Eurobarometer 11 (Apr 1979)

The main survey focus areas of this Eurobarometer are:

1. Attitude to the European Parliament elections;

2. Attitude to children.

Topics: 1. Attitude to the elections for the European Parliament:
degree of familiarity of the elections; perception and judgement on the
advertising campaign in the media; basic attitude to the elections;
image of European members of parliament; personal intent to participate
in the European Elections and intended behavior at the polls; behavior
at the polls in the last state parliament election; party one cannot
vote for; interest in election result; general attitude to unification
of Europe; judgement on affiliation of the country with the community;
attitude to an acceleration or slowing down of the unification
movement; most important political problems of the country and the EC;
attitude to admission of Greece, Portugal and Spain into the EC;
judgement on the European-American relationship; judgement on the
policies of the country regarding unification of Western Europe and
security of the country; attitude to a dominant role of the parties in
the European Community.

2. Attitude to children: child-friendly (scale); child-raising style
and educational goals; attitude to a longer maternity leave; importance
of school education for children; child-raising problems; ideal number
of children and desire for children; receipt of child allowance.

3. Miscellaneous: satisfaction with income and general contentment
with life; perceived reasons for the weakness of the dollar;
self-assessment on a left-right continuum; party preference (Sunday
question); political interest; satisfaction with democracy in the
country; personal opinion leadership; religiousness; company size; city
size.

Demography: age; marital status; religious denomination; school
education; employment; household income; household composition; head of
household; behavior at the polls in the last Federal Parliament
election; degree of urbanization; state.