Danish Gallup Omnibus Data, 1984

Danish Gallup Omnibus Data, 1984 comprises 21 omnibus surveys carried out by the Danish Gallup Institute in 1984. # #Each survey contains a number of demographic variables common to all the surveys of that year, as well as a number of questions dealing with topical events. # #The present survey is a year file based on all the surveys. # #The questions common to all 1984 omnibuses are: #The respondent's sex, age and marital status; size of the household, and number of adults (persons aged 15 or more) and children, and age of the children; the respondent's position in the household; the respondent's education, occupational status and income; the bread-winner's education, occupational status and form of payment; gross household income; the spouse's occupational status; housing conditions and ownership of the dwelling as well as geographical location and degree of urbanization; vote at the general election on 10 January, 1984; and which party the respondent would vote for at a general election on the day after the interview. # #The special questions deal with such issues as: # #Omnibus no. 01 (DDA-1163): #No special questions. # #Omnibus no. 02 (DDA-1164): #Whether the respondent or the respondent's children have been to a private or a council school; and the difference between private and council schools as regards instruction, discipline and attitude to society. # #Omnibus no. 03 (DDA-1165): #Whether the respondent has been baptized or confirmed; whether the respondent is a member of the Danish National Church; the criticism raised against using a Christmas sermon as political agitation; the US presidential elections in 1984; wage restraint; the Government's performance and its economic policy; and corporal punishment of children. # #Omnibus no. 04 (DDA-1166): #Assessment of the TV programmes 'Dus med dyrene' (Getting to Know the Animals); attitude to the experimentation on animals; development aid; the conflict between Israel and the Arab states and the conflict in Lebanon; and the respondent's attitude to the Israeli occupation of the west bank in Jordan. # #Omnibus no. 05 (DDA-1167): #Whether the respondent personally knows anybody in the USA, the Soviet Union, Japan, China, Great Britain, France, West Germany, East Germany or Brazil; assessment of the TV programme 'Søndagsavisen' (The Sunday News) and TV programmes in general; and attitude to Denmark's membership of NATO. # #Omnibus no. 06 (DDA-1168): #Assessment of the performance of the Government; and the TV programmes 'Gamle Danmark 1945-1975' (Old Denmark 1945-1975). # #Omnibus no. 07 (DDA-1169): #No special questions. # #Omnibus no. 08 (DDA-1170): #Whether the respondent or the respondent's children have been to a private or a council school; the difference between private and council schools apart from the fee; purchasing of prescription drugs; appanage for Prince Henrik; sex equality; and attitude to Denmark's membership of the EC. # #Omnibus no. 09 (DDA-1171): #Attitude to a bridge over/tunnel under the Great Belt; the financing and placing of a TV Channel 2; the economic support from LO (the Danish Trades Union Congress) to the Social Democratic Party; membership of a trade union under LO; and membership of HK (the National Union of Clerks and Shop Assistants). # #Omnibus no. 10 (DDA-1172): #Whether the respondent participated in the referendum on Danish membership of the EC in 1972; what the respondent voted then and would vote today; the European Parliamentary Elections in 1979; the European Parliamentary Elections in June 1984; and the financing and placing of a TV Channel 2. # #Omnibus no. 11 (DDA-1173): #Attitude to Denmark's membership of NATO; the power relations between the East and the West; summer holiday plans; attitude to Danish membership of the EC; and whether the respondent intends to participate in the European Parliamentary Elections in June 1984. # #Omnibus no. 12 (DDA-1174): #Whether the respondent would vote for or against the introduction of nuclear power at a hypothetical referendum; assessment of the TV programmes 'TV-køkkenet' (Food and Drink); and whether the respondent has ever tried the recipes. # #Omnibus no. 13 (DDA-1175): #Whether the respondent has visited Christiania and thinks that it should be cleared; the Government's tight economic policy; TV broadcasts from the Olympic Games in Los Angeles; whether the respondent has ever experienced theft or assaults; the social problem which the respondent considers to be most important; use of medicine; and doctor's calls. # #Omnibus no. 15 (DDA-1176): #Assessment of the intelligence and moral standard of Danish politicians as compared with the rest of the population; wage increase versus a reduction of working hours; assessment of the performance of the Government; and whether the respondent has ever voted for the Progress Party. # #Omnibus no. 16 (DDA-1177): #Winter holiday plans; whether the respondent thinks it is a good idea to offer guest workers money for returning to their home country; and how many guest workers the respondent thinks there are in Denmark. # #Omnibus no. 17 (DDA-1178): #Attitudes to a reduction of working hours to 35 hours per week with or without wage compensation; the collective bargaining in 1985; whether the respondent is in favour of letting Denmark undergo an economic 'cure' and whether the population would accept this; and membership of a trade union under LO. # #Omnibus no. 18 (DDA-1179): #Knowledge of the medical conflict; attitude to the demands made by the general practitioners; the average income of general practitioners compared with the average income of all wage earners; and whether the respondent suffers from a chronic disease which requires frequent doctor's calls. # #Omnibus no. 19 (DDA-1180): #Assessment of the TV programmes 'Kvit eller dobbelt' (Double or Quits); the Government's proposal for a change of the job-creation scheme; membership of a trade union under LO; and whether the respondent thinks it is too easy to obtain unemployment benefit. # #Omnibus no. 20 (DDA-1181): #Attitude to Denmark's membership of NATO; development aid; the Government's proposed change of the job-creation scheme; membership of a trade union under LO; whether the respondent thinks it is too easy to obtain unemployment benefit; and LO's advertising campaign against the changing of the job-creation scheme. # #Omnibus no. 21 (DDA-1182): #Knowledge of and attitude to autopsy; the decoration of railway stations and other public buildings; holidays abroad; and whether the respondent has ever been cheated in foreign countries. # #Omnibus no. 22 (DDA-1183): #Expectations of 1985 (as regards price development, labour market unrest, Denmark's economy, and the family's standard of living); and attitude to the disciplinary crisis in the Social Democratic Party