Trend study on changes in general opinions and attitudes of the Dutch population. The survey contains questions about (actual) political topics, many aspects of values and beliefs and philosophy of life. Oral questionnaire belongs to SCP, written questionnaire belongs to Middendorp (EUR).
Subjective left-right orientation of political parties / effectiveness of governmental policy / quality of municipal expenditures / importance of political scopes: maintain order, political participation, freedom of speech, economical development, strong army, crime, unemployment, environment, social security, immigrants / standpoint of political parties concerning: abortion, euthanasia, differences in income, nuclear power station / membership of european community / enough education to do present job well / satisfied with (personal) life / welfare: country, family, in future, economical situation / governmental expenditures and measures: less differences in income, possessions and chances in society, public facilities, education, inexpensive housing, environment, child care, benefits for arts, housing for young people, taxes, development aid, defence budget / expenses of parents for education of their children / satisfied about income / expectations about income and social benefits in future / misuse of social benefits / (reason) for- against plans of government to decrease social benefits / differences between incomes and social benefits, in incomes (low-high), in possessions and in incomes of employees in governmental institutions and employees in business / specific educational goals for schools / several aspects of education / philosophy of life, in broad sense, also religion, humankind, important things in life / participation / influence on governmental policy / activities of protest against governmental or municipal measures / respondents activities for trade union, their influence on government / first actions in case of illness / respondents advise on personal, social and financial problems of acquaintances / young children and working mother, child care / importance of public or governmental facilities / persons in household with own income / detailed questions about technology / priority housing in case of housing shortage / priority dismissal / priority promotional opportunities / immigrants / respondents decreasing of governmental expenditures and perceived difficulty of this question / date and duration of interview / residence in youth / readership of daily newspapers / governmental measures for taxes / perceived and desirable influence on political decisions by: ministers, lower chamber, voters, political parties, trade unions, employers' organizations, enterprises, important public servants, press, demonstrators / statements about society / pollution of environment / development aid / nationalism / family and sexuality
Background variables: basic characteristics/ residence / household characteristics / occupation / employment / income / capital assets / education/ social class / politics / religion / readership, mass media, and 'cultural' exposure / organizational membership.
The data- and documentation files of this dataset can be downloaded via the option Data Files.
