Eurobarometer 31 (Mar-Apr 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. Judgement 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 rapproachment 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. Judgement 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 judgement 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 judgement 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.