Danish Gallup Omnibus Data, 1980

Danish Gallup Omnibus Data, 1980 comprises 22 omnibus surveys carried out by the Danish Gallup Institute in 1980. # #Each survey contains a number of demographic variables common to all the surveys of that year, as well as a number of questions dealing with topical events. # #The present survey is a year file based on all the surveys. # #The questions common to all 1980 omnibuses are: #The respondent's housing conditions and ownership of the dwelling as well as geographical location and degree of urbanization; the respondent's sex, age and marital status; the respondent's education, occupational status and gross income; gross household income; the bread-winner's education, occupational status and form of payment; number of children (persons under 15) and age of the children; number of adults (persons aged 15 or more); the respondent's status in the household; the spouse's occupational status; social group; party preference; whether the respondent voted at the general election in 1979; whether the household possesses a car, a colour TV set or a washing machine; the respondent's reading habits regarding newspapers, weeklies, monthlies, etc.; and whether the respondent smoked various forms of tobacco the day before the interview. # #The special questions deal with such issues as: # #Omnibus no. 01 (DDA-0587): #Attitudes to NATO; attitudes to the introduction of nuclear power in Denmark; development aid (the 1% target); and winter holiday plans. # #Omnibus no. 02 (DDA-0588): #Expectations of price levels, of Denmark's economic situation, and of private standards of living in 1980; assessment of post-war Scandinavian Social Democratic societies versus the societies developed east of the Iron Curtain; assessment of co-operation within the EC versus co-operation in Scandinavia; and assessment of Danish security policy co-operation within NATO, within the Warsaw Pact, or within a neutral Scandinavian bloc. # #Omnibus no. 03 (DDA-0589): #Expectations of price levels, of Denmark's economic situation, and of private standards of living in 1980; assessment of social issue TV programmes; knowledge of criticism of TV and radio for being biassed, prejudiced or not sufficiently informed; knowledge of 'Aktive Lyttere og Seere' (Active Listeners and Viewers); assessment of the criticism of TV programmes about nuclear power; and attitudes to the introduction of nuclear power in Denmark. # #Omnibus no. 04 (DDA-0590): #Expectations of price levels, of Denmark's economic situation, and of private standards of living in 1980; mapping of retrenchment sectors preferred by the authorities; and Danish participation in the Olympic Games in Moscow. # #Omnibus no. 05 (DDA-0591): #Expectations of price levels, of Denmark's economic situation, and of private standards of living in 1980; assessment of the Government's performance; confidence in MPs (i.e. the members of the Danish Folketing); Anker Jørgensen versus Knud Heinesen as leader of the Social Democratic Government; mapping of causes of the competitive problems within trade and industry (too high wages or too high profits?); social problems put in order of priority; the combatting of and the causes of unemployment; and membership of a trade union under LO (the Danish Trades Union Congress). # #Omnibus no. 06 (DDA-0592): #The frequency of letter-writing and of speech-making at meetings or at parties; assessment of the number of weekly periods in Danish in schools and of modern Danish usage; Radio Denmark's influence on Danish usage; and assessment of the TV music quiz 'Kontrapunkt' (Counterpoint). # #Omnibus no. 07 (DDA-0593): #Assessment of Denmark's economic situation over the last 12 months and expectations of the economic situation during the coming 12 months as well as of the family's financial situation; and the Danish 'Melodi Grand Prix' on TV (where the Danish song for the Eurovision Song Contest is chosen). # #Omnibus no. 08 (DDA-0594): #The Eurovision Song Contest on TV; the TV serial 'Vores År' (Our Years, a TV play); attitudes to economic and diplomatic sanctions against Iran; and attitudes to the new 10-krone coin and 20-krone note. # #Omnibus no. 09 (DDA-0595): #Attitudes to the US military attempt to rescue the hostages in Teheran and EC's attitude; Anker Jørgensen versus Knud Heinesen as leader of the Social Democratic Government; and attitudes to NATO, to the EC, and to the presence of Soviet military troops in Afghanistan. # #Omnibus no. 11 (DDA-0596): #Attitudes to the introduction of nuclear power in Denmark; expectations of price levels, of Denmark's economic situation, and of private standards of living in 1980; assessment of the Government's performance; orthography (nouns with capital or small letters); attitudes to corporal punishment forming part of the upbringing of children; and attitudes to NATO and to the EC. # #Omnibus no. 12 (DDA-0597): #No special questions. # #Omnibus no. 13 (DDA-0598): #Assessment of the behaviour of young people; summer holiday plans; assessment of the intelligence and the morality of politicians; attitudes to the economic settlement between the Social Democratic Party and the 3 small non-Socialist parties (the so-called 'mini-settlement'), and to the possible formation of a coalition government; and attitudes to economic industrial democracy (with or without a central fund). # #Omnibus no. 14 (DDA-0599): #The respondent's place of work as a venue for meeting a prospective marriage partner; expectations of private standards of living in 1980; and TV broadcasts from the Olympic Games in Moscow. # #Omnibus no. 15 (DDA-0600): #Attitudes to defence expenses; assessment of alcohol abuse; assessment of the risk of a nuclear war, and of the USA versus the USSR as the greatest threat to world peace; and opinions of divorce and a mapping of the increased number of divorces. # #Omnibus no. 17 (DDA-0601): #Assessment of the developments in Poland; attitudes to a readjustment of speed limits; frequency of motoring; and feelings towards earwigs, millipedes, spiders, etc. # #Omnibus no. 18 (DDA-0602): #Attitudes to NATO; assessment of Danish obligations in connection with NATO defence plans; and assessment of the relative strength of NATO and the Warsaw Pact. # #Omnibus no. 19 (DDA-0603): #Assessment of the dangers of alcohol and tobacco; information campaigns versus the banning of alcohol and tobacco advertisements; at what time in the evening the television News should be broadcast; and the TV programmes 'Kanal 22' (Channel 22). # #Omnibus no. 20 (DDA-0604): #No special questions. # #Omnibus no. 21 (DDA-0605): #Attitudes to NATO and to the EC; and assessment of the relative strength of NATO and the Warsaw Pact. # #Omnibus no. 22 (DDA-0606): #Assessment of trade and industry conditions; the efficiency of business managers; assessment of the relative strength of LO and DA (the Danish Trades Union Congress and the Danish Employers' Association) in the coming collective bargaining; expectations of 1981; and membership of a trade union under LO. # #Omnibus no. 23 (DDA-0607): #Assessment of trade and industry conditions; the efficiency of business managers; attitudes to the EC; and membership of a trade union under LO. # #Omnibus no. 24 (DDA-0608): #Assessment of trade and industry conditions; the efficiency of business managers; attitudes to the EC; expectations of 1981; and membership of a trade union under LO