Observa Prøvevalg 1987

#Observa opinion polls: #---------------------- # #From 1967 and onwards Observa has carried out a number of opinion polls, i.e. surveys of attitudes and habits of life, partly through so-called political index polls (postal panel surveys) and partly through more extensive attitudinal surveys based on interviews. The political index polls have been carried out regularly in the period (approx. 10 times a year), whereas the attitudinal surveys have been carried out quarterly in the period 1969 to 1972. The current data collection of similar data material over a long period of time makes it possible to carry out various kinds of time series analyses, especially as regards party preference. #Other subjects are usually treated more superficially owing to the conditions under which the surveys are carried out (they are designed for publication in daily papers so the main emphasis has been put on topical issues, and only subjects which may be dealt with by means of a limited number of questions are included). #Until 1971 the political index polls were carried out for the daily paper Aktuelt; from 1972 for the daily paper Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten. The attitudinal surveys have been carried out exclusively for Jyllands-Posten. # # #Observa Political Index Polls, 1987: #------------------------------------ #In 1987 Observa carried out 11 political index polls. All the questions from these surveys, together with a fixed set of recurring background variables, are found in DDA-1934: Observa Political Index Polls, 1987. In addition, the individual political index polls, which contain various questions on topical issues, are found in DDA-1935 to DDA-1945. # #The individual political index polls deal with the following topical issues: # #Observa Political Index Polls 1987: February (DDA-1935): #Party preference; the appeal case against Jan Bonde Nielsen; trust in the judicial system; attitude to placing TV 2 west of the Great Belt, and preferred location of TV 2; preferred government after the next general election; investments in installations and operation in connection with the Aquatic Environment Plan; assessment and consequences of the collective bargainings; attitude to profit sharing; and use of a number of discount schemes. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1987: March (DDA-1936): #Party preference; attitude to the appropriations in the new defence settlement; dwelling preference and housing conditions; attitude to and consequences of a ban against shipping transport of munitions by Danish ships; car in the household; purchase of car; preferred type of milk packaging; and attitude to the introduction of capital punishment in Denmark for serious crimes. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1987: April (DDA-1937): #Party preference; the contribution of the USA, the USSR and China to world peace; changes in the attitude to the Soviet Union; expected result of the coming arms reduction talks between the USA and the Soviet Union; assessment of the influence of various expert groups on the economic policy, and the credibility of these groups as regards statements on the economic situation; wishful thinking; preferred date for the coming general election; attitude to the introduction of a dog tax; dog and/or cat in the household; whether and in which ways the respondent feels bothered by other people's dogs; and attitude to a bank guarantee fund, which will secure the depositors' money after a suspension of payment/a bankruptcy. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1987: May (DDA-1938): #Party preference; hopes/worries concerning the coming year; assessment of the development in a number of fields within the last 4-5 years; use of Sunday papers; preferred prime minister after the coming general election; assessment of the living standard as a pensioner; pension saving, attitude to increased old age pension versus private saving up, and attitude to an obligatory private pension saving scheme; summer holidays 1986 and summer holiday plans; assessment of the prestige attached to a number of occupational groups; and knowledge, use, and price level of ecological and biodynamic vegetables and fruit. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1987: June (DDA-1939): #Party preference; assessment of the performance of the Government and of the opposition; attitude to the number of holiday weeks and to the school summer holiday; factors of importance for taking a holiday; attitude to distributing the summer holidays according to geograhical regions; library habits, theatre-going, and use of general practitioner, specialist and hospital; attitude to user payment in a number of fields; and whether the respondent believes that the Government and an alternative Socialist government works/will work for the benefit of the country. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1987: August I (DDA-1940): #Party preference; summer holidays 1987; the weather's influence on the holiday plans: assessment of the financial situation of the household and the economic situation of the country compared with the same period last year; whether AIDS should be regarded as a venereal disease thus making it compulsory for carriers to undergo treatment and forbid that they infect others; preferred non-Socialist government after a hypothetical general election; whether drivers observe the speed limits; driving and speed limits on motorways; spare time activities in the winter; and investments and consumption in a number of fields. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1987: August II (DDA-1941): #Party preference; attitude to the Great Belt link project; preferred issues in the newspapers; assessment of a number of events/news items in the year 2000; assessment of the members of the Government; preferred prime minister after the coming general election; use of Sunday papers; and preferred chairman of the Social Democratic Party. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1987: September (DDA-1942): #Actual vote at the general election on 8 September. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1987: October (DDA-1943): #Party preference; attitude to a government consisting of the Social Democratic Party and the Conservative People's Party; preferred opening hours in shops; the contribution of the USA, the USSR and China to world peace; expected result of the coming arms reduction talks between the USA and the Soviet Union; use of and attitude to discount shops; attitude to basing the government's policy on the Progress Party; and credit cards in the household. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1987: November (DDA-1944): #Party preference; winter holidays 1986/1987 and winter holiday plans; membership of a trade organization; union subscription and deduction of this; assessment of a number of problems in society; attitude to the size of the police force; trust in the police; attitude to a number of statements on tax-free incomes; and use of and attitude to advertising papers. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1987: December (DDA-1945): #Party preference; purchase of convenience goods outside normal opening hours; church attendance around Christmas and New Year's Eve last year and this year; use of radio and TV services during Christmas and New Year's Eve; pocket money (amount and method); Christmas present expenditure; investment in joint shares; expectations of 1988 (personal financial situation, the country's economic situation, the world situation); possibilities of trade and industry in the coming years; and Christmas Eve