Observa Political Index Polls, 1974

#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, 1974: #------------------------------------ #In 1974 Observa carried out 11 political index polls. All the questions from these surveys are found in DDA-0933: Observa Political Index Polls, 1974. In addition, the individual political index polls, which contain questions on topical issues, are found in DDA-0934 to DDA-0944. # #The individual political index polls deal with the following topical issues: # #Observa Political Index Polls 1974: February (DDA-0934): #Joint scouts association of boys and girls; joint scouts camps; the impact of the Municipal Reform in one's own municipality (e.g. distance from place of residence to municipal offices, interest in local matters); the keeping or the abolition of the county boroughs; party choice at the local election on 5 March; and automatic cost-of-living adjustment. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1974: March (DDA-0935): #The impact of the energy crisis on one's personal life (is it for example necessary to cut down on heating and electricity); nuclear power stations (building of, risks, experiences from other countries); economy (compulsory savings, tax arrears); assessment of the Government's performance; assessment of the performance of the opposition; and for or against Danish membership of the EC at a hypothetical referendum today. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1974: April (DDA-0936): #Opening hours of shops and offices; connection with the retail trade; opening hours in a new Shops Act; prime minister preference; basic education in primary school (Danish and arithmetic); the length of compulsory education; the optional state-controlled leaving examination; and attachment to primary school. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1974: May A (DDA-0937): #Weekend activities on 3-5 May (Friday evening till Sunday evening - e.g. slept, took a bath, worked on own dwelling, had guests, was at work); the summer holidays in 1973 and in 1974; household budgeting; housekeeping money to housewives and money for haircuts, cosmetics, etc.; the death criterion; the use of kidneys for transplants in case of cerebral death; and the use of a relative's kidneys for transplant in case of cerebral death. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1974: May B (DDA-0938): #Assessment of the Government's performance; assessment of the performance of the opposition; prime minister preference; assessment of the performance of the Parliament; for or against Danish membership of the EC at a hypothetical referendum today; co-operation between the party preferred by the respondent and other parties; settlement concerning bills proposing new taxes and dues; the composition of the Danish Parliament at a hypothetical imminent general election; the distribution of various taxes and dues; minority and majority governments; government co-operation; and telephone in household. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1974: August (DDA-0939): #Permanent or shifting place of work; transportation to place of work; distance between place of residence and place of work; alternative means of transport (in case of petrol scarcity or very high prices on petrol); the impact of the energy crisis on trans portation to place of work; general speed restrictions; the impact of compulsory savings on daily consumption; should clergymen be allowed to refuse to baptize children; and whether the trial against Mogens Glistrup is political persecution. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1974: September A (DDA-0940): #Use of libraries; number of persons in household over 19; the library habits of the household members; library fees; lending of records, tapes, paintings, etc.; fee on visits to general practitioners; fear of unemployment; dismissal of various groups at a place of work; compulsory savings; summer holidays; and the issuing of writs for a general election on the basis of the discussion on economic policy. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1974: September B (DDA-0941): #Children in household; church attendance; employment conditions of clergymen; the coming collective bargaining (fixing of a framework by the Danish Parliament); nuclear power stations (building of, risks, experiences from other countries); regulation of child allowances according to the parents' incomes; commercials on TV; and the hot meal on Sunday the 29th of September. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1974: November A (DDA-0942): #For or against Danish membership of the EC at a hypothetical referendum today; the reasons for the increased unemployment rate; occupational groups; sentences for various offences (e.g. theft, smuggling, cruelty to children); political indoctrination in primary school; well-being, illness, hospital admission, various diseases; and use of various types of medicine. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1974: November B (DDA-0943): #Assessment of the Government's performance; assessment of the performance of the opposition; the issuing of writs for a general election; winter holidays; a replacement of cost-of-living adjustment with tax reliefs; price and profits freeze; expectations of 1975 (personal financial situation, the country's economic situation, the world situation); gainful employment; housing conditions; the labour market and the increased unemployment rate; Christmas present expenditure; and Christmas Eve. # #Observa Political Index Polls 1974: December (DDA-0944): #Voting intention at the general election on 9 January, 1975; one-party or multi-party government, minority or majority government; government preference; prime minister preference; wage and profits freeze; cost-of-living adjustment; majority of EC supporters in the Danish Parliament; the distribution of various taxes and dues; and the fixing of a framework for collective bargaining by the Danish Parliament