Eurobarometer 30 (Oct-Nov 1988)

The main survey focus of this Eurobarometer are:

1. Political attitudes and satisfaction,

2. Attitude to the European program to combat cancer,

3. Attitude to democracy and rights to freedom,

4. Attitude to the EC, the European domestic market and EC relations
to the USA,

5. Attitude to foreigners and European policies towards foreigners,

6. Attitude to Turks in the FRG or the major foreign group in the
respective country.

Topics: 1. Eligibility to vote at place of residence; future prospects
for the next year; expected increase of strikes or international
conflicts; fear of war (scale); judgement on change of personal
financial and general economic situation in the last year; comparison
of personal economic situation with that of other fellow-citizens;
current contentment with life as well as expected satisfaction in five
years (scale); satisfaction with democracy (scale); personal opinion
leadership and frequency of political discussions; most important
political events; feeling of political effectiveness or lack of power;
perceived conflict between poor and rich; postmaterialism; national
pride.

2. Knowledge about the European program to combat cancer; preference
for national or European responsibility for the fight against cancer;
fear of personally getting cancer; knowledge about the ´European Code
against Cancer´; sources of information about this code; assessment of
the effectiveness of the code to prevent cancer; significance of
selected cancer prevention measures and of personal cancer prevention
behavior; smoking habits; intended changes of one´s own smoking habits;
personal activity or activity of family members in the health area or
the educational system.

3. Importance of selected political problems; the significance of
freedom and justice; attitude to democracy; the significance of
selected fundamental rights and freedoms of humanity (scale); feeling
of foreign infiltration of the country from people of other
nationality, race, religion, culture and social levels; perceived
disturbances of daily life from the presence of these people; social
closeness to these groups (Bogardus scale); contacts in the
neighborhood, in one´s circle of friends or at work with members of
this group.

4. Associations with the term ´European domestic market´; assessment
of the advantages and disadvantages from realization of the European
domestic market (scale); advantages for workers from the domestic
market; attitude to support of economically weak regions and creation
of large economic areas in Europe (scale); attitude to the European
domestic market and to further integration of Europe; judgement on the
general results of the European agricultural policy as well as the
advantageousness of this policy for farmers, consumers and taxpayers of
the country; political interest; interest in matters of the European
Community; significance of the EC for future development of the
country; knowledge and judgement on the EC Commission (semantic
differential); attitude to Western European unification; attitude to EC
membership of the country; assessment of the advantages for the country
from EC membership; regret of a failure of the EC; feeling as a
European; perceived conflict between European and national identity;
judgement on trade and financial relations of the country with the USA;
preference for free trade or protectionism; attitude to walling off the
European domestic market against the outside; judgement on the price
guarantee for farmers through the agricultural policy; food price
increase from EC agricultural policy; attitude to a common foreign
policy and the necessity of the NATO; necessity of the US military
presence for maintanance of peace in Europe; attitude to an increased
military contribution of the EC to the USA for the common defense of
Western Europe; knowledge and judgement on the role of the European
Parliament; intent to participate in the next European Election;
preferred party; knowledge about the powers of European institutions;
attitude to a European defense community, a common social policy and
currency union of the European nations; attitude to a European
Government; attitude to a constitution draft by the European Parliament
and a referendum on a European Union; attitude to an expansion of the
EC and preferred countries for new membership; importance of local,
regional and national political institutions; assessment of the
attitudes of the national parties to Europe.

5. Most important foreign group in one´s own perception; preference
for national or European responsibility in establishing the legal
status of foreigners; attitude to an extension of the rights of
foreigners; attitude to foreigners; judgement on measures to integrate
foreigners (scale); attitude to rassist and anti-rassist movements;
knowledge of Human Rights Conventions; attitude to Southern Europeans,
North Africans, Turks, Black Africans, Indians, Pakistanis, South-east
Asians, residents of the Caribbean, Jews and Northern Europeans
(scale); attitude to persons of other skin color related by marriage in
one´s own family; foreigners in one´s own family; attitude to the
activities of fascist groups; perceived threat from fascists;
importance of selected political problems.

6. The following questions were also posed in the Federal Republic of
Germany: perceived sympathy or admiration for Turks; anger at or
perceived fear of Turks who live in this country; attitude to Turks
(scale); attitude to returning the Turks living in this country to
their native country; assessment of the economic situation of the Turks
in this country; racism; hostility to foreigners; characterization of
significant differences between Turks and fellow-citizens of one´s own
nation.

The same questions were posed in France (regarding North
Africans/Asians), in Great Britain (regarding Asians/West Indians) and
in the Netherlands (regarding Turks/Dutch Guianans).

Demography: self-assessment on a left-right continuum; attitude to
social change; party allegiance; marital status; age at end of
education; party preference (Sunday question); behavior at the polls in
the last Federal Parliament election; sex; age; size of household;
number of children in household; monthly household income; occupational
position; employment in the civil service or private enterprise
(company sector); company size; supervisor status; party affiliation;
union membership; position in household; occupation of head of
household; social status; housing situation; degree of urbanization;
religious denomination; frequency of church attendance; religiousness;
city size; region.

Indices: opinion leadership; postmaterialism; political orientation;
EC support; cognitive and political mobility; class; attitude to
Europe.

Also encoded were: living close to the border; date of interview; time
of interview; length of interview; interruption of interview; presence
of other persons during interview; willingness of respondent to
cooperate.