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The surveys were conducted by Statistics Norway on behalf of NORAD and the Ministry of Development Cooperation, as well as labor force surveys (LFS). The purpose was to assess the attitudes of Norwegian development aid and the factors that influence these. In 1972 and 1974 also searched to identify people's knowledge of foreign aid. Later on it has been placed on examining people's perceptions of media coverage of developing countries and aid issues. The section on information about developing countries and development assistance through the mass media has greatly expanded in 1986, in collaboration with the Faculty of Journalism U-aid investigation is later continued as part of omnibus Statistics, in March 1993, May 1995 and November 1996. For general surveys of public opinion in this area, see Kristen Ringdal Opinions on development aid 1953 - 1975, PRIO Oslo 1975, Kristen Ringdal People Its meaning and the third world, Oslo 1979.