1996 Czech Election: Pre-Election Study April 1996

Voting behaviour and political attitudes. Topics: Household finances in last and next 12 months; national economy in last and next 12 months; participation in the 1992 general election; National Council vote in the 1992 election; participation in the 1990 general election; House of People vote in the 1990 election; voting in next week; current voting intention; the parties´ expression of respondents views and interests; the most important problem of our country; party which has the best solution to this problem; the 2nd and 3rd most important problem of our country; party which has the best solution to these problems; satisfaction with democracy; provide a job for everyone; reducing income differences is harmful; the economic situation is unfavourable; privatization is going to help; unprofitable enterprises should be closed down; atheists are unfit for public office; nationalism is always harmful; chances of getting ahead; politicians should care more about crime; abortion should be allowed; preference for a patriotic politician; church has too much influence; dissolving Czechoslovakia was wrong; property restitution was wrong; left-right self-placement; Gypsy or not (interviewers judgment); employed in private or public sector; occupation (derived from multiple responses); frequency of church attendance; denomination; union membership; pre-1990 communist party membership; ethnicity; date of pre-election interview; length of pre-election interview, interviewer´s cooperation.