Observa Political Index Polls 1988: February

#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, 1988: #------------------------------------ #In 1988 Observa carried out 10 political index polls. All the questions from these surveys, together with a fixed set of recurring background variables, are found in DDA-1946: Observa Political Index Polls, 1988. In addition, the individual political index polls, which contain various questions on topical issues, are found in DDA-1947 to DDA-1956. # #This survey (DDA-1947 Observa Political Index Polls 1988: February) deals with the following topical issues: # #Party preference; whether the respondent has handed in the tax form for 1987; whether the respondent has received professional help in connection with the completion of the form and whether the respondent has calculated the actual tax for 1987; annual gross income; attitude to a government consisting of the Social Democratic Party and the Conservative People's Party; the importance of broad agreement on the defence appropriations; attitude to the two proposals in the negotiations on a new defence settlement; smoking habits; attitude to a ban on smoking in public places and public means of transport; use of and attitude to discount shops; priority ordering within the health service sector (e.g. giving very expensive operations a lower priority); the TV programme on AIDS, and general attitude to the information campaign on AIDS; and knowledge of and attitude to total free trade within the EC