STRETTAMENTE Int.re: RISERVATO _________________ STITUTO PER LE RICERCHE STATISTICHE E L'ANALISI DELL'OPINIONE Intervista N°: ______ PUBBLICA Febbraio 2006 Data: MILANO - Via B. Panizza, 7 – Tel. 02/48.19.33.20 - Telefax.:02/ 48.19.32.86 _______________ S.05139/D ITANES 2006 – Pre-Elettorale Comune : _________________ Good morning, evening, I am … an interviewer from Doxa in Milan. We are doing a survey on a sample of Italians, to know their opinions concerning some socio-political issues regarding our country. An association of universities carries out the study for exclusively scientific purposes. A. VALUES A.1 Now I am going to read some opinions often people hold on politics and economics. Please tell me how much do you agree with each of them: Agree Completely, Agree fairly, Agree a little or Disagree completely. (CAPI: randomize) Disagree Agree Agree Agree Don’t No completely a little fairly completely know answer 1. The government should intervene 1 2 3 4 5 -1 less in the management of the economy 2. Immigrants are a threat for our 1 2 3 4 5 -1 culture and our identity 3. The Trade Unions have too much 1 2 3 4 5 -1 power 4. For the most serious crimes we 1 2 3 4 5 -1 should have the death penalty 5. Salary disparities between higher and 1 2 3 4 5 -1 lower salaries should be reduced 6. Nowadays in Italy we need a strong 1 2 3 4 5 -1 leader A.2 Please, tell me if, according to you, you consider each of these behaviours never acceptable or always acceptable or if their acceptability depends of circumstances. In that case please choose a intermediate position between 1 and 10. (INTERVIEWER: SHOW CARD) (CAPI: randomize) 1.Having homo-sexual intercourses Never Always acceptable acceptable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 Don’t Know No answer -1 2. Having intercourses with prostitutes Never Always acceptable acceptable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 Don’t Know No answer -1 3. Having a voluntary abortion Never Always 1 acceptable acceptable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 Don’t Know No Answer -1 4. Divorcing Never Always acceptable acceptable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 Don’t Know No Answer -1 5. Setting end to the life of a terminally ill patient (euthanasia) Never Always acceptable acceptable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 Don’t Know No answer -1 6. Committing suicide Never Always acceptable acceptable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 Don’t Know No Answer -1 A.3 According to you, can we trust the majority of the people, or we should be very careful when dealing with people? (INTERVIEWER: SHOW THE CARD) It’s better to be We can Don’t No careful trust other know answer people 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 -1 (A. 4 = omissis) A.5 Generally speaking, are you very interested, fairly interested, a little interested or not at all interested in politics? - Very much ..................................... 4 - Fairly .............................................. 3 - A little ............................................. 2 - Not at all ........................................ 1 - Don’t know ……………... .............. 9 - No answer ..................................... -1 A.6 How often do you happen to talk about politics? Every day, few times a week, one time a week, few times a month, few times a year, never? - Every day ...................................... 6 - Few times a week ......................... 5 - Once a week ................................. 4 - Few times a month……………….. 3 - Few times a year .......................... 2 - Never ............................................. … 1 - Don’t know ..................................... 9 - No answer ..................................... -1 A.7 How important is religion in your life? Is it very important, fairly important, a little important or not important at all? - Very important ............................... 1 - Fairly important ............................. 2 - A little important ............................ 3 2 - Not important at all ........................ 4 - Don’t know ..................................... 9 - No answer ..................................... -1 A.8 To which religious denomination do you belong? - Catholic ......................................................... 1 - Christian (not catholic i.e. protestant) ........... 2 - Jewish ........................................................... 3 - Muslim ........................................................... 4 - Other religious denomination ........................ 5 - Not believer ................................................... 6 - Don’t know ..................................................... 9 - No answer ..................................................... -1 A.9 Except of ceremonies (such as weddings, funerals and baptism) how often do you go to mass (if not catholic: religious services)? - Every Sunday (if not catholic: once a week) .................................... 5 - Two-three times a month ................................................................. 4 - Once a month ................................................................................... 3 - Two-three times a year .................................................................... 2 - Never ................................................................................................ 1 - Don’t know ........................................................................................ 9 - No answer ........................................................................................ -1 A.10 Could you please tell me how much do you agree with each of these opinions? (INTERVIEWER: READ THE FIRST SENTENCE THEN SAY: PLEASE, TELL ME WHETHER YOU AGREE COMPLETELY, FAIRLY, A LITTLE, NOT AT ALL?) (CAPI: randomize) Disagree Disagree Agree Agree Don’t No completel a little fairly completel know answ y y er 1. People like me have no influence on what the 1 2 3 4 9 -1 government does 2. Sometimes politics is so complicated that you 1 2 3 4 9 -1 cannot understand what is really happening A.11 Concerning the political elections, some people say that doesn’t matter whom people vote and who wins, because in the end nothing changes. Others, instead, believe that who wins can change a lot of things. What do you think about the next elections? Who will win, will make … ? 1 2 3 4 9 -1 No Difference A Little difference Quite Difference A lot of difference Don’t know No answer (A.12 = omissis) PARTIES A.13 In Italy there are many parties and coalitions that would like to have your vote in the future. For each of them could you please tell me how likely is that you might vote for it in the future? Could you tell me how likely is that you will vote for each of them on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means ‘not likely at all’ and 10 means ‘very likely’. (INTERVIEWER: READ THE LEADER’S NAME ONLY IF THE RESPONDENT DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE PARTY) Thinking of Alleanza Nazionale, which score fits better how probably will you vote for Alleanza Nazionale? And what about Rifondazione Comunista, which score fits better how probably will you for Rifondazione Comunista? 3 (CAPI: randomize) Not Certainly Don’t No likely know answer at all 1. AN-Alleanza Nazionale (Fini) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 99 -1 2. Rifondazione Comunista 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 99 -1 (Bertinotti) 3. DS-Democratici di Sinistra 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 99 -1 (Fassino) 4. La Margherita (Rutelli) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 99 -1 5. Unione – Centre-Left 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 99 -1 6. Forza Italia (Berlusconi) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 99 -1 7. Lega Nord (Bossi) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 99 -1 8. I Verdi (Pecoraro Scanio) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 99 -1 9. Casa delle Libertà – Centre- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 99 -1 Right 10. UDC (Casini) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 99 -1 11. La rosa nel pugno/SDI 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 99 -1 (Boselli) A.14 Politically speaking, how would you define yourself: leftist, centre-left, centre, centre-right, rightist or none of those definitions is good for you? - Leftist ................................................................. 1 - Centre-left .......................................................... 2 - Centre ............................................................... 3 - Centre-right ..................................................... 4 - Rightist .............................................................. 5 - None of those definitions is good for me ........... 6 Æ go to A.16 - Don’t know ......................................................... 9 Æ go to A.16 - No answer ......................................................... -1 Æ go to A.16 A.15 You said you’re…(provide the answer given above). How much important is for you to define yourself in this way? − Really important ................................................ 4 - Quite important .................................................. 3 - A little important ................................................ 2 - Not important ..................................................... 1 - Don’t know ......................................................... 9 - No answer ......................................................... -1 POLITICAL ISSUES A.16 According to you, which is the most important problem a government must deal with in Italy today? And the second? (OPEN QUESTION) 1 Most Important __________________________________________________________ 2 most important __________________________________________________________ A.17 According to you, which coalition is more able to deal with this problem (the most important one), a centre- right or a centre-left coalition? - Centre-left coalition .........................................................................