Sonar Opinion Polls 1992: October

#Sonar Opinion Polls: #-------------------- #From August 1989 Sonar has regularly 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 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 polls are agreed upon at meetings 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, 1992: #-------------------------- In 1992 Sonar carried out 11 opinion polls. All the questions are included in DDA-1701: Sonar Opinion Polls, 1992. In addition, the individual opinion polls are found in DDA-1702 to DDA-1712. # #This survey (DDA-1711 Sonar Opinion Polls 1992: October) deals with the following issues: #Party preference; the Danish memorandum which sets out a series of demands for Danish participation in the extended EC co-operation (more decentralization, democracy and openness, that Denmark does not take part in the final stage of the Economic and Monetary Union (the EMU) nor in the Western European Union (the WEU) or in common defence policies); vote at a coming referendum based on this memorandum; attitude to the proposed free opening hours; attitude to the proposed change of the Mortgage Credit Act; whether the respondent/the household intends to raise new mortgage-credit loans; assessment of the proposed tax reliefs provided that an agreement is reached concerning a reform of the unemployment and sickness benefit schemes; whether the respondent is too busy (in the home and/or at the place of work); priority ordering of a number of problems (Denmark's relations to the EC, combat unemployment, improve the country's economy, help those who are worst off, initiate a number of major public works, introduce user payment in various fields, lower taxes and dues, ensure the environment, provide education and apprenticeships for young people, obtain accommodation for refugees from Yugoslavia); attitude to establishing a Law Assessment Committee (Lovvurderingsråd), which is to give an impartial evaluation of the consequences of new laws; and spare time activities in the winter