Eurobarometer 29 (1988)

The main survey focus of this Eurobarometer are: 1. Political attitudes and satisfaction, 2. Eating, drinking and smoking habits, 3. Attitudes to environmental pollution, 4. Nuclear energy as well as, 5. EC and European unification. Topics: 1. Eligibility to vote at place of residence; general contentment with life and satisfaction with democracy; personal opinion leadership; frequency of political discussions; most important political goals; postmaterialism; interest in selected forms of sport; attitude to summer time. 2. Information on eating and drinking habits; detailed information about eating and drinking behavior at meals the day before; smoking habits; use of cigarettes; preferred type of cigarettes; age at starting to smoke; duration of smoking; intended changes of one´s own smoking habits; changes in weight compared to last year; knowledge about the European program to combat cancer.3. Complaints about environmental damages at place of residence; judgment on the environmental situation in the country; assessment of the significance of the environmental problem; most important areas of environmental pollution; most important consequences of environmental pollution; personal measures for environmental protection already conducted and intended; assessment of the effectiveness of environmental protection agencies; preference for economic development or environmental protection; desire for more information on selected environmental topics; knowledge about the ´European environment year´; source of information; interest in the environment year; knowledge and evaluation of individual actions for the European environment year; attitude to the environment year (scale).4. Judgment on the radioactive danger in selected situations; judgment on nuclear energy problems (scale); personal protective measures after the nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl; primary consequences of the Chernobyl accident for one´s own country; assessment of the efficiency of protective measures in a nuclear power plant accident in Western Europe; extent to which informed about radioactivity in one´s country and trust in this information; reasons for dissatisfaction with information from this area; most trustworthy institution with information about radioactivity.5. Perceived conflict between European and national identity; knowledge and judgment on the EC Commission; attitude to Western European unification; attitude to EC membership of the country; assessment of advantages for the country from EC membership; regret of a failure of the EC; assessment of advantages and disadvantages from the realization of the European domestic market in 1992; attitude to the European domestic market and further integration of Europe; preferred main focus of a common European policy; attitude to agricultural policy and recommendations on improvement in European agricultural policy; expected effects of the EC domestic market on the job market; effect of the domestic market on business in economically weak regions; knowledge and judgment on the role of the European Parliament; intent to participate in a European Election; attitude to strengthening the European Parliament; attitude to founding a European Government and political areas for which this government should be responsible; attitude to a constitution draft by the European Parliament; attitude to a referendum on a European Union; actual and desired significance of national and European institutions as well as organizations. Demography: self-assessment on a left-right continuum; attitude to social change; party allegiance; marital status; age at end of education; party preference (Sunday question); sex; age; size of household; number of children in household; monthly household income; occupational position; company size; position in household; occupation of head of household; city size; degree of urbanization; region. In Spain and Portugal the following additional question was posed: behavior at the polls in the past national election. The following additional questions were posed to women: knowledge about the forms of medical check-ups for cancer prevention; age at first medical check-up; frequency of cancer check-ups; medical check-up with the family doctor, gynecologist or in the hospital. The following additional questions were also posed in Germany: knowledge of the presidency of the Federal Republic in the Council of Ministers as well as assessment of the importance of this presidency; knowledge about the information office of the state in Brussels. The following question was also posed in Belgium: language in household. Indices: postmaterialism; political orientation; EC support; values orientation; cognitive and political mobility; unemployment rate of the region; gross national product per capita in the region.