2224|ECONOMY AND SOCIETY: ECONOMIC CULTURE

— Assessment of the current economic situation of the country and prospective twelve months. — Scale of optimism/pessimism regarding the evolution of the Spanish economy in the coming years. — Opinion on the extent to which the economic policy of the government will influence the improvement of the economic situation. — Degree of agreement with phrases related to the Spanish economy. — Three main problems of the Spanish economy. — The two problems, in order of importance, that most concern the interviewee. — Scales of openness, innovation, modernity and competitiveness applied to the image that the interviewee has of the economies of Great Britain, Italy, Germany and Spain. — Degree of agreement with different opinions on economic issues currently under discussion. — Objectives to which the Government should pay greater attention. — Feelings, positive or negative, that produce various economic terms. — Opinion on whether it is more important to guarantee the freedom of individuals or equality. — Scale of importance of various aspects in determining what a person should earn. — Degree of agreement with various phrases related to the possible causes of poverty. — Type of society that most resembles Spain today. — Opinion on the existence of inequalities in Spain. — Two objectives, in order of importance, that the country should strive to achieve in the next 10 years. — Position on measures that the government could take in relation to the economy. — Position on whether the price of various products should be fixed by the government or by the market. — Opinion on whether the management of certain economic activities should be private, state or joint. — Comparison of public and private companies in different aspects. — Degree of agreement with various statements on economic issues. — Aspect more and less important for entrepreneurs or managers. — Degree of agreement with various phrases related to Spanish companies. — Degree of agreement with various phrases related to the role of trade unions in our society. — Qualification of the actions of the trade unions. — Opinion on who should participate in negotiations on economic issues. — Advice I would give to another person on the criterion by which he should choose a job. — Degree of agreement with various phrases related to the work. — Three most important factors to be successful at work. — Degree of agreement with phrases related to the role of the State and the citizen in society. — Opinion, referring to taxes, with which you agree more. — Degree of agreement with various phrases referring to taxes. — Priorities in the expenditure of money raised by the State. — Opinion on whether, in the face of a situation of greater need of money to maintain public services, the State should resort to increasing taxes or that certain services are financed through payment by the citizens who use them. Three services that should be financed in this way. — Opinion on the amount of current expenditure on social benefits. — Opinion on the amount of social benefits in Spain compared to those in other countries of the European Union. — Position towards the promotion or not of private initiative as a complement to the activity of the State. — Degree of agreement with various value judgments on unemployment benefit. — Opinion on whether it would be better to spend more on unemployment protection or job training. — Opinion on who should be responsible for providing support to the most disadvantaged social groups. — Position towards the demand that in the General State Budgets 0.7 % be devoted to cooperation and aid to the least developed countries. — Opinion on the role of the State in aid and international cooperation: help always or only when you have guaranteed the well-being of the Spaniards. — Assessment of the current personal and family economic situation. — Scale of optimism/pessimism regarding the situation of the personal or family economy in the coming years. — Vote recall in the general elections of March 1996. — Scale of political ideology of the interviewee. — Prospect of losing the job or finding a job, in the next twelve months, by those who are working and the unemployed, respectively.