period of time makes it possible to carry out various kinds of time series analyses, especially as regards party preference. #Other subjects are usually treated more superficially owing to the conditions under which the surveys are carried out (they are de- signed for publication in daily papers so the main emphasis has been put on topical issues, and only subjects which may be dealt with by means of a limited number of questions are included). #Until 1971 the political index polls were carried out for the daily paper Aktuelt; from 1972 for the daily paper Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten. The attitudinal surveys have been carried out exclusively for Jyllands-Posten. # #Observa Political Index Polls, 1984: #------------------------------------ #In 1984 Observa carried out 12 political index polls. All the questions are included in DDA-1052: Observa Political Index Polls, 1984. In addition, the individual political index polls are found in DDA-1053 to DDA-1064. # #This survey (DDA-1057 Observa Political Index Polls 1984: April) deals with the following issues: # #The changed attitude of the Social Democratic Party to defence policy; for or against nuclear power stations in Denmark at a hypothetical referendum today; attitude to the Danish membership of the EC; for or against Danish membership of the EC at a hypothetical referendum today; the reliability of the mass media and the influence of these media on the development in Denmark; accidents, violence and crime; and a comparison between council schools and private schools. # #In addition, the material includes a number of recurring back- ground variables: # #The respondent's sex, year of birth, marital status and position in the household. Geographical location of place of residence (part of the country and county) and degree of urbanization, as well as type and ownership of the dwelling. The respondent's e- ducation, employment status, designation of occupation and trade union membership. Finally, information on which party the respon- dent voted for at the last two general elections (1981 and 1984) or reasons why the respondent did not vote