Czechoslovakian 1990 Pre-Election Survey

Judgement on the economic situation. Moral concept.

Topics: General satisfaction with political development of the country; judgement on the November revolution and its current development; expected further political development in the country; attitude to membership in a party; intent to participate in the next election; reasons for possible non-participation in the election; expected winner of the election to the parliament; party preference (rank order procedure); party one cannot vote for; behavior at the polls in case of preference for a party that falls under the 5%-clause; evaluation of possible coalition and government forms after the election; judgement on the citizen forum, the communist party as well as President Havel; most important political tasks for the future; those responsible for political and economic changes; expected reduction of standard of living and decline of general economic situation from the economic reform; assessment of current status of economic development in an economic valley or in economic recovery; expected development of standard of living in the next few years; preference for strong or moderate steps in economic reform; acceptable personal economic concessions for a rapid economic recuperation; assessment of minimum income for one´s own family; number of family members; fear of unemployment; expected personal problems from the economic reform; reasons for strikes; expected reduction in unemployment from a slowing of the economic reforms; assumed chances of personal employer to survive economically; preferred type of privatization of large and small companies; preference for employment with a private company or a state-owned company; expected personal improvement in case of privatization of the employing company; desire for government main responsibility for the universities, job mediation, elementary health care, extended health care, housing supply, welfare and for securing pensions of every citizen; achievement orientation; most important bases for the future standard of living; significance of good education, good work performance, personal contribution to development of society, getting along well with other persons, good abilities as do-it-yourselfer, sensible work, living modestly, not having to depend on other people or society, life in a fair society, remaining true to one´s principles, life in peace and in freedom, interesting occupation, opportunity for private undertakings, opportunity of influencing public interests and the significance of a lot of money and good life; most important private future plans in the economic and political area; planned changes in the area of personal employment; possession of durable economic goods; membership in the citizen forum; city size; residential status; belief in God; social origins; superior function and range of control; earlier membership in a political party; party membership and time period of party membership; election precinct.