European Communities Study 1970

Topics: Knowledge about the member countries of the EEC; attitude to joining by Great Britain and further development of the EEC into a political community; attitude to the election of a European Parliament, a European Government and an EEC president coming from another country; attitude to European currency, a European Olympics team and a European flag; desire for Denmark, Spain, the GDR, Poland, the USSR and Switzerland to join the EEC; ideas about the form of a united Europe; personal willingness to make sacrifices for the EC Union and expected consequences on personal standard of living; satisfaction with current living conditions and expected development of the economic situation; national pride; judgement on selected aspects of a European unification, such as e.g. economic development, loss of personal traditions and development of a political power by the EEC; attitude to guest workers; desire for strengthening of the military in one´s country and prevention of a world war; desire for financial independence, freedom of speech, travel freedom and a significant role for one´s own country in world politics and science; attitude to student demonstrations and social change; postmaterialism (scale); trust in Americans, Russians, Italians, Germans, French, Chinese, British and Swiss; most important political goals; political interest and knowledge of leading politicians of the country; intensity of absorbing political information; frequency of trips abroad; party preference and party allegiance of respondent as well as of his parents; the significance of the European question for the eligibility of one´s preferred party; membership as well as sympathy and solidarity with the trade unions; religiousness; self-classification on a poverty scale.

Demography: age (classified); sex; religious denomination; school education; vocational training; occupation; household income; head of household; interest in politics; party inclination; party identification; state; media usage.