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EUROBAROMETER 42 NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1994 BASIC ENGLISH QUESTIONNAIRE INRA (EUROPE) Note: The basic questionnaire is provided only as a guide to the survey questions. Please see the SPSS data definitions and document statements or the archival codebook for changes in coding schemes and for country specific answer categories (political parties, income, regions etc.). YOUR SURVEY NUMBER +--+--+--+--+--+ 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | +--+--+--+--+--+ COUNTRY CODE +--+--+ 2 | | | | | | +--+--+ OUR SURVEY NUMBER +--+--+--+ 3 | | | | | | | | +--+--+--+ INTERVIEW NUMBER +--+--+--+--+--+--+ 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +--+--+--+--+--+--+ SPLIT BALLOT (VERSION A : CODE 1) (VERSION B : CODE 2) +--+ 5 | | | | +--+ Q.1. Are you ... (NATIONALITY) ? a) (IF YES) Do you know whether your name appears in the Electoral Register (the register of people entitled to vote at the next General Election), under your present address, at another address or does it not appear at all ? At present address...................................................................... 6 1 GO TO Q.2 At another address...................................................................... 2 GO TO Q.2 Don't know if registered................................................................ 3 GO TO Q.2 Does not appear at all.................................................................. 4 GO TO Q.2 EB41.1 - Q.1 - TREND b) (IF NO) What is your nationality ? Please tell me the country (or countries) that apply. (MULTIPLE ANSWERS POSSIBLE) Belgium........................................................................ 7 1, Denmark........................................................................ 2, Germany........................................................................ 3, Greece......................................................................... 4, Spain.......................................................................... 5, France......................................................................... 6, Ireland........................................................................ 7, Italy.......................................................................... 8, Luxemburg...................................................................... 9, Netherlands.................................................................... 10, Portugal....................................................................... 11, United Kingdom (Great Britain, Northern Ireland)............................... 12, Other countries................................................................ 13, CLOSE INTERVIEW DK............................................................................. 14, CLOSE INTERVIEW EB41.1 - Q.1.B - TREND Q.2. On the whole, are you very satisfied, fairly satisfied, not very satisfied or not at all satisfied with the life you lead ? Would you say you are ... ? (READ OUT) Very satisfied.......................................................................... 8 1 Fairly satisfied........................................................................ 2 Not very satisfied...................................................................... 3 Not at all satisfied.................................................................... 4 DK...................................................................................... 5 EB41.0 - Q.2 -TREND ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INRA (EUROPE) - EUROBAROMETER 42 - AUTUMN 1994 Page 1 Q.3. a) There is a lot of talk these days about what (OUR COUNTRY)'s goals should be for the next ten or fifteen years. On this card are listed some of the goals that different people say should be given top priority. Would you please say which one of them you yourself consider to be most important in the long run ? (SHOW CARD ** - ONE ANSWER ONLY). b) And what would be your second choice ? +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | MOST IMPORTANT GOALS | | +---------------+---------------+ | | 1st | 2nd | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+---------------+ | Maintaining order in the country | 9 1 |10 1 | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Giving the people more say in important government decisions | 2 | 2 | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Fighting rising prices | 3 | 3 | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Protecting freedom of speech | 4 | 4 | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | DK | 5 | 5 | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+---------------+ EB40.0 - Q.15 - TREND Q.4. As far as you are concerned, do you think that next year - 1995 - will be better or worse than 1994 ? Better.................................................................................. 11 1 Worse................................................................................... 2 Same (SPONTANEOUS)...................................................................... 3 DK...................................................................................... 4 EB40.0 - Q.4 - TREND Q.5. Compared to 12 months ago, do you think that ... (READ OUT) now is (SHOW CARD **) ? +-----------------------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | A little | Stayed the | | | DK/Not | | | A lot better | better | same |A little worse | A lot worse | applicable | +-----------------------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | a) The general economic | | | situation in this country |12 1 2 3 4 5 6 | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | b) The financial situation | | | of your household |13 1 2 3 4 5 6 | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | c) The employment situation | | | in this country |14 1 2 3 4 5 6 | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | d) Your job situation |15 1 2 3 4 5 6 | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EB40.0 - Q.5,7,9,11 - TREND Q.6. And over the next 12 months, how do you think ... (READ OUT) will be (SHOW CARD **) ? +-----------------------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | A little | Stayed the | | | DK/Not | | | A lot better | better | same |A little worse | A lot worse | applicable | +-----------------------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | a) The general economic | | | situation in this country |16 1 2 3 4 5 6 | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | b) The financial situation | | | of your household |17 1 2 3 4 5 6 | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | c) The employment situation | | | in this country |18 1 2 3 4 5 6 | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | d) Your job situation |19 1 2 3 4 5 6 | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EB40.0 - Q.6,8,10,12 - TREND NO QUESTION Q.7 TO Q.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INRA (EUROPE) - EUROBAROMETER 42 - AUTUMN 1994 Page 2 Q.13. About how often do you ... (SHOW CARD **) a) watch the news on television ? b) read the news in daily papers ? c) listen to the news on the radio ? +-----------------------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | Several times | Once or twice | | | | | | Everyday | a week | a week | Less often | Never | DK | +-----------------------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | | a) News on television |20 1 2 3 4 5 6 | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | b) News in daily papers |21 1 2 3 4 5 6 | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | c) News on the radio |22 1 2 3 4 5 6 | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EB41.0 - Q.16 - TREND Q.14. SPLIT BALLOT A - Would you say that you are very proud, fairly proud, not very proud or not at all proud to be (NATIONALITY) ? Very proud.............................................................................