Reader's Digest Eurodata 1990 : A consumer survey of 17 European countries

Consumer survey on durables, alcoholics, holidays, cosmetics and foods but also questions about the European Community and other European countries. Living conditions now in comparison with 5 years ago / other countries with a better standard of living / durables in main home of respondent, which of them was acquired in the last 3 years / ( non- ) portable audio equipment / ownership or use of transport ( not car ) / facilities at home / ownership of hand gun, rifle, military gun, musical instrument, cordless or mobile telephone, answering machine, exercise machine / type of still camera and use / private and-or company car, make, characteristics and facilities of car / types of alcohol drunk in the last year and frequency / knowledge of European Community, which countries should be member of EC / heard, read or seen anything of the Single European Market ( SEM ) / SEM, EC is a good-bad thing / statements about EC / for-against unification / confidence in church, media, army, education system, trade unions, advertising industry, police, parliament, civil service, local government, social security, EC, European Parliament / values and beliefs: fight against social injustice, driving after drinking, people smacking their children, marry someone with different background, abortion marriage, smoking in public places, not declaring income / work, woman's position, marriage, satisfaction with own life, religion, communism / activities around the house / which languages does respondent speak fluently, which good enough to read a book, language spoken at home / sports, exercise, food in relation to health, vegetarian / consumption of diet drinks / smoking habits / pets at home / buying books ( also by post ), most expensive book, type of book, nr. of books read / frequency of watching television, nr. of newspapers, magazines / detailed information about holidays / use of numerous toiletry articles and cosmetics/ articles for washing and shaving / use of spectacles, contact lenses / various foodstuffs available at home / use of convenance meals, frozen, chilled, ready to heat, take-away / various cleaning items available at home / payment affairs: cheque book, bank account, credit cards, types of insurances, savings / has main wage-earner and-or respondent professional or occupational qualifications / frequency of respondent's visiting his-her mother / detailed information about home / Reader's Digest magazine subscription / questionnaire version / language of interview ( Switzerland and Belgium only ). Background variables: basic characteristics/ residence/ housing situation/ household characteristics/ occupation/employment/ income/capital assets/ education/ consumption of durables/ readership, mass media, and 'cultural' exposur

Racisme en anti-semitisme 1961

Attitude towards Jews and foreigners / hereditary thinking / nature- nurture / acquaintance with and knowing Jews / ethnocentrism / attitude towards education / attitude towards the national-socialist regime / experiences in upbringing / trust / optimism / authoritarianism / independence / happiness / achievement motivation / social distance scores / anomy / cynicism / experiences and expectations in work. Background variables: basic characteristics/ residence/ characteristics of parental family/household/ occupation/employment/ income/capital assets/ education/ politics/ religio

USIS-Study 1955-1963 : Europese peilingen van the USA Information Agency

Views on political and cultural matters / attitude towards other countries, to political leaders / attitude towards and knowledge of international policy, war and peace, atomic weapons, disarmament, European integration, the NATO, role of USA, USSR and Western Europe / atomic weapons in Western Europe / patterns of interest regarding life in the USA. Background variables: basic characteristics/ residence/ occupation/employment/ education/ social class/ politics/ organizational membershi

Wapenbeheersingsonderhandelingen USA-USSR, 1986

Comparative research of public communication in 23 countries about arms control talks between USA and USSR in 1986. Importance of USA and USSR signing treaty on arms control / heard or read about restart of arms control talks / influence of arms control talks on chance of a nuclear war: own opinion and perceived opinion of most people in own country / frequency of talking with others about chance of a nuclear war / most and least important source of information about problems of rearmament and disarmament. Background variables: basic characteristics/ residence/ household characteristics/ occupation/employment/ income/capital assets/ education/ politics/ readership, mass media, and 'cultural' exposur

European Elections Survey, 1979

Interest in European elections / knowledge about who won seats/ most important issues / r. talked, read about European elections/ attended public meetings/ watched tv, radio programmes. Questions on tv campaign: worthwhile information?/ opinion on amount of time spent on campaign / opinion on European Parliament, unification of Europe / if voted for E.P. what most important: domestic or European matters / reasons not voting / political left, right rating. Background variables: basic characteristics/ residence/ household characteristics/ occupation/employment/ income/capital assets/ education/ politics/ readership, mass media, and 'cultural' exposur

European Communities Studies, 1970-1992, cumulative file

Regular monitoring of social and political attitudes of residents of the member nations of the European Community are cumulated in one file. Satisfaction with democracy / overall life satisfaction / desired social change / first and second most important national political goal / European unification / support of the common market / life expectations / danger of war, nuclear energy, income inequality, terrorism, government management, military defence, environmental pollution / materialist/post-materialist values index / cognitive mobilization index. Background variables: basic characteristics/ residence/ housing situation/ household characteristics/ occupation/employment/ education/ social class/ politics/ religion/ organizational membershi

Europese vrouwen in loondienst, 1980

This study was carried out at the request of the 'ad hoc' Commission for Women's Rights (set up by the European Parliament in October 1979), in order to ascertain how female workers saw themselves compared with their male colleagues. Employment situation / degree of responsibility held / adequate use of abilities / voluntary or involuntary unemployment / sex of immediate superior / sex of colleagues / sexual discrimination at work / advantage of particular gender in certain areas: promotion, salary level, taxation, retirement age / usefulness of educational qualifications / sexual harassment / knowledge of existence of national laws concerning equality of treatment at work / EC - European Community - and trade unions activities in this respect. The data of this survey originally were distributed by the Belgian Archives for the Social Sciences ( BASS ). Background variables: basic characteristics/ residence/ household characteristics/ occupation/employment/ income/capital assets/ education/ organizational membershi

European Election Studies, 1989, wave 2

Second wave of the European election studies 1989 contains information about interest in and knowledge of several aspects of the European Community and voting behaviour/intentions, three months before the European elections 1989. date and duration of interview, persons present at interview, cooperation of respondent / being entitled to vote / intended electoral participation European elections 1989 and intended party choice / intended electoral participation in national elections and intended party choice / participation and party choice in last national elections / European Parliament party group 1984 of the intended party choice of European elections in 1989 / probability to vote for parties at European elections / information and knowledge of - the powers of - the European Parliament / impression of the Commission of the European Community / has heard of the Single European Market ( SEM ) / feeling european / for or against european unification / membership of European Community ( EC ) is good or bad / own country benefits from EC / feelings about dissolution of EC / opinion about SEM and Common Agricultural Policy / EC is considered ( not ) important / ( dis )advantages of SEM: no more customs control/ may reside and work in entire EC/ buy products from and carry money in entire EC/ Value added tax ( VAT ) harmonisation/ easy payments within EC/ freedom of banking and contracting / importance of several issues: 4 national issues/ unemployment/ stable prices/ european unification/ arms limitation/ agricultural surplus/ environment/ Turkey in EC/ realization of SEM / party best able to handle first, second and third most important issue / Inglehart's materialist post-materialist index / left-right position and political interest of respondent / opinion about violence / participation in: citizen action group, signing petition, boycott, lawful demonstration, rent strike and tax-strike, wildcat strike, occupying factories, blocking traffic, damaging property, violence against others / ( dis )approval of government reactions: police baton charges/ severe penalties/ prohibit public protest/ troops to break strikes / satisfaction with democracy / preference for revolution or maintain status quo / party attachment: strength and direction / age when respondent left school / size of firm and number of people supervised by respondent / former occupation / life satisfaction. Background variables: basic characteristics/ residence/ housing situation/ household characteristics/ occupation/employment/ income/capital assets/ education/ social class/ politics/ religion/ readership, mass media, and 'cultural' exposure/ organizational membershi

European Values Study, 1990 - EVS '90

This data collection is designed to enable cross-national comparison of values and beliefs in a wide variety of areas and to monitor changes in values and attitudes of mass publics in 14 European countries and the United States and Canada. Broad topics covered are work, the meaning and purpose of life, family life, and contemporary social issues. Respondents were asked to rate the importance of work, family, friends, leisure time, politics, and religion in their lives. They were also asked how satisfied they were with their present lives, whether they tended to persuade others close to them, whether they discussed political matters, and how they viewed society. Questions relating to work included what aspects were important to them in a job, the pride they took in their work, their satisfaction with the present job, and their views on owner/state/employee management of business. Respondents were asked about the groups and associations they belonged to and which ones they worked for voluntarily, the level of trust they had in most people, the groups they would not want as neighbours, their general state of health, and whether they felt they had free choice and control over their lives. A wide range of items was included on the meaning and purpose of life, such as respondents' views on the value of scientific advances, the demarcation of good and evil, and religious behaviour and beliefs. Respondents were queried about whether they shared the same attitudes toward religion, morality, politics, and sexual mores with their partner and parents, their views on marriage and divorce, qualities important for a child to learn, whether a child needs both parents to grow up happy, views on mothers working outside the home, views on abortion, and whether marriage is an outdated institution. Questions regarding political issues probed for respondents' opinions of various forms of political action and the likelihood of their taking an action, the most important aims for their countries, confidence in various civil and governmental institutions, and whether they felt divorce, abortion, suicide, cheating on taxes, lying, and other such actions were ever justified. Constructed variables: PLUS1 to PLUS53 are constructs for 1990 only, C90_1 to C90_51 are constructs which can be used to make comparisons with the same constructs in P0830 named C81_1 to C81_51. Topics of constructs: religiosity, church involvement, moral values, conservatism-progressiveness, confidence in institutions, intolerance, materialism-postmaterialism, political involvement, Bradburn's affect balance scale, marriage, family, abortion, education, work. Background variables: basic characteristics/ residence/ household characteristics/ occupation/employment/ income/capital assets/ education/ social class/ politics/ religion/ organizational membershi

European Election Studies, 1989, wave 3

Third wave of the European election studies 1989 contains information about interest in and knowledge of several aspects of European Community and voting behaviour/intentions, short after the European elections 1989. date and duration of interview, persons present at interview, cooperation of respondent / being entitled to vote / participation in European elections 1989 ( EE89 ) and party choice / reasons for not voting / party choice in EE89 based on domestic or european reasons / vote EE89 expresses attitude to national government / intended electoral participation in national elections and intended party choice / participation and party choice in last national elections / European Parliament party group 1984 of the party choice of EE89 and European Parliament party group 1989 of the party choice of EE89 / probability to vote for parties at national elections / interest of respondent in European elections campaign / campaign information sources / campaign related activities like reading, watching television, listening to the radio, talking with other people / detailed information about campaign on television / impression of European Parliament and the Commission of the European Community / has heard of the Single European Market ( SEM ) and the European summit / success of European summit / cooperation of the members of the European Parliament ( MEP ) should be based on national arguments or on political arguments / national decision or European Community ( EC ) decision in case of: environment, energy supply, development aid, unemployment, fight against poverty, regional development, defense, currency, health and social welfare, cooperation with 3rd world, education, massmedia, science and technology, rates of value added tax ( VAT ), foreign policy, industrial relations, privacy protection / for or against european unification / membership of EC is good or bad / own country benefits from EC / feelings about dissolution of EC / opinion about SEM / EC is considered ( not ) important / do viable alternatives exist for EC / importance of several issues: 4 national issues/ unemployment/ stable prices/ european unification/ arms limitation/ agricultural surplus/ environment/ Turkey in EC/ realization of SEM/ energy supply/ development aid/ poverty/ regional development / Inglehart's materialist post-materialist index / left-right position and political interest of respondent / subjective left-right position of national parties / satisfaction with democracy / does EC work democratically / ( dis )approve of national government / first and second preferred government over current one / importance of elected institutes / party attachment: strength and direction / age when respondent left school / size of firm and number of people supervised by respondent / former occupation / respondents condition better-worse in 5 years / more-less satisfied then 5 years ago / life satisfaction. Background variables: basic characteristics/ residence/ housing situation/ household characteristics/ occupation/employment/ income/capital assets/ education/ social class/ politics/ religion/ readership, mass media, and 'cultural' exposure/ organizational membershi