Observa Political Index Polls, 1981

#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, 1981: #------------------------------------ #In 1981 Observa carried out 11 political index polls. All the questions from these surveys, together with a fixed set of recurring background variables, are found in DDA-1016: Observa Political Index Polls, 1981. In addition, the individual political index polls, which contain various questions on topical issues, are found in DDA-1017 to DDA-1027. # #The individual political index polls deal with the following topical issues: # #Observa Political Index Polls 1981: February (DDA-1017): #Dwelling (type of, age, plans for insulation); the proposal of LO (the Danish Trades Union Congress) concerning profit sharing, for or against this proposal; personal confidence in various individuals (e.g. the members of the Government, public servants, one's nearest superiors); for or against a limitation of the monopoly of Dansk Undergrunds Consortium - D.U.C. (Danish Underground Consortium) at a hypothetical referendum today; attachment to a certain local region (part of the country where the respondent was born, emotional attachment to a certain part of the country); and magazines and weeklies. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1981: March (DDA-1018): #For or against nuclear power stations in Denmark at a hypothetical referendum today and the nuclear waste disposal problems; smoking habits; transportation to place of work; the payment of taxes; membership of organizations, associations and clubs (e.g. scouts associations, charitable organizations, consumer organizations, constituency organizations); party co-operation on coming settlements; and magazines and weeklies. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1981: April (DDA-1019): #Assessment of the heads of state of the USA, the USSR, West Germany, France and Great Britain; children in primary school, in private schools and in the 'gymnasium'; assessment of primary school; sports/spare time activities at sea; and assessment of the following TV serials and TV series: 'Nu til noget helt andet' (Now For Something Else), 'Melodi Grand Prix' (Eurovision Song Contest), 'Berlin Alexanderplatz', 'Vikingernes Verden' (The World of the Vikings), 'Dallas', 'Så er der tegnefilm' (Cartoon Time), 'Næste uges TV' (Next Week's TV Programmes), 'Skum' (Soap), 'Familien på Flambards' (The Flambards) and 'Charlotte L”vensk”ld og Anna Swärd'. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1981: May (DDA-1020): #The proposal concerning a ban on closed shop agreements; assessment of the members of the Government; and summer holidays. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1981: June (DDA-1021): #Newspaper reading during the newspaper conflict; assessment of the Government's performance; assessment of the performance of the opposition; forms of address (the deferential 'De' versus the familiar 'du'); the influence of various factors on the development in Denmark (e.g. the counties, DA (the Danish Employers' Association), the Progress Party); for or against Danish membership of the EC at a hypothetical referendum today; the ideal size of a family; book reading habits; and transportation to place of work. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1981: August (DDA-1022): #The local election in 1981, participation in the nomination of candidates; the proposal of the Social Democratic Party and LO (the Danish Trades Union Congress) concerning economic industrial democracy and a central fund; service level in various public service institutions (e.g. banks/savings banks, hospitals, SAS); the contribution of the USA, the USSR and China to world peace; home brewing; spare time activities in the winter; and magazines and weeklies. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1981: September (DDA-1023): #The introduction of the 'Dankort' (an electronic payment card); assessment of tax-free incomes; for or against nuclear power stations in Denmark at a hypothetical referendum today and the nuclear waste disposal problems; sources of income; alcohol advertisements; alcohol consumption; private hospitals; and magazines and weeklies. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1981: October (DDA-1024): #Additional party preference; prime minister preference; type of gainful employment (e.g. mainly sedentary work, heavy and physically demanding work, outdoor work, a feeling of stress); voting intention at the local election on 17 November, 1981; and the issuing of writs for a general election. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1981: November A (DDA-1025): #Reduction of working hours and the influence of this on employment; choice of education and occupation if the respondent was young today; haircuts, in the home or at a hairdresser's; cinema visits; video tape recorder in household; and magazines and weeklies. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1981: November B (DDA-1026): #Vote at the local election on 17 November, 1981; and voting intention at the general election on 8 December, 1981. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1981: November C (DDA-1027): #No special questions