Eurobarometer 21 (Apr 1984)

The main survey focus of this Eurobarometer is:

1. The personal situation in life of the respondent;

2. Attitudes to the EC and political questions;

3. Regionally different: further main survey focus areas.

Topics: 1. Personal situation in life of the respondent: recorded in
election register; general contentment with life and satisfaction with
the functioning of democracy in the country; personal opinion
leadership; postmaterialism; frequency of political discussions with
friends; satisfaction in selected areas of life; inclination to save or
consume; development of job situation in the last year; personal
participation in demonstrations; most important fears for the future;
effects of European unification on situation in life of today´s
children; peace movement and national security; assessment of the
effectiveness of ecological ideas.

2. Attitude to the EC and political questions: self-classification on
a left-right continuum; attitude to social change; party allegiance;
noticing media information about the European Parliament; memory of
news content; general attitude to unification of Western Europe;
preferred name for the EC; areas on which EC work should concentrate;
countries that should not join the EC; balance of advantages and
disadvantages of EC membership for the country; attitudes to a European
passport, European currency, a European Olympics team, a European court
system, European Embassies in foreign countries, freedom to move within
the European job market, uniform social services in the EC and
unlimited freedom of trade; actual and desired influence of the
European Parliament; reasons for and against participation in the next
European Election; preference for national or European practices by the
European parliamentarians; willingness to elect selected political and
ideological directions; religiousness.

3. The following questions were posed only in the Federal Republic,
France, Italy and Great Britain: evaluation of general and personal
economic development in the last year; development of the cost of
living; fear of loss of job; development of unemployment in residential
surroundings; development of financial conditions of comparable
persons; evaluation of influence of government policies on the economic
situation, the employment situation, prices and financial situation of
personal household; general judgement on the economic policy of the
government; most able party to deal with economic problems.

The following questions were posed only in the Federal Republic,
France, Italy, Great Britain and Netherlands: willingness to accept
foreign products and services; national pride; work orientation;
inclination to consumption and pleasure in buying (scale); reasons for
foregoing a purchase.

The following questions were posed only in Denmark, Federal Republic
of Germany, France, Italy and Great Britain: expected economic
situation after one´s own retirement; ideas about the level of pension
payments; expected securing of purchasing power through public pension
and additional personal insurance.

The following questions were posed only in Belgium, Federal Republic
of Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands and Great Britain: attitudes to
violence, co-determination, family, science and research, willingness
to make sacrifices for one´s own country, book censorship, work
reluctance, students, trade unions, judiciary, nuclear power plants,
solar energy, unemployment, influence of the government, homosexuality,
defense expenditures, energy crisis, income distribution, television
station, abortion, peace and freedom, danger of war, existence of God,
proportion of emigrants, peace movement and substition of electricity
for coal, gas and oil in households (scale).

The following questions were posed only in the Federal Republic of
Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands and Great Britain: willingness to
support and to participate in selected citizen initiatives.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination; school
education and age at conclusion of school; occupation; employment;
company size; household income; household size; household composition;
respondent is head of household; characteristics of head of household;
party preference; degree of urbanization.