Yugoslav Public Opinion 1996

Behavior at the polls, questions on the political system and
the nationality conflict.
Topics: Region; occupation of father; nationality; agreement between
place of residence and place of birth; subjective classification of
social class; religiousness; frequency of church attendance; possession
of color television, car, telephone, weekend house; development
direction of the country; capability of the political system in the
country to function; assessment of the political system as democratic;
satisfaction with democracy; general contentment with life; national
pride; primary mood among the people in one's surroundings; assessment
of "Titoism"; defense preparedness; preferred path for changes in the
country; speed of privatization; preferred government form; trust in
institutions; income arrangements; secure job versus high income;
financial, economic and political situation in the time of socialism,
the present and future; assessment of freedom of speech, freedom of
religion, legal certainty, social security, job security and national
equality earlier, today and in the future; earlier and current party
membership; party inclination of the family; party preference;
right-left self-classification and of one's preferred party; voting
decision in the last election; reasons for non-participation in the
election; election participation and decision in the next election;
reasons for the voting decision; interest in politics; personal
importance of the election result; political participation; membership
in organizations and associations; extent to which informed about these
organizations; personal situations of need; cooperation or working
together with neighbors with problems; possibilities for voluntary
groups to influence culture, environmental protection and social
problems; political values (scale); preferred property form for
companies; preferred government form; understanding of democracy
(scale); closeness to place of residence, region, republic, and
Yugoslavia; importance of belonging to family, nationality, religion,
social class, occupational group and age group; assessment of various
nationalities; stand on national minorities (scale); Yugoslavia as
federation of Serbia and Montenegro; solving the Kosovo and Vojvodina
conflicts; stand on possible EU membership; assessment of the EU; stand
on joining the "partnership for peace"; freedom of the press.