Montenegro Public Opinion 1996

Behavior at the polls, questions on the political system and
the nationality conflict as well as on media.
Topics: Occupation of father; personal nationality, that of father, of
mother and of spouse; mixed marriages in one's family; religiousness;
religion; frequency of church attendance; subjective classification of
social class; knowing the names of the German federal chancellor and the
British prime minister; stand on the Dayton agreement; trust in the
agreement; understanding of democracy (scale); the most important
characteristic of a democratic society; responsibility of the nation;
trust in other people; stand on religious upbringing of one's children,
cultural traditions, a strong leader, a strong hierarchy, the break-up
of Yugoslavia and on mixed marriages; interest in politics; freedom
versus equality; material support versus free expression of opinion;
expected economic development of Montenegro next year; comparison of the
economic situation in Serbia and Montenegro; development pace after
elimination of the UN sanctions; financial situation of personal
household; expected changes in 5 years; probability of personally
becoming self-employed; effects of the market economy in Montenegro and
on one's own financial situation; privatization of companies; foreign
investments; comparison of personal economic position with that of other
nationalities in Montenegro and Yugoslavia; current economic form;
threat of unemployment; responsibility of the government given
unemployment; stand on private property, use of profit and competitive
struggle; economic equality versus political freedom; establishment of
an independent country of Montenegro; trust in institutions;
conservative moral concepts (scale); national pride; responsibility of
individual and government; other nationalities in the neighborhood;
multinational country; influence of personal nationality on development
of Montenegro; readiness of the refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina to
return; assessment of various nationalities in Montenegro; comparison of
the nationalities: Montenegro and Serbs; political participation; stand
on the countries Bosnia/Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia,
Germany, Russia, USA, Yugoslavia and the partial areas of Montenegro:
Serbia, Central Serbia, Vojvodina, Kosovo and Metohia; understanding of
democracy (scale); stand on domestic and foreign politicians; future
position of Montenegro; closeness with place of residence, occupational
group, nation, religion, Montenegro and Yugoslavia; support of the
policies of Bulatovic; future election participation and decision;
parties one cannot vote for; territory claims (scale); support of the
policies of Milosevic; primary and most reliable source of information;
media reception; preferred broadcast times; frequency of listening to
foreign radio stations; listening to the station "Voice of America".