The Pulse of Europe (Italy)

Judgement on current situation in life and political and economic
development of the country in times of economic and social upheaval.

Topics: 1. Common part of the survey for all participating countries:
most important problems of the country; intent to emigrate and country
of choice; desired occupation for one´s own child; judgement on the
work of the president of the country; fears and desires for the future;
assessment of current standard of living and comparison with the
situation five years ago and expected future development; judgement on
the situation of the country in comparison over time; preference for
freedom or social security; attitude to admission of undemocratic
parties; attitude to freedom of the press; perceived discrimination
against women; attitude to division of labor in raising children;
judgement on conduct of parliamentary representatives and attitude to
democracy in the country (scale); feeling of political effectiveness;
internal or external control; achievement orientation; attitude to the
national economy; demand for increased environmental protection; desire
for foreign support for one´s country; the government as guarantor of
equal opportunities and social security; welfare state; necessity of
the willingness to compromise in politics; interest in politics at
municipal level; diminishing interest in political events;
self-assessment as patriot; attitude to securing of peace through
military strength; readiness for national defense; necessity of
participation of one´s country in world politics; claims to territory
in neighboring countries; attitude to restriction on immigration;
attitude to use of military for restoration of world order.

Religion and morals: importance of prayer and significance of God in
one´s own life; doubt in the existence of God; attitude to prohibition
of books critical of society and to sex magazines and films; attitude
to freedom of speech even for fascists; assessment of the general
trustworthiness of people; AIDS as punishment by God; representation of
traditional values in the area of family and marriage; attitude to
abortion; clear concepts of Good and Evil; perceived intensification of
class differences; assessment of personal things in common with
uneducated and persons of another race or ethnic affiliation;
satisfaction with one´s own financial situation.

Demography: party membership; union membership; residential status;
city size; religiousness.

2. Additional questions in this survey: attitude to advertising
(scale); acceptance of advertising in selected media; desired
establishing of prices through demand, production costs or government
determination; judgement on economic consequences of European
unification for one´s country; expected influence of European
integration on the development of agriculture, industry and tourism;
attitude to admission of Eastern European countries into the EC;
preferred applicant countries; Eastern European country the closest to
one´s own; attitude to the European domestic market; dominant member
country in the European Community; attitude to export of weapons into
third world countries.