DOI: 10.5279/dk-sa-dda-1743
title: Folkeafstemningen om Maastrichtaftalen, 2. juni 1992
title: Maastricht Treaty Referendum in Denmark, 2 June 1992

description: Undersøgelsen af danskernes reaktioner, deres holdninger, værdier og forventninger blev analyseret med udgangspunkt i en interviewundersøgelse, hvis data blev indsamlet af AIM i marts, maj og juni (kort efter folkeafstemningen).
        
        I marts blev der indsamlet oplysninger fra en mindre, men repræsentativ stikprøve af befolkningen omfattende i alt ca. 500 personer. Hvad mente danskerne, at de skulle stemme om; hvad mente de, at de ville stemme; hvor sikre var de på det; og hvad ville de i øvrigt gerne vide mere om, inden de skulle stemme?
        
        I maj, efter at DR-TV havde kørt en større serie af informerende programmer med titlen ''Spør'' om EF'' - en serie, der var baseret på spørgsmål, der var indsendt til TV efter gentagne opfordringer på alle landets TV-skærme - blev der interviewet omkring 1.000 personer, igen repræsentative for hele Danmarks voksne befolkning. Ved maj-undersøgelsen indgik der spørgsmål, der havde været benyttet i tidligere undersøgelser af danske vælgere samt en lang række spørgsmål, som aldrig tidligere havde været stillet danskerne til mere specifik belysning af deres holdninger til den planlagte europæiske integration af mere snæver karakter.
        
        Udover dataindsamlingen i maj blev der foretaget en tilsvarende dataindsamling i juni, kort tid efter folkeafstemningen. På det tidspunkt vidste danskerne, hvad de havde gjort, i hvert fald vidste de, hvad de havde stemt - hvis de havde stemt. Undersøgelsen i juni var en såkaldt panelundersøgelse, hvilket vil sige geninterviewing af de samme mennesker, som var blevet interviewet i maj. Denne undersøgelseform giver optimale muligheder for at belyse ændringer i danskernes opfattelse af, hvad folkeafstemningen drejede sig om, ændringer i deres viden og holdninger, hvilket tilsammen giver de bedste muligheder for at belyse, hvad danskerne gjorde, og hvorfor de gjorde det
description: The purpose of the survey was to analyse the Danes' reactions, their attitudes, values and expectations on the basis of an interview survey for which data were collected in March, in May and in June (shortly after the referendum).     #  In March information was collected from a minor but representative sample of the population of approx. 500 persons. What did the Danes think that the referendum was about; what was their voting intention; how sure were they of how they would vote; and what kind of information would they like to get before they voted?     #  In May, after Radio Denmark had broadcast a major series of informative programmes entitled 'Spør' om EF'  (Ask about he EC) - a series which was based on questions sent to the channel upon repeated requests on TV - approx. 1000 persons were interviewed, again a sample which was representative of the total adult population. The May survey included questions which had been asked previously in election surveys as well as a large number of questions which had not been asked earlier but which were asked for a more specific mapping out of people's attitudes to the planned European integration.     #  In addition to the data collection in May a similar data collection took place in June, shortly after the referendum. At this time the Danes knew what they had done, at least they knew how they had voted - if they had voted. The June survey was a so-called panel survey, which meant re-interviews with the persons who had been interviewed in May. This type of survey gives optimum possibilities of mapping out changes in people's understanding of what the referendum was about and also changes in their knowledge and attitudes, which, altogether, gives the best opportunities of analysing what the Danes did and why they did it
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