Eurobarometer 26 (Nov 1986)

This Eurobarometer contains the following main survey focus:

1. General attitudes to political and social questions

2. Attitudes to Europe

3. Use of various means of transport and traffic regulations in Europe

4. Judgement on energy problems

Topics: 1. Political and social attitudes: general prospects for the
next year; expected increase or decrease in strikes; prospects for
peace; danger of world war (scale); judgement on the general economic
situation of the country and of one´s own financial situation; general
contentment with life; satisfaction with democracy in the country;
personal opinion leadership; frequency of political discussions;
contact with representatives in parliament; postmaterialism; frequency
of watching news broadcasts on television, reading news in daily
newspapers and listening to information broadcasts on the radio; most
important areas of interest; national pride; feeling of of being
exploited by the powerful and being excluded; government does not
concern itself with the ordinary people and the rich become richer;
self-assessment on a left-right continuum; attitude to social change;
support of nature protection associations, ecology, anti-nuclear power
and peace movements; party allegiance; general feeling of happiness;
preference for living in the country or in the city.

2. Attitudes to Europe: feeling of being a citizen of Europe;
assessment of the development of harmony among the member countries;
attitude to unification of Western Europe; interest in problems of the
European Community and assessment of their significance; attitude to
appearance of the national team under the European and national flag at
the Olympic Games; attitude to free selection of place of residence
within the EC; attitude to the right to vote in municipal elections for
EC citizens; positive or negative impression from the last media
publications about the European Parliament; the significance of the
role played by the European Parliament at the moment and that it should
have in the future; contacts with a member of the European Parliament;
attitude to membership of the country in the EC; advantages for the
country from membership; areas with particular advantages; regret at a
failure of the EC and economic consequences of a withdrawal of the
country from the EC.

3. Use of various means of transport and traffic regulations in
Europe: frequency of use of motorcycle or motor-assisted bicycle;
length of possession of drivers license; most frequently used means of
transport; visit to an EC country in the last two years; perceived
disturbances from different traffic regulations; frequency of not using
seat belts, exceeding speed limits and driving under the influence of
alcohol; significance of these offenses as cause of accidents; traffic
regulations that should be made uniform Europe-wide and more strongly
enforced; attitude to speed limits on freeways; preferred maximum speed
limits on freeways, highways and in built-up areas; general attitude to
standardization of traffic regulations in the EC; personal involvement
in an accident; family members or friends as victim of traffic
accidents.

4. Judgement on energy problems: judgement on current and future
energy situation as a problem; alternative solutions for future energy
problems; most important, most reliable and most environmentally
friendly type of energy for the future; judgement on the latest and
future development of gasoline prices; industrial facilities with the
greatest risk; attitude to research on nuclear energy; attitude to
nuclear power (scale); construction of nuclear power plants or
reduction of electricity consumption; judgement on the dangers of
nuclear power; self-assessment of extent to which informed about the
way nuclear power plants work; knowledge about the nuclear power plant
accident in the Soviet Union and feeling of personal jeopardy; adequate
preparation of German authorities for a nuclear power plant accident;
possession of durable economic goods; possession of moped and car;
central heating.

Indices: cognitive and political mobility; postmaterialism; typeology
of political orientation; EC support.

The following question was posed in the Federal Republic of Germany:
associations with the European Community.

The following questions were additionally posed in France, Italy,
Spain and Portugal: familiarity of a bicycle tour in Southern Europe;
familiarity of the Tour de l´avenir; attitude to financial support of
sporting events by the European Community.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; number of children; ages of
children (classified); religious denomination; religiousness; school
education; occupational position; employment; company size; household
income; size of household; respondent is head of household;
characteristics of head of household; party preference (Sunday
question); behavior at the polls in the last Federal Parliament
election; city size; age at school or university conclusion; number of
persons in household 15 years old and older.

Interviewer rating: date of interview.