Observa Political Index Polls 1989: October

#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 regularly in the period (approx. 10 times a year), whereas the attitudinal surveys have been carried out quarterly in the period 1969 to 1972. The current data collection of similar data material 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 designed 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, 1989: #------------------------------------ #In 1989 Observa carried out 10 political index polls. All the questions from these surveys, together with a fixed set of recurring background variables, are found in DDA-1957: Observa Political Index Polls, 1989. In addition, the individual political index polls, which contain various questions on topical issues, are found in DDA-1958 to DDA-1967. # #This survey (DDA-1965 Observa Political Index Polls 1989: October) deals with the following topical issues: # #Party preference; how the Government should react if the negotiations with the Social Democratic Party concerning the economic policy do not lead to a compromise; which of a number of economic goals the parties should give top priority in the politico-economic negotiations; brain death as death criterion; organ transplants in case of brain death; the risk involved in flying; fear of flying; degree of democracy in Denmark; attitude to a reintroduction of trams in major cities; attitude to passenger airships; forms of address (the deferential 'De' versus the familiar 'du'); toplessness and nude bathing; belief in life on other planets; how the respondent would react if he/she was appointed prime minister; and whether opinion polls should be forbidden in a certain period prior to an election or a referendum