Czechoslovakian 1990 Pre-Election Survey

Political attitudes. Judgement on the economic situation. Moral
concept.

Topics: General satisfaction with political development of the
country; judgement on the November revolution and its current
development; expected further political development in the country;
attitude to membership in a party; intent to participate in the next
election; reasons for possible non-participation in the election;
expected winner of the election to the parliament; party preference
(rank order procedure); party one cannot vote for; behavior at the
polls in case of preference for a party that falls under the 5%-clause;
evaluation of possible coalition and government forms after the
election; judgement on the citizen forum, the communist party as well
as President Havel; most important political tasks for the future;
those responsible for political and economic changes; expected
reduction of standard of living and decline of general economic
situation from the economic reform; assessment of current status of
economic development in an economic valley or in economic recovery;
expected development of standard of living in the next few years;
preference for strong or moderate steps in economic reform; acceptable
personal economic concessions for a rapid economic recuperation;
assessment of minimum income for one´s own family; number of family
members; fear of unemployment; expected personal problems from the
economic reform; reasons for strikes; expected reduction in
unemployment from a slowing of the economic reforms; assumed chances of
personal employer to survive economically; preferred type of
privatization of large and small companies; preference for employment
with a private company or a state-owned company; expected personal
improvement in case of privatization of the employing company; desire
for government main responsibility for the universities, job mediation,
elementary health care, extended health care, housing supply, welfare
and for securing pensions of every citizen; achievement orientation;
most important bases for the future standard of living; significance of
good education, good work performance, personal contribution to
development of society, getting along well with other persons, good
abilities as do-it-yourselfer, sensible work, living modestly, not
having to depend on other people or society, life in a fair society,
remaining true to one´s principles, life in peace and in freedom,
interesting occupation, opportunity for private undertakings,
opportunity of influencing public interests and the significance of a
lot of money and good life; most important private future plans in the
economic and political area; planned changes in the area of personal
employment; possession of durable economic goods; membership in the
citizen forum; city size; residential status; belief in God; social
origins; superior function and range of control; earlier membership in
a political party; party membership and time period of party
membership; election precinct.

Also encoded was: date of interview.