Eurobarometer 7 (1977)

The two major topics of this Eurobarometer are: 1. Attitudes to the European Community and to the Common Market, 2. The role of science and technology.Topics: 1. Attitudes to the European Community and to the CommonMarket: judgement on the importance of various political goals such ase.g. fighting inflation, freedom of speech, maintenance of law andorder as well as the right to a say in government decisions;satisfaction with the social system and democracy in the country;judgement on the role of the national and European Parliament as wellas of the role of the representatives; attitude to direct election ofthe European Parliament and to a common election campaign of parties ofthe same orientation; intent to participate in the election; votingintent in the European Election; party ties and voting intent atnational level; interest in European problems such as e.g.environmental protection, control of multi-national companies, defense,new member states and just distribution of burdens in the EC; judgementon the information policies of the media regarding European questions.2. The role of science and technology: judgement on the change ofcircumstances in the last 25 years; scientific discoveries and theireffect on the change of society; interest in information on scientificinnovations; judgement on government research support; usefulness ofscience for developing countries; dangers from scientific research;image of the sciences; preferred scientific research tasks; judgementon scientists in scientific television broadcasts and interest in suchbroadcasts; general contentment with life; political interest;left-right orientation; company size; opinion leadership.Demography: company size; religiousness; age; sex; marital status;nationality; religious denomination; school education; occupation;household income; size of household; composition of household; head ofhousehold; party preference; city size; state.