Eurobarometer 31 (1989)

The main survey focus of this Eurobarometer is on: 1. General satisfaction and media usage; 2. Cancer; 3. Nuclear energy and radioactivity; 4. Significance of research; 5. European domestic market; 6. Satellite TV; 7. EC agricultural policy and attitude to the EC; 8. Test of natural science knowledge; 9. Political attitude and self-classification. Topics: 1. Eligibility to vote at place of residence; general contentment with life; satisfaction with democracy; personal opinion leadership; frequency of political discussions; postmaterialism; media usage; interest and self-assessment of extent to which informed in selected areas; attitude to astrology; frequency of reading scientific magazines; frequency of attendance at technical as well as natural history museums and zoos; acceptance of technology and attitude to science and research (scale). 2. Knowledge about the European program to combat cancer as well as the ´European Code against Cancer´; significance of selected cancer preventive measures and personal behavior to prevent cancer; use of alcohol; consumption of fruit juice, potatoes, fresh vegetables and canned vegetables; smoking habits; use of cigarettes; changes of one´s own smoking habits; obstacles to quitting smoking; smokers in one´s circle of friends; personal fear of getting cancer. 3. Judgment on the danger of radioactivity in selected situations; assessment of problems with nuclear energy (scale); extent to which informed about radioactivity in one´s country and trust in this information; reasons for dissatisfaction with information from this area; most trustworthy institutions for information about radioactivity; most important character traits of trustworthy sources of information. 4. Importance of selected research areas; comparison of technical state of development in Europe with that in the USA and Japan; knowledge of Europe-wide research activities; comparison of research activities at national level with Europe-wide research; importance of selected natural science research areas at European level. 5. Assessment of advantages and disadvantages from realization of the European domestic market (scale); attitude to the European domestic market and development of a common European policy in selected political departments; attitude to further integration of Europe in selected areas; preference for completion of the European domestic market or further rapprochement of Western and Eastern Europe; evaluation of an agreement on fundamental social rights for the entire EC; knowledge of selected rights of citizens of the EC. 6. Interest in reception of satellite TV programs and foreign language TV broadcasters; interest in acquisition of equipment to receive satellite programs; preferred program offering of a Europe-wide television yet to be organized; attitude to commercial television; duration of advertising per hour that can still be tolerated. 7. Judgment on European agricultural policy; advantages of farmers, consumers or taxpayers of the country from this agricultural policy; political interest and interest in policies of the EC; significance of the EC for the future of one´s own country; knowledge and judgment on the EC Commission; attitude to Western European unification and EC membership of one´s country; assessment of advantages for the country from EC membership; regret of a failure of the EC; feeling as European; most important characteristics of a ´Europe of the citizens´; importance of political questions and problems; issue competence of the parties; knowledge and judgment on the European Parliament; assessment of the significance of the European Parliament and desired strengthening of the role of this parliament; intent to participate in the next European Election and party preference; assessment of the eligibility of the individual parties; knowledge of candidates campaigning for a seat in the European Parliament; attitude to a European Government; knowledge about the powers of the European Parliament; attitude to a European or national cooperation of the European Parliamentarians. 8. Test of natural science knowledge; descent of man from the vertebrates; astronomical knowledge; knowledge of scientific research methods; understanding of scientific statements with probability character; concepts of a ´scientific study´; definition of ´scientific research´. 9. Concept of ´violence´ (semantic differential); willingness to participate in selected forms of political protest and demonstrations; attitude to use of government force against protesting demonstrators and strikers; attitude to social change. Demography: self-assessment on a left-right continuum; party allegiance; marital status; age at end of education; party preference; 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; self-assessment of social class; residential status; degree of urbanization; religious denomination; frequency of church attendance; religiousness; city size; region. Indices: postmaterialism; political orientation; EC support; cognitive and political mobility; class; attitude to Europe; living close to a border; media usage. Also encoded were: date of interview; time of interview; length of interview; presence of other persons; willingness of respondent to cooperate. In the Federal Republic of Germany the following questions were also posed: interest in Europe 1992 and self-assessment of extent to which informed about EC-policies as well as about political events in the Federal Republic; most important areas of interest in European politics; assessment of the influence of the European domestic market on personal and occupational circumstances; knowledge and evaluation of information material about the European Community.