Eurobarometer 25 (Apr 1986)

The main survey focus of this Eurobarometer is:

1. Vacation and travel behavior

2. Attitude to environmental problems

3. Attitude to traffic measures and projects in Europe

4. Attitude to Europe, the European Parliament and the EC in general

Topics: 1. Vacation and travel behavior: number of vacation trips
undertaken in 1985; number of persons traveling along; means of
transport used; type of housing; vacation destination; vacation form;
general vacation satisfaction (scale); reasons for not traveling;
vacation plans for the next year; EC countries already visited and
particularly preferred for further visits; type of travel information
used; criteria for the selection of vacation place.

2. Attitude to environmental problems: judgement on selected forms of
environmental pollution at place of residence; intensity of concern for
environmental problems; assessment of the urgency of problems of air
and water pollution; most important environmental damages; personal
environmentally-conscious conduct; readiness for further
environmentally-conscious conduct; most important areas of application
for financial environmental protection measures; judgement on the
effort of authorities for environmental protection; balancing between
economic and ecological interests; interest in information on selected
environmental topics; preferred form of housing.

3. Attitude to traffic measures and projects in Europe: trust in the
various peoples of the EC and further countries; attitude to a train
tunnel under the English Channel; Attitude to Europe, the European
Parliament and the EC in general: degree of familiarity and evaluation
of the European Parliament; significance of the European Parliament in
the EC; most important topics about which the EC Parliament debated in
recent time; advantages for the country from membership in the EC;
regret of a failure of the EC; attitude to admission of Turkey into the
EC; approval of the efforts for European integration.

4. Miscellaneous: general contentment with life and satisfaction with
the political system; personal opinion leadership; frequency of
political discussions with friends; postmaterialism index; assessment
of personal self-confidence; trust in fellow-man; interest in the
future; self-assessment on a left-right continuum; attitude to social
reforms; approval as well as personal membership in nature protection
associations, ecology movements, nuclear power movements and peace
movements; feeling of happiness.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; number of children; ages of
children (classified); religious denomination; religiousness (scale);
school education; occupational position; employment; company size;
household income; size of household; composition of household;
respondent is head of household; characteristics of head of household;
person managing household; party allegiance; party preference (Sunday
question); behavior at the polls in the last Federal Parliament
election; city size; union membership; memberships; age at termination
of school or university (classified).

Interviewer rating: date of interview.