DOI: 10.17026/dans-zgx-gjpx
title: NIPO weekpeilingen 1990
title: NIPO opinion polls 1990

description: &lt;p&gt;Data derived from weekly public opinion polls in the Netherlands in 1990 concerning social and political issues. Samples were drawn from the Dutch population aged 18 years and older.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;All data from the surveys held between 1962 and 2000 are available in the DANS data collections.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Background variables:&lt;br&gt;Sex / age / religion / income / vote recall latest elections / party preference / level of education / union membership / professional status / &lt; self &gt; left-right rating / party alignment / province / degree of urbanization / weight factor.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Topical variables:&lt;br&gt;n9002: Frequency of church attendance in the past year / Church attendance last Christmas / Listening to a worship on radio or TV during last Christmas / Having a Christmas dinner at a restaurant / Christmas tree at home / Christmas tree with electric light outside the house / Christmas presents / Celebrating New Years Eve / Church attendance on New Years Eve / Fireworks on New Years Eve / Influenza epidemic / Whether respondent had an influenza vaccination.&lt;br&gt;n9003: Familiarity with coming elections and kind of elections / Whether municipal politics or a particular party's political program is influencing respondent's party preference / General interest of respondent in politics / Respondent's interest in national, provincial, and municipal politics.&lt;br&gt;n9005: South-Africa and apartheid policy / Respondent's opinion on development of the apartheid policy / Whether Dutch firms with offices and factories in South-Africa should close them down / Opinion on policy of some Dutch municipalities less willing to deal with firms having ties with South-Africa / Government interference with municipalities, deciding not to deal with firms tied up in South-Africa / If living in South-Africa for a long time: attitude towards apartheid policy / Whether the situation in South-Africa will be better or worse after the abolition of apartheid policy / Most often used kind of transportation: car, motorbike, motorcycle, bicycle, or other / Respondent's own behaviour in traffic better or worse compared with others / Whether respondent is environment minded.&lt;br&gt;n9007: Someone in family owning a car / Number of cars in family / One car mainly used by respondent / Respondent could manage without a car / Normal means of transportation to work &lt; walking, bicycle, motorcycle, motorbike, car, train, tram, subway, bus &gt; / Working place could be reached within reasonable time with public transport / Distance between place of work and the house / Means of transportation for shopping at a shopping center / East-Germany &lt; GDR &gt; and West-Germany &lt; FRG &gt; two separate states after World War II: opinion on unification of both states / Ethnic minorities should have the right to separate from larger states and join states where they 'feel' to belong to / Latvia Letland, Lithuania Litouen and Estonia Estland should be independent from Soviet union / Presence of American forces as NATO task force in West-Europe.&lt;br&gt;n9009: Reunification of East- and West-Germany / Expected reunification date of East-Germany and West-Germany / Whether a reunified Germany should be a member of the EEC / Whether a reunified Germany should be a NATO member / Disarmament negotiations between members of the Warsaw Pact and NATO: task of all NATO countries together, all countries apart or EEC without Canada and USA / Financial aid of West European countries and EEC countries for East-Europe / Help to East-Europe should have priority now over help to for instance African countries / With regard to recent developments in South-Africa, whether there should be a change in the policy concerning sanctions against South-Africa / Continuation of demonstrations against the presence of Shell in South-Africa.&lt;br&gt;n9013: Familiarity with the Dutch painter Van Gogh / Familiarity with and appreciation of the Van Gogh paintings and drawings / Intention to visit the special Van Gogh exhibition during the "Van Gogh Jaar" / General interest in the art of painting.&lt;br&gt;n9014: Respondent's familiarity with income tax and tax-deductible items / Understanding of the meaning of the 'reiskosten-forfait' fixed deduction of travel expenses / Whether respondent is having a job outside the house / Distance between home and place where respondent is working / Whether the recent 1989 tax rates are having consequences for respondent's net income / Whether respondent followed news on elections in East-Germany &lt; GDR &gt; / Reunification of East- and West-Germany and expected date of reunification / Influence on Dutch economy and export in case of a reunified Germany.&lt;br&gt;n9016: Developments in the world depend highly on decisions of leading figures in a number of countries / Which prime ministers and presidents perform well: president Bush of the Unites States, chancellor Kohl from West-Germany &lt; FRG &gt;, president Gorbachow from the Soviet union, president Mitterand from France, premier Lubbers from the Netherlands, premier Thatcher from Great-Britain, Lech Walesa the leader of Solidarity in Poland, Gadaffi the leader of Lybia, president De Klerk from South-Africa.&lt;br&gt;n9018: Respondent followed negotiations between trade unions and employers organizations on increasing wages / Respondent's own income effected by negotiations results / Respondent will have higher income this year compared with last year / Respondent's familiarity with the term "koppeling" increase of welfare payments with wage levels and whether respondent is adhering a "koppeling" policy / Satisfaction with own income / Easily making ends meet / Higher salaries generally very pleasant, but does respondent personally need a higher income / Whether respondent should be satisfied with an increase in income of two-and-a-half percent.&lt;br&gt;n9023: Preferred political leader of the Netherlands: Brinkman, Bolkestein, Dales, Kok, Lubbers, Mrs. May-Weggen, Van Mierlo, Voorhoeve, De Vries, Wiegel, Wolfensperger / Having much or little confidence in those politicians.&lt;br&gt;n9032: Confidence in a solid spending of the Dutch financial aid for Surinam and should there be additional terms set to Surinam for allocating this financial support / Whether respondent is driving a car / Violation of speed limits by respondent / Violation of speed limits by other road users / Whether violation of speed limits is a threat for traffic safety / Control on and fines for violation of speed limits / Serious violation of speed limits to be considered as a crime.&lt;br&gt;n9034: Number of days working / Number of hours working in one / Preferred number of working hours in a / Preferred number of days working in a / Opinion about the four-day working with a total of 36 working hours / Whether respondent followed news about the occupation of Kuwait by Iraq / Dutch participation in boycott and blockade Iraq, despite possible higher petrol and oil prices / Use of Dutch warships for an actual boycott.&lt;br&gt;n9036: Prohibition by certain municipalities, based on fear for riots, on giving press conferences by the "Centrumpartij" extreme rightwing party and other foreign fascist parties / More nuclear power stations to prevent to be dependent on oil from the Middle East for the Dutch energy supply. Ideal family size / Whether respondent is having children, number of children / Number of children in respondent's parental family.&lt;br&gt;n9039: Willingness of respondent to contribute to general voting expenses / Use of respondent's right to vote / Respondent's opinion about reasons for non-voting of others / Respondent's interest in politics / Whether it causes any difference when people vote or not, and on any particular party / Whether the blockade of Iraq will have any influence on Saddam Hussein decision to release all foreign hostages / Interference of the American army.&lt;br&gt;n9046: Developments in the USSR and other East-European countries / Expected results of Perestrojka / Necessity of West-European aid for the USSR / Immigration policy towards East-European immigrants / Admittance of new countries as members of the European Community / Whether conflicts between East-European countries are a threat for peace in Europe / Necessity of Warsaw-Pact and NATO / NATO membership of the Netherlands.&lt;br&gt;n9047: Severe control on provision of social security benefits and tax evasion / Linking between social security benefits and salaries in enterprises / Linking between salaries of officials and salaries in enterprises / Satisfaction with income / Occupation of Kuwait by Iraq and hostages of Saddam Hussein / Interference of the allied armies of the USA, Egypt, Syria, Great Britain and France in the conflict between Iraq and Kuwait / Expectations concerning a war with Iraq.&lt;br&gt;n9048: Expectations for 1991 concerning strikes, economic prosperity, labour conflicts, international conflicts, a next world war, unemployment and own financial situation.&lt;br&gt;n9050: Extent of influence on income by respondent, the government, the unions, and economic developments.&lt;br&gt;n9051: Use of public transport / Satisfaction about public transport facilities / Preference for travelling by car / Having a car / Having a photo camera / Quality rating of a number of products from various countries.&lt;/p&gt;