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This poll is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys
that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other
political and social issues. Respondents were asked to give their
opinions of President George W. Bush and his handling of the
presidency, the campaign against terrorism, foreign policy, and the
economy, as well as their impressions of John Ashcroft and Cardinal
Bernard Law. They also expressed their opinions on the Cuba trade
embargo set by the United States and on the meaning of the Second
Amendment of the U.S. Constitution with regard to the right to bear
arms. A series of questions focused on the crisis in the Middle East
involving Israel and the Palestinians, Yasir Arafat, the way George
W. Bush was handling the situation involving Israel and the
Palestinians, and the role played by the United States in the Middle
East. Respondents also gave their opinions on the status of the war in
Afghanistan and the outcomes of this war, the likelihood and
seriousness of another terrorist attack in the United States, and the
possibility that scientists might be able to clone human beings, as
well as the Catholic Church's handling of recent charges of sex abuse
of children and teenagers by priests. Respondents also expressed their
concerns about personal safety since September 11, 2001, and the
actions taken to improve personal security since the terrorist
attacks. Background information includes the respondent's political
party, voter status, marital status, religion, education, income,
race, age, and gender.
2009-04-29
2.
This round of Eurobarometer surveys queried respondents on
standard Eurobarometer measures, such as whether they attempted to
persuade others close to them to share their views on subjects they held
strong opinions about and whether they discussed political matters.
Additional questions focused on the respondents' knowledge of and
opinions on the European Union (EU), including what sources of
information about the EU they used and whether their country had
benefited from being an EU member. This collection, which focuses on the
attitudes of young Europeans, merges replies from respondents aged 15-24
years in EUROBAROMETER 47.2: WOMEN AND CANCER, THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
AND EXPECTATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, APRIL-JUNE 1997 (ICPSR 2090)
with an oversample of persons in the same age group. Respondents were
asked questions on a variety of topics, including the impact of the
European Union (EU) on their lives, areas in which the EU could be more
active, responsibility to the elderly, reasons for living longer at
home, when to have children, leisure activities, organizational
memberships, religious beliefs, immigrants, foreign travel and work
experiences abroad, languages spoken, and source of income. Opinions
were also elicited on euthanasia, capital punishment, rights of
homosexuals, compulsory AIDS testing, premarital and extramarital sex,
and cloning. Demographic and other background information provided
includes respondent's age, sex, religious preference, and income as well
as the occupation of both respondent and head of household, the number
of people residing in the home, the size of locality, and the region of
residence.
2004-11-24
3.
Fielded November 11, 1997, through February 14, 1998, this
study collected data from United States citizens aged 18 and older
regarding their interest in and attentiveness to selected current news
issues, knowledge of and attitudes toward biotechnology, various forms
of political participation, and knowledge of scientific
concepts. Conducted not long after the 1996 Eurobarometer Survey
(EUROBAROMETER 46.1: MODERN BIOTECHNOLOGY, PRIVACY ON COMPUTER
NETWORKS, AND THE COMMON EUROPEAN CURRENCY, OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1996
[ICPSR 6940]), this study posed some questions similar to those asked
of European respondents. To begin the interview, respondents were
asked how interested they were in selected news issues, including
agriculture and farm events, economic and business conditions, new
scientific and medical discoveries, new inventions and technologies,
environmental pollution, and quality and cost of health care services,
and how well informed they felt about these issues. They were asked
how often they read a newspaper, what magazines and newsletters they
read regularly, and whether new technologies such as solar energy,
computers and information technology, biotechnology, genetic
engineering, telecommunications, and space exploration would improve
our way of life over the next 20 years. Respondents were also queried
on the meaning of the term "modern biotechnology" and asked if they
had heard or read anything about modern biotechnology in the last
three months, where they heard or read about it, what they had heard
or read, and how they would get more information on the subject if
they wanted it. They were asked if they knew about the cloning of Dolly
the sheep, whether they understood the terms "DNA" and "molecule", and
whether they knew about specific applications of biotechnology used
for food and drink production, plant and crop genetics for pest
resistance, human genetics for medicine and for organ transplant, and
detection of serious diseases in unborn children. Respondents were
also asked whether these applications were useful, risky, or morally
acceptable to society, whether the practices should be encouraged, and
how much trust they would have in groups such as the American Medical
Association, the Food and Drug Administration, university scientists,
food manufacturers, the National Institutes of Health, news reporters,
the United States Department of Agriculture, TIME or NEWSWEEK, and
CONSUMER REPORTS if these groups were to make public statements about
the safety of biotechnology. Agreement or disagreement was sought
regarding statements about topics such as informed citizens' influence
on government science and technology policies, federal funding of
knowledge-advancing scientific research, pain and injury to laboratory
animals for human benefit, current biotechnology regulations, personal
or family benefits from biotechnology, religion and biotechnology,
public involvement in biotechnology policies, and whether respondents
supported or opposed biotechnology and why. Respondents were read a
list of human attributes, including eye color, intelligence,
happiness, athletic ability, work attitude, and musical ability, and
asked if they thought each was inherited or learned. They were
further queried as to whether, in the next 20 years, modern
biotechnology would cause a reduction in environmental pollution, world
hunger, or the range of fruits and vegetables available, create new
diseases, cure most genetic diseases, improve Third World natural
resource yield, produce designer babies, or replace most existing food
products. Respondents were asked for their understanding of the term
"scientific study" and to determine the truth of a set of statements
having to do with bacteria, viruses, senility, cloning, the human
immune system, and animal, human, and plant genetics. In addition,
they were asked how important biotechnology ,issues were to them
personally, how informed they felt about biotechnology, and if they
had ever talked about this subject with someone prior to the
interview. Demographic attributes collected include political
participation (including whether the respondent had written or spoken
to any public official during the past year, their party affiliation,
and who they voted for in 1996), religious affiliation and
participation, marital status, number of adults and children in the
household, educational attainment and field of study (including
specific science and math courses taken in high school and any current
studies), current employment status and occupation, computer usage at
work, pets, language spoken at home, computer ownership, World Wide
Web access and usage, smoking, geographic location, race, age, and
gender.
2000-12-14