Public opinion research in Slovakia – Research No. 4 (September 1948)
Výskum verejnej mienky na Slovensku – Výskum č. 4 (September 1948)
SASD 1948004
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Public opinion research in Slovakia – Research No. 4 (September 1948)
Výskum verejnej mienky na Slovensku – Výskum č. 4 (September 1948)
SASD 1948004
Institute for Public Opinion Research in Bratislava
Institute for Public Opinion Research in Bratislava
Nesstar Publisher
Institute for Public Opinion Research in Bratislava
Slovak Social Data Archive
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Ústav pre výskum verejnej mienky v Bratislave (ÚVVM). (1948). Výskum verejnej mienky na Slovensku - Výskum č. 4 (September 1948). MVSR, SNA, f. Povereníctvo školstva a osvety, kart. 89, č. 263/48. https://doi.org/10.34877/SASD-1948004
public opinion
farmers
anti-Semitism
national committees
anti-Semitism
This study is the fourth conducted by the Institute for Public Opinion Research in Bratislava, which served as a department of the Information Commission from 1947 to 1950. The study covers a wide range of topics: public nutrition, supply chains, farmers, national committees, Jews, and churches. SASD provides a reconstruction of the survey results, compiled based on final reports submitted to state authorities and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Slovakia (ÚV KSS). Neither the data nor the original questionnaire are available; SASD provides a reconstruction of the questions used in the questionnaire, and the basic survey results are available online in an Excel file. The research was conducted using a purposive sample selection to correspond as closely as possible to the estimated structure of the population of Slovak society at that time. Since this was the postwar period and the last nationwide census was in 1930, with the next one not until 1950, it was not possible to use quota sampling. However, the nature of the sample suggests that the sample selection corresponded in several respects to the structure of Slovak society at the time of the survey, which was closest to the 1950 census.
Slovak Republic
Slovakia
individual
Adult population of Slovakia.
One-time cross-sectional research
Institute for Public Opinion Research in Bratislava
Intentional, attempting to capture the diversity of the population in Slovakia in terms of gender, type of employment, age, and religious affiliation. The research was carried out through in-person interviews by approximately 200 external interviewers of the institute, most of whom worked as educational and cultural officers in Slovakia. The interviewers were trained in the research procedure in writing and through informational brochures. They received the questionnaires by mail together with instructions on what kinds of respondents they should seek out in their area. The completed questionnaires were then mailed back by the interviewers. Respondents of Hungarian nationality were not included in the research.
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Personal interview with a pollster (face-to-face interview)
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Tížik, M. 2022. Zrod výskumu verejnej mienky na Slovensku: inštitucionálne a politické súvislosti. In Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review, vol. 54, no.1, pp. 53-83. 0049-1225.
TÍŽIK, Miroslav. Výskum verejnej mienky na Slovensku - počiatky, križovatky a inštitucionálne etablovanie. Recenzovali: Jakub Rákosník, Jiří Šubrt. In Vývoj empirického sociologického výzkumu na území Československa. 1. vyd. - Praha : Karolinum, 2023, 222-285. ISBN 978-80-246-5422-5.
ŠRÁMEK, Ľ., 2000: Výskum verejnej mienky – politika – média. Bratislava: Mediálne informačné centrum.
BARNOVSKÝ, M., 2004: Slovenská spoločnosť v zrkadle výskumov verejnej mienky 1948 – 1949. Historický časopis 52(3): 469-502.
Milan, Mikuláš (1948) Na okraj uskutočnenia Ústavu pre výskum verejnej mienky na Slovensku, Psychologický sborník, časopis Psychologického odboru MS, 1948, Ročník 3, Číslo 1: 59-60
Šuľan, Pavel (1948) Vyskum verejnej mienky, Nové slovo týždenník pre politiku, kultúru a hospodárstvo, Ročník 5(51): 773, vydanie 17.12.1948
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Dataset 1.NSDstat
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Question 1./ "In your opinion, what is the cause of today's food shortages in our country?"
No. 1: Farmers
No. 2: Organization of supplies
No. 3: Last year's drought
No. 4: Consequences of the war
No. 5: Other causes
No. 6: I don't know
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Question 2./ "Why do you think some farmers are reluctant to hand over their crops for public supply?"
1. Because of low prices compared to other products and the cost of farming.
2. So they can sell on the black market.
3. Because they don't have enough for themselves.
4. Because they don't get other products they need.
5. Out of selfishness and a lack of understanding of the distribution program.
6. Because they are for free sale.
7. Because they have no certainty about money.
8. Because of the size and unevenness of the production quota.
9. Because in today's difficult circumstances, they prefer to consume them at home.
10. Other.
11. I don't know.
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Question 3./ "In your opinion, which farmers are more willing to hand over crops for public supply, the poorer or the richer?"
1. The poorer
2. The richer
3. Both
4. I don't know
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Question 4./ "In your experience, do National Committees take sufficient care to purchase food items for public supply, yes or no?"
- Yes
- No
- I don't know
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Question 5./ "Be honest, were you against Jews during the Slovak State, yes or no, and are you against Jews now, yes or no?"
- During the Slovak State
- Yes
- No
- I don't know
- Now
- Yes
- No
- I don't know
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Question 6./ "In your opinion, what is the cause of anti-Semitism in our country?"
1. Because they only deal in trade and profiteering, and live easily without productive work.
2. Their unruly behavior, demanding attitude, and isolation.
3. Their selfish greed and exploitation of others.
4. They are given preferential treatment and occupy prominent positions in economic and public life.
5. Envy that they are rich and well off.
6. Their insincerity and deceitfulness.
7. That they have everything in their hands.
8. Because they were not and are not Slovaks or Slavs, and even today they are Hungarian and German.
9. That they are a foreign element, parasites on the body of the nation.
10. Other.
11. I don't know.
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Question 7./ "There were recently anti-Jewish riots in Bratislava. Do you approve of them or not?"
- I approve
- I disapprove
- I don't know
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Question 8./ "It is said that today's regime favors Jews. Do you think this is true or not?"
- Yes
- No
- I don't know
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Question 9./ "Who do you think favors Jews in our country?"
1. Leaders, officials, and authorities.
2. Jews themselves, because they hold leading positions.
3. The government and the current regime.
4. The Communist Party and its members.
5. People bribed by Jews.
6. Their ability and cleverness.
7. Resistance groups and Law 255.
8. Other.
9. No one.
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Question 10./ "In your experience, which Jews are more common in our country today – the brave or the cowardly?"
- The brave
- The cowardly
- I don't know
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Question 11./ "In your opinion, what is more important today: building churches or schools?"
- Churches
- Schools
- Both
- I don't know
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