Observa Political Index Polls 1992: February

#Observa opinion polls: #---------------------- # #From 1967 and onwards Observa (from 1990 GfK Danmark) has carried out a number of opinion polls, i.e. surveys of attitudes and habits of life, partly through so-called political index polls (postal panel surveys) and partly through more extensive attitudinal surveys based on interviews. The political index polls have been carried out regularly in the period (approx. 10 times a year), whereas the attitudinal surveys have been carried out quarterly in the period 1969 to 1972. The current data collection of similar data material over a long period of time makes it possible to carry out various kinds of time series analyses, especially as regards party preference. #Other subjects are usually treated more superficially owing to the conditions under which the surveys are carried out (they are designed for publication in daily papers so the main emphasis has been put on topical issues, and only subjects which may be dealt with by means of a limited number of questions are included). #Until 1971 the political index polls were carried out for the daily paper Aktuelt; from 1972 for the daily paper Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten. The attitudinal surveys have been carried out exclusively for Jyllands-Posten. # # #Observa Political Index Polls, 1992: #------------------------------------ #In 1992 GfK Danmark carried out 11 political index polls. All the questions from these surveys, together with a fixed set of recurring background variables, are found in DDA-1991: Observa Political Index Polls, 1992. In addition, the individual political index polls, which contain various questions on topical issues, are found in DDA-1992 to DDA-2002. # #This survey (DDA-1993 Observa Political Index Polls 1992: February) deals with the following topical issues: # #Party preference; attitude to a hypothetical referendum on whether stateless Palestinians from Lebanon should be given a residence permit, and voting intention at such a referendum; attitude to abolishing the Parliamentary Commissioner and the Consumers' Ombudsman; attitude to retail shops being open 24 hours a day; attitude to legalization of canned beer and lemonade; attitude to lowering the allowed alcohol limit from .8 to .5; attitude to a total ban on tobacco advertisements; attitude to a due on herbal medicine; voting intention at the EC referendum on 2 June; attitude to a number of issues concerning the conditions of children and of families with children; attitude to a special 1% VAT in the EC member states to help Eastern Europe; attitude to an abolition of the Nordic Council; whether pensioners or families with children should be the first to have their economy improved; attitude to a law which lays down that a doctor is obliged to respect a patient's wish as provided in a life testament; attitude to a registration of life testaments in the same way as donor testaments; and attitude to Danish membership of the Western European Union