Sonar Opinion Polls 1989: December

#Sonar Opinion Polls: #-------------------- #From August 1989 Sonar has carried out a number of opinion polls, i.e. surveys of attitudes and habits of life of the adult Danish population. The opinion polls have been carried out regularly in the period (approx. 10 times a year), and each opinion poll includes about six different subjects as well as the question of the respondent's voting intention at a hypothetical general election on the day of the interview. # The opinion polls have been carried out in collaboration with the daily paper Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten. The subjects for the individual opinion poll are agreed upon at a meeting between the editorial staff of Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten and Sonar; however, the wording of the questions is the sole responsibility of Sonar. # The following background information is included in the data material: #The household: #- Total number of persons #- Sex and age of the household members #- Type of dwelling #- Car in household #- Geocode-2 # #The respondent: #- Year of birth #- Sex #- Gainful employment #- Designation of occupation #- Membership of a trade organization #- If yes: Which organization #- Vote at the last general election #- Driving in own car # #Sonar Opinion Polls, 1989: #-------------------------- # #In 1989 Sonar carried out 5 opinion polls. All the questions have been included in DDA-1674: Sonar Opinion Polls, 1989. In addition, the individual opinion polls are found in DDA-1675 to DDA-1679. # #This survey (DDA-1679 Sonar Opinion Polls 1984: December) deals with the following issues: #Party preference; assessment of the parties represented in the Danish Parliament; Christmas dinner traditions; the compromise on the Budget for 1990 between the non-Socialist parties, the Centre-Democratic Party, the Christian People's Party and the Progress Party; attitude to some of the issues included in the Budget (the lowering of the petrol duty, the increase of the tax on motor vehicles according to weight, and the annulment of the duty on consumer loans); number of kilometres driven per year; positive and negative aspects of Christmas; the Government's long-term economic policy; possible co-operation with other parties regarding this policy; Christmas present expenditure; expectations of 1990 as regards Denmark's economic situation and the family's financial conditions; attitude to financial aid to countries in Central and Eastern Europe; and attitude to a reunification of Germany