2296|USE OF LANGUAGES IN BILINGUAL COMMUNITIES (II). BASQUE COUNTRY

— Province of origin of the interviewee, the father and the mother of the interviewee. — If you are not born in the Basque Country: time of residence in the Basque Country and whether he had, or currently has, problems with Basque. — Degree of knowledge of Spanish and Basque. — Self-perception as Spanish/Speaker or as Basque/Speaker. — Language spoken during childhood in your home. If in the home of the interviewee were spoken Basque and Spanish: language in which he began to speak. — If only one language (Spanish or Basque) was spoken in the interviewee’s house: age at which he came into contact with the other language and place of learning. — Language in which teaching was taught in school. — Language commonly used in various social situations. — Language commonly used when talking to your father, your mother and your friends. — Preference for interacting with people who speak Spanish or who speak Basque. — Preferred language when attending public events and watching television. — Number of hours a day you use to watch TV. — Predominant language of the television you usually watch. — If the interviewee reads Basque: language in which you prefer to read. — If the interviewee is married or currently living as a couple: place of origin of the couple, time they have resided in the Basque Country and language in which they usually speak with their partner. — If the interviewee has children: the language in which your children speak to each other. Possession of children currently studying: children’s ages and language in which teaching is provided in the educational establishments they attend. — If the interviewee speaks Basque: language in which you regularly speak with your children. — Opinion on whether in the last 10 years the number of people who speak Basque has increased. Expectations of evolution to 10 years. — According to various phrases about the use of Basque in public schools, in the administration and, in general, in the world of work. — Opinion on the degree of difficulty, to develop in daily life, of people who do not know Basque. — Traits that a person must gather in order to be considered Basque. — Opinion on the language in which compulsory basic education should be provided in the Basque Country. — Language in which I would prefer to be served in the official centres and in which I would prefer to have the forms that you have to fill in. — Opinion on the Basque Government’s policy to promote Basque. — Opinion on the current importance of knowing foreign languages. — Opinion on the importance given to the study of foreign languages in the different levels of education in Spain. — Degree of knowledge of English, French, Portuguese, German and Italian. — Preferred term to refer to the Basque Country. — Regionalist sentiment. — Scale of regionalist sentiment. — Meaning of ‘Spain’ for the interviewee. — Scale of political ideology of the interviewee. — Vote recall in the regional elections of October 1994. — Vote recall in the general elections of March 1996.