The Influence of Television on Rural Municipalities of Tunisia (Panel: 1st Wave, 1982)

Living and housing situation in rural municipalities in Tunisia and the
influence of television on the rural population.

Topics: knowledge of selected personalities from the areas of
politics, sport and music; preferred names for children (index of
modernity); children or grandchildren without work; preferred work for
sons or grandchildren; unmarried children; preferred place of residence
for the children after marriage; personal marriage as well as previous
marriage; preferred place of residence after personal marriage;
importance of owning selected pieces of furniture and consumer goods as
well as objects from the area of home decoration; attitude to life in a
large European or American city as dangerous; knowledge of a person who
spent time in Europe in the last year; judgement on the life of
politician as easy or difficult; judgement on the housing situation in
the city; preferred dress style for men; preferred occupations (index
of modernity); attitude to family planning; personal opinion leadership
in the city; assumed frequency of selected activities of politicians;
frequency of political discussions about the Tunisian government;
unmarried daughters; attitude to employment of a daughter in a modern
city hotel; judgement on personal housing situation; observing
obligatory prayer within the family; preferred dress style for women;
perceived changes in living conditions in the region; time of last
visit of a welfare worker to the region; ownership of a television set
by the most politically aware people in the city; judgement on life in
a large Tunisian city; interest in a discussion with a politician about
personal problems; political discussion partners; assumed attitude of
Islam to birth control; frequency of watching television as well as use
of television programs in French and Arabic; place of television;
social situation of television as well as number of people present;
main television partner; length of watching television; frequency of
watching selected programs; ownership of television; the right of wife
and children to watch television in the absence of the head of
household; preferred place to watch television; frequency of
discussions about television programs; judgement on television program
as suitable for the whole family; ownership of television and radio by
friends and neighbors; length and frequency of use of radio; ownership
of a radio; ability to read; frequency of reading magazines; marital
status; size of household; education level; employment status;
occupation; ownership of various objects of decoration, consumer goods
and pieces of furniture.

Additionally encoded were: respondent´s place of residence; place of
interview; presence of third party during the interview; date of
interview; length of interview; interviewer identification.