Eurobarometer 36 (Oct-Nov 1991)

1. Attitude to unification of Europe;

2. Attitude to questions of data protection;

3. Use of tobacco;

4. European integration and regional identity;

5. Attitude to foreign aid.

Topics: 1. Attitude to unification of Europe: citizenship and
eligibility to vote at place of residence; contentment with life;
satisfaction with democracy; opinion leadership and frequency of
political discussions; postmaterialism; most important sources of
information about the EC; significance of EC membership for the country
and the people; influence of the EC on daily life; regret of a failure
of the EC; approval of financial aid for the Soviet Union by the EC and
preferred point in time; positive or negative impression of the EC
Commission; attitude to reform of EC agricultural policy; preference
for national or European decision-making authority in selected
political areas; attitude to a European Government and European
Parliament; expectations of the domestic market 1992; general attitude
to the domestic market and a European social policy; frequency of
obtaining news from television, radio and newspapers; self-perception
as European or member of a country; assessment of the economic
development of the country in the last year and expected further
development; evaluation of one´s own economic situation in the last
year and for the future; usefulness of EC activities on solving the
crisis in Yugoslavia; evaluation of the work of the European
Parliament; significance of the European Parliament in selected
political areas; attitude to an increasing significance of the European
Parliament; agreement with an expanded transfer of authority to the EC
in an economic and currency union as well as in a political
unification; attitude to a European Central Bank.

2. Attitude to questions of data protection: evaluation of data
protection; attitude to storage of selected personal data without
agreement of the persons affected; trust in organizations regarding
data storage; attitude to providing data to others.

3. Use of tobacco: knowledge about the ´European Code´ against cancer;
smoking habits; use of cigarettes; interest in reduction in use of
cigarettes; attitude to prohibition of advertising for tobacco
products.

4. European integration and regional identity: regional identity;
local ties or solidarity with the region, the country, the EC and the
whole of Europe; presence of development programs for disadvantaged
parts of the country and approval of such programs; attitude to EC
programs to develop disadvantaged member countries and preferred goals;
knowledge about the regional development fund (ERBF) of the EC to
support less favorable regions; most important sources of information
about such subsidies; agreement with a regional right to a say in the
EC; knowledge about the Basque region and its geographic
classification; comparison of the development status of the Basque
region with the European average; description of the most important
characteristic of the Basques; issue relevance and preference for
EC-wide or national solutions.

5. Attitude to foreign aid: expected world-wide living conditions in
the next 10 years; judgement on food supply and development
possibilities of selected third world countries; sources of information
and their positive or negative orientation regarding information about
developing countries; content of this information and further
information need; attitude to a more direct information from the
developing countries; expected economic, political and future changes
in the third world; attitude to foreign aid; most important goals of a
sensible foreign aid; evaluation of current policies on developing
countries of industrial countries and development to be expected from
them; personal experiences and contacts with persons in the third
world; perceived linking of the development of the situation in third
world countries with the situation in one´s country; perceived interest
contrasts between industrial countries and developing countries;
attitude to canceling debt; countries or institutions and organizations
with the most effective foreign aid; personal contribution to foreign
aid; expected future relation between the EC and third world countries;
prerequisites for granting foreign aid and desired setting of
priorities by the EC; knowledge about the strike in the European
Commission.

Demography: self-classification on a left-right continuum; party
allegiance; party preference (Sunday question); behavior at the polls
in the last election; party affiliation and union membership; marital
status; age at end of education; sex; age; size of household; number of
children in household; monthly household income; occupational position;
employment in the civil service or private enterprise (company sector);
company size; supervisor status; position in household; occupation of
head of household; self-assessment of social class; residential status;
degree of urbanization; religious denomination; frequency of church
attendance; religiousness; city size; region.

Also encoded was: date of interview; length of interview; presence of
others during interview; willingness of respondent to cooperate.

The following questions were posed only in the Federal Republic, East
and West: knowledge of selected areas of EC policies and the president
of the EC Commission.

The following questions were posed only in the new states: positive or
negative role of the EC in achievement of equivalent standard of living
in East and West Germany; judgement on personal level of information
about the EC; advantages or disadvantages for East Germany from EC
membership of the Federal Republic.

The following questions were posed only in Ireland: agreement with
Irish participation in a common European defense policy.

The following questions were posed only in Italy: most important
reasons for the Italian population for approval of European
integration; expected changes through the domestic market in politics
and economy; obstacles for full participation of Italy in the planned
economic and currency union; evaluation of the Italian position in the
economic and currency union; comparison of the standard of living in
Italy with the standard of living in other EC countries; evaluation of
the Italian standard of living in relationship to Italian economic
strength.

Indices: opinion leadership (cognitive mobility); postmaterialism;
attitude to Europe; status in profession; party preference at state
level and on European level; EC support; support for the EC domestic
market; media usage.