Eurobarometer 32 (Oct-Nov 1989)

The main survey focus of this Eurobarometer is:

1. General satisfaction,

2. Attitude to family policy,

3. European domestic market and attitude to the EC,

4. Europe and the democratization of the East

5. Attitude to European institutions and the Western security
alliance,

6. Attitude to the UN,

7. Questions on health and health policy,

8. Attitude to the drug problem,

9. Attitude to the use of alcohol and questions on the problem of
alcoholism,

10. Organ transplantation,

11. Attitude to immunization,

12. Cancer and AIDS,

13. Political self-classification,

14. Supplemental questions on the topic of health posed to
respondents between the ages of 15 to 24 years.

Topics: 1. General satisfaction: nationality and eligibility to vote
at place of residence; prospect for the future for the next year;
contentment with life; satisfaction with democracy; personal opinion
leadership and frequency of political discussions; postmaterialism
index; attitude to revolutionary social reforms.

2. Attitude to family policy: ideal number of children; most important
social factors influencing number of children; preferred measures of a
sensible family policy; most important tasks of family in society.

3. European domestic market and attitude to the EC: attitude to
unification of Western Europe; attitude to EC membership of one´s
country; advantages or disadvantage from EC membership; regret of a
failure of the EC; perceived conflict between European and national
identity; assessment of the effects of the European domestic market on
the economy of the country; most important reasons to support the
European domestic market; hopes or fears in connection with the
domestic market; general attitude to the European domestic market;
preference for national or European decision-making authority in
selected political areas; desired influence of the EC on productions of
the film and television industry; attitude to a European Social
Charter.

4. Europe and the democratization of the East: desired rapproachment
of the EC to the Eastern European countries; attitude to food aid as
well as economic cooperation with Poland and Hungary; attitude to
support of the democracy movements; trust in the USSR as well as the
USA; attitude to the presidents Gorbachev and Bush.

5. Attitude to European institutions and the Western security
alliance: political interest and interest in the European Community;
knowledge and judgement on the EC Commission; attitude to a European
Government and the European Parliament; preference for increasing the
significance of the European Parliament; election participation at the
last European Parliament election; reasons for non-participation in the
election; attitude to a strong national defense power; attitude to
NATO; trust in the decision of NATO and the European Community; the
significance of NATO for national security; preference for the decision
of European security and defense questions in NATO or at European
level; attitude to military presence of the Americans in Europe.

6. Attitude to the UN: examples for good and bad work by the United
Nations; degree of familiarity of the United Nations and its
sub-organizations; degree of familiarity of the name of the current UN
Secretary-General; most important sources of information about the work
of the UN; interest in selected UN topics.

7. Questions on health and health policy: self-assessment of condition
of health; concern about extent of jeopardy to health from selected
environmental problems; influence of the EC domestic market on
development of health of Europeans; concern about the increase in
proportion of older people in Europe; most important health problems of
older people; urgency of selected measures to deal with problems in old
age; necessity of care and preparation for old age; significance of old
people´s homes and day care centers; most important health risks in
European countries; assumed most frequent causes of death in European
countries and assumed further development or displacement regarding
these causes of death; the health problem that should be addressed as
first priority; judgement on the effectiveness of various measures;
usefulness of a European emergency identification; knowledge about
medical emergency numbers; assessment of the usefulness of a
Europe-wide uniform emergency number; center for advice in cases of
poisoning and familiarity of centers for emergency calls in case of
poisoning; most important aspects of health education and assignment of
responsibility for health education to selected institutions;
significance of health education in school; attitude to exchange of
health experts at EC level; most important reasons for coronary heart
disease; concern about problematic materials contained in food;
self-assessment of manner of nutrition in view of health; paying
attention to content labels on food packages; health-conscious
selection of food products; conducting a reducing program; height and
weight; self-assessment of overweight; perceived health consequences of
improper nutrition.

8. Attitude to the drug problem: classification of drug addicts as
sick or criminals; classification of the drug problem as social,
economic, moral, health or safety problem; adequate measures of
national drug policy; assessment of effectiveness of selected measures
to combat use of drugs; advantageousness of harmonization and
cooperation of the European Community in selected measures to combat
drugs; knowledge of substitute drugs and methadon programs; familiarity
of selected drugs and assessment of their danger for the health of the
user; assessment of the dangers from strong medications; institutions
that should be authorized to conduct a test of drug use; personal
contact with drug addicts; drug addicts in family and circle of friends
or among colleagues; assessment of significance of drugs and alcohol at
work; institutions responsible for combating drugs at work.

9. Attitude to use of alcohol and questions on the alcoholism problem:
attitude and characterization of alcoholics; most important
consequences of alcoholism; assessment of effectiveness of selected
measures to combat the use of alcohol; advantageousness of
harmonization and cooperation of the European Community in selected
measures to combat the alcohol problem; personal contact with
alcoholics; alcoholics in the family and circle of friends or among
colleagues; drinking behavior and personal use of alcohol on weekdays
and on weekends; assessment of the amount of alcohol that leads to
being unable to drive.

10. Organ transplantation: assessment of the adequate availability of
organ donors; general willingness to donate an organ; willingness to
donate an organ depending on selected conditions; assessment of optimum
health care, even for rare illnesss, in the country and possibilities
of the EC to improve a possibly deficit situation.

11. Attitude to vaccinations: general attitude to compulsory
vaccination; attitude to regular vaccinations; judgement on the
necessity for selected vaccinations.

12. Cancer and AIDS: knowledge about the European program to combat
cancer; knowledge about the ´European Code against Cancer´; use of
cigarettes; attitude to AIDS patients; familiarity of the possiblities
of infection with the HIV virus; assessment of personal risk of
infection in selected situations (scale); increasing fear when donating
blood, receiving a blood transfusion or injections; most urgent and
effective measures to contain the AIDS danger; attitude to combating
AIDS at the EC level; registry requirement or support programs for AIDS
patients; personal contact with AIDS patients; AIDS cases in the family
or circle of friends or among colleagues; warning about contact with
AIDS patients; avoiding AIDS patients.

13. The following additional questions were posed to respondents
between the ages of 15 to 24 years: judgement on one´s own health
education; reference group and age during health education; most
important topics and preferred sources of information in health
education; personal behavioral changes due to the risk of AIDS;
knowledge of precautions or protective measures against AIDS.

Demography: self-assessment on a left-right continuum; party
allegiance and party preference (Sunday question); conduct at the last
national election; party affiliation; union membership; marital status;
age at end of education; sex; age; size of household; number of
children in household; monthly household income; occupational position;
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; city size; region.

In France the following was also asked: knowledge and significance of
the French presidency in the Council of Ministers of the European
Community.

Also encoded were: date of interview; time of start of interview;
presence of further persons during interview; willingness of respondent
to cooperate; city size; identification of interviewer.

Indices: moral orientation; opinion leadership; attitude to the EC;
political orientation.