Observa Political Index Polls 1988: March

#Observa opinion polls: #---------------------- # #From 1967 and onwards Observa has carried out a number of opinion polls, i.e. surveys of attitudes and habits of life, partly through so-called political index polls (postal panel surveys) and partly through more extensive attitudinal surveys based on interviews. The political index polls have been carried out regularly in the period (approx. 10 times a year), whereas the attitudinal surveys have been carried out quarterly in the period 1969 to 1972. The current data collection of similar data material over a long period of time makes it possible to carry out various kinds of time series analyses, especially as regards party preference. #Other subjects are usually treated more superficially owing to the conditions under which the surveys are carried out (they are designed for publication in daily papers so the main emphasis has been put on topical issues, and only subjects which may be dealt with by means of a limited number of questions are included). #Until 1971 the political index polls were carried out for the daily paper Aktuelt; from 1972 for the daily paper Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten. The attitudinal surveys have been carried out exclusively for Jyllands-Posten. # # #Observa Political Index Polls, 1988: #------------------------------------ #In 1988 Observa carried out 10 political index polls. All the questions from these surveys, together with a fixed set of recurring background variables, are found in DDA-1946: Observa Political Index Polls, 1988. In addition, the individual political index polls, which contain various questions on topical issues, are found in DDA-1947 to DDA-1956. # #This survey (DDA-1948 Observa Political Index Polls 1988: March) deals with the following topical issues: # #Party preference; sentences for various offences; TV sets in the household; aerial connection and TV channels the household may receive; interest in the coming TV 2; purchase of convenience goods; whether the respondent is willing to pay more for the goods in order to be able to shop near his/her place of residence; attitude to a number of statements on democracy and forms of government; attitude to Christiania; whether the respondent intends to follow the TV transmissions from the European Championship in football in West Germany; and whether the respondent will take the transmissions from the European Championship into consideration when planning the summer holidays