Danish Gallup Omnibus Data, 1978

Danish Gallup Omnibus Data, 1978 comprises 24 omnibus surveys carried out by the Danish Gallup Institute in 1978. #Each of the surveys contains a number of recurring questions as well as a number of special questions (concerning topical events). The present survey is a year file based on the recurring questions of all the surveys. #The questions common to all 1978 omnibuses are: the respondent's reading habits as regards newspapers, weeklies, fortnightlies, and monthlies; cinema visits; use of public transport; party preference; durables; smoking habits; degree of urbanization; sex; age; marital status; number of persons (children, adults) in household; type of dwelling; the respondent's occupation, education, income; occupation, education and form of wages of the head of household; occupation of the housewife; and total income of household. # #The special questions deal with such issues as: # #Omnibus no. 01 (DDA-0334): #Lowering of the electoral age in Denmark from 20 to 18; Denmark: monarchy or republic; Queen Margrethe; and democracy versus monarchy. # #Omnibus no. 02 (DDA-0335): #ARTE; art exhibitions at the Louisiana art gallery; theatre-going; energy problems; and alternative energy sources. # #Omnibus no. 03 (DDA-0336): #No documentation of special questions. # #Omnibus no. 04 (DDA-0337): #Denmark: monarchy or republic; and Prince Henrik, the husband of Queen Margrethe. # #Omnibus no. 05 (DDA-0338): #Commercial sponsoring of sports clubs; attitudes to advertising in general; assessment of the Government's performance; Israel versus the Arab states; radio in household; Radio Denmark's broadcasts; the sentence passed on Mogens Glistrup, MP and leader of the Progress Party, for fraudulent tax evasion (was the sentence just and impartial or politically motivated?); Glistrup's membership of the Danish Parliament after this sentence; and its influence on the popularity of the Progress Party. # #Omnibus no. 06 (DDA-0339): #Party preference at the municipal election on 7 March, 1978; cigarette smoking and lung cancer; the risk of smoking for non-smokers; ban on smoking in public places; the 'smokeless day'; the Government's performance; and shop stewards at Berlingske Tidende (a Danish newspaper). # #Omnibus no. 07 (DDA-0340): #Development aid (the 1% target); the use of development aid; assistance to non-democratic countries; the remission of loans granted to developing countries; and reading and knowledge of the Reader's Digest. # #Omnibus no. 08 (DDA-0341): #Israel versus the Arab states; the European Parliament and the European parliamentary election; membership, authority, geographical placing of the European Parliament; new parliament building for the European Parliament; the referendum on Danish membership of the EC; present attitude to the EC; attitude to an expansion of political co-operation within the EC. # #Omnibus no. 09 (DDA-0342): #Women and education; the occupational status of women; women's preferences as regards employment outside the home; the role of women in public/political life; sex equality; Women's Lib; and men's response to the views of women. # #Omnibus no. 10 (DDA-0343): #Summer holidays; holiday trips abroad; holiday destinations; attitudes to the TV serial 'En by i provinsen' (A Small Town in Denmark); and attitudes to 'Melodi Grand Prix' (Eurovision Song Contest) on TV. # #Omnibus no. 11 (DDA-0344): #Danish membership of the EC; attitudes to an expansion of the political co-operation within the EC; and lowering of the electoral age in Denmark from 20 to 18. # #Omnibus no. 12 (DDA-0345): #Access to TV in household; black-and-white TV or colour TV; watching and getting foreign TV stations; foreign TV broadcasts versus Danish TV broadcasts; commercials on TV; TV commercials versus TV licence fees; the members of staff of the Danish TV channel (are they socialists or non-socialists?); dog in household; the inconvenience (to others) of dogs; the dog owner's regard for other people's feelings; fines for dog messes; and a ban on keeping dogs in towns. # #Omnibus no. 13 (DDA-0346): #The educational and informative functions of primary school; school children in household; helping the children with their homework; participation in parents' meetings; children's attitudes to school; attitudes to examinations and marks; the new Primary School Act; primary school curricula; well-being versus effectiveness (which has been given the higher priority in school?); discipline; punishment in school; comprehensive schools versus streaming; the importance of examinations; the influence of parents on school matters; is instruction in Danish schools politically biased?; should schools give the children a Christian and a democratic outlook or be neutral?; social norms and school education; and World Cup 1978 in Argentina. # #Omnibus no. 14 (DDA-0347): #Lowering of the electoral age in Denmark from 20 to 18 and attitudes to this issue; noxious sources of pollution; and 'full land tax'. # #Omnibus no. 15 (DDA-0348): #Denmark's economic situation; measures to reduce consumer expenditure; unemployment; unemployment benefit; collective bargaining; worker participation as regards dismissals; TV in household; foreign TV programmes; the Government's performance; membership of a trade union; and lowering of the electoral age in Denmark from 20 to 18. # #Omnibus no. 16 (DDA-0349): #Trade and industry's share of taxation; consumption tax; the burden of taxation; saving up; Danish membership of NATO; and the SV (the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Party) Government. # #Omnibus no. 17 (DDA-0350): #No special questions. # #Omnibus no. 18 (DDA-0351): #Lowering of the electoral age in Denmark from 20 to 18 and the referendum on this issue on 19 September, 1978. # #Omnibus no. 19 (DDA-0352): #Economic industrial democracy; worker participation; industrial funds; financing of industrial funds; membership of a trade union; and the TV serial 'Strandvaskeren' (The Body Washed Ashore). # #Omnibus no. 20 (DDA-0353): #No special questions. # #Omnibus no. 21 (DDA-0354): #Collective bargaining; the demands of the LO (the Danish Trades Union Congress); limited wage increases; and the use of industrial profits. # #Omnibus no. 22 (DDA-0355): #Attitudes to nuclear power; and the Austrian referendum on nuclear power. # #Omnibus no. 23 (DDA-0356): #Collective bargaining; the demands of the LO (the Danish Trades Union Congress); limited wage increases; industrial investments; the use of industrial profits; and membership of a trade union. # #Omnibus no. 24 (DDA-0357): #Danish membership of the EC; expectations of 1979 (as regards price development, labour market unrest and strikes, unemployment, Denmark's economic situation and the family's standard of living). # #Some of the special questions (concerning topical events) recur several times: # #Recurring special questions: Omnibus no.: # #Denmark: monarchy or republic 01, 04 #The performance of the Government 05, 06, 15 #Israel versus the Arab states 05, 08 #Attitude to Danish membership of the EC 08, 11, 24 #Lowering of the electoral age 01, 11, 14, 15, 18 #TV in household 12, 15 #Foreign TV programmes 12, 15 #Membership of trade union 15, 18, 19, 23 #Collective bargaining 15, 21, 23 #Unless otherwise stated, the rest of this study description deals with the recurring questions only. All 24 omnibuses, containing the special questions, are available at the DDA, and have been processed to class D