DOI: 10.17026/dans-zxp-jnw6
title: NIPO weekpeilingen 1978
title: NIPO opinion polls 1978

description: &lt;p&gt;Data derived from weekly public opinion polls in the Netherlands in 1978 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;n7802: Expected term of present administration / Relationship between trade unions and administration.&lt;br&gt;n7803: Awareness of forthcoming elections / Party preference.&lt;br&gt;n7804: Preferred political party within CDA, or preference for CDA itself / Voting intention forthcoming elections and expectations of results / Difference between PvdA and D66.&lt;br&gt;n7806: Confidence in cabinet and leading politicians / Whether present administration is leftwing or rightwing / Export of Dutch uranium to Brazil / Nuclear plant at Almelo, maintenance, expansion or closure.&lt;br&gt;n7807: Dutch participation in world championship football in Argentina / Ideal family size and overpopulation / Influenza and common cold / Smoking behaviour.&lt;br&gt;n7808: Tax evasion by politicians / filling out of the Income tax form / Whether pay slip is clear / Attitude towards tax evasion.&lt;br&gt;n7811: Skating and skiing / Air and water pollution / The government's concern with "people like us".&lt;br&gt;n7813: unusable &lt; multi-punches &gt;.&lt;br&gt;n7814: Belief in life after death, heaven and hell, God / Being a Christian, an atheist or a humanist / Neutron bomb / Military counterbalance towards the Soviet Union and the Communist Countries / Cuban military aid for African countries like Angola and Ethiopia.&lt;br&gt;n7815: Priorities of new administration , concerning unemployment, inflation, abortion, works councils, profit sharing act &lt; Vermogensaanwasdeling VAD &gt;, income policy / Wage earners' type of employment.&lt;br&gt;n7816: Number of children in the family / Whether children were planned / Ideal family size / Presence of father during childbirth.&lt;br&gt;n7817: Confidence in cabinet and leading politicians / Hypothetical choices between interests of the Netherlands versus interests of foreign countries / Preserving natural landscape versus increasing agricultural production / Strong central leadership versus citizen participation / More factories versus less employment and lower wages / Friendly relations with colleagues versus promotion / Technical progress versus human values.&lt;br&gt;n7818: Influence of radio and television on political party preference / Whether radio and TV reflect viewpoints of political parties accurately / Whether cabinet and parliament represent viewpoints of VVD, CDA, PvdA, trade unions, employers, average citizen.&lt;br&gt;n7819: Frequency of having a flu / Smoking behaviour.&lt;br&gt;n7820: Whitsuntide and Ascension Day holiday trips and having problems with traffic jams / Traffic congestion in general / Type of transportation to and from work.&lt;br&gt;n7822: Having a Bible and reading the Bible / Whether the message in the Bible still should be taken seriously / Whether the lessons of Thorbecke, Willem van Oranje, Abraham Kuyper, Karl Marx, Lenin, Churchill, and the Pope still should be taken seriously.&lt;br&gt;n7823: Which current affairs program on TV respondent is watching: KRO-Brandpunt, NCRV-Hier-en-Nu, Tros-Aktua, Avro-Televizier, Vara-Visie, NOS-Den-Haag-Vandaag and whether they give reliable information or are making propaganda.&lt;br&gt;n7825: Awareness of planned strikes in public sector / Personally being troubled by strikes / Whether civil servants should strike, like government and city personnel, public transport personnel, personnel of the public electrical service, PTT personnel, fire brigade, and railroad personnel / Whether wage earner is working in public sector.&lt;br&gt;n7827: Awareness of planned strikes in public sector / Personally being troubled by strikes / Whether wage earner is working in public sector / Whether employees in public sector should have the right to strike / Salary and pension advantages of civil servants.&lt;br&gt;n7834: Prayer restored in Queen's Annual Speech / Travelling during summer holiday outside The Netherlands / Mode of transportation / Problems with traffic jams.&lt;br&gt;n7835: Export of Shell oil to Rhodesia and whether the government should investigate this matter / Objection to violations of United Nations &lt; UNO &gt; sanctions against Rhodesia / Extent of trust in foreign countries like West-Germany, the USSR, and the USA / Confidence in present administration / Whether the administration is leftwing or rightwing.&lt;br&gt;n7837: Urgency of tasks and problems facing government like unemployment, inflation, crime, abuse of social services, the profit sharing proposal &lt; Vermogensaanwasdeling VAD &gt;, abortion legislation, stimulating business and industry via investment, raising corporate profits, wage and price control / Satisfaction with income.&lt;br&gt;n7839: Did Queen's Annual Speech and national budget affect confidence in cabinet / Expected effect of government programs for general economy, unemployment, welfare of average citizen / Daylight saving time.&lt;br&gt;n7840: Urgency of tasks and problems facing government like unemployment, inflation, crime, abuse of social services, the VAD &lt; profit sharing proposal &gt;, abortion legislation, stimulating business and industry via investment, raising corporate profits, wage and price control / Satisfaction with income.&lt;br&gt;n7843: Confidence in leading politicians, police force, elementary school system, vocational school system, trade unions, armed forces, judicial system, banks, churches.&lt;br&gt;n7844: Deportation of members of the West-German "Rote Armee Fraktion" &lt; RAF &gt; / Membership of Parliament of ex-ministers Van der Stoel, Van Kemenade, Den Uyl and Van Dam / Resignation of minister Boersma.&lt;br&gt;n7845: Forthcoming collective bargaining / Social security benefits and relation to purchasing power / Inflation and income policy / Having a job on the side.&lt;br&gt;n7848: Parents' legal responsibility for children and controversy about adulthood / Resignation of Aantjes as a member of Parliament, in conjunction with his political sympathies before World War II.&lt;br&gt;n7849: Attitude towards changes in society concerning: sexual freedom, the authorities, working hard, earning money, technical progress, family life, soft drugs, leisure activities, large families, working women, education / Usefulness of public opinion polls for the government, industry, media, and average citizen.&lt;br&gt;n7851: Price compensation or higher wages / Satisfaction with income / Civil service salaries and pensions better or worse than in business and industry / Strikes in public sector / Government and trade unions obstruct one another or cooperate / Wage earner working in public sector / Prosecution of war criminal Menten.&lt;/p&gt;