New Democracies Barometer 1991

The New Democracies Barometer (NDB) surveys were conducted in the years 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996 and 1998. The aim of the NDB is to evaluate long-terms developments in economic, social and political attitudes. Differences in the attitudes in the new democracies on the one hand and Austria as “control-country” or “referenz-country” on the other hand are presented. Identifying trends in the public opinion within the particular countries and serving as a monitor for the public opinion in this geopolitical part of Europe are other goals. The insight which is particularly of interest in the NDB is the development of standard indicators to operationalise and quantify the social, economic and political change in the transition from planned economy people’s democracies to market-based democracies.新民主国家晴雨表（New Democracies Barometer，简称NDB）的调查分别于1991年、1992年、1994年、1996年及1998年开展。该数据集的核心目标为评估民众经济、社会与政治态度的长期演变态势，同时呈现新民主国家与作为“对照国”或“参考国”的奥地利之间的民众态度差异。此外，识别特定国家的公众舆论趋势、为欧洲这一地缘政治区域的公众舆论提供监测支撑，亦是该数据集的重要目标。新民主国家晴雨表尤为值得关注的研究价值，在于构建可操作化并量化的标准指标体系，以衡量从计划经济人民民主国家向市场经济民主国家转型过程中的社会、经济与政治变革。