Forsa-Bus 1994

The Forsa Bus is conducted by the Forsa polling institute. Based on representative samples, the program surveys about 500 people eligible to vote each day by telephone and asks about individual attitudes on various political and social issues. The Forsa Bus is currently available from 1991 onwards. The datasets include parts from omnibus surveys, while the focus of the collection is the survey of political preferences, both for candidates and parties, as well as voting behaviour in past elections.<br>Most important current topics; prognosis for the economic
situation in Germany and the further course of personal situation of
living; the three biggest problems in the Democratic Republic of
Germany; Chancellor preference (Scharping or Kohl); the most competent
party for overcoming problems in Germany; voting behaviour during the
last Bundestag elections (December 1990 as well as October 1993,
recall); party preference (opinion poll, first vote, second vote);
intent to participate in the election and preference for absentee vote;
party sympathy.

Demography: sex; year of birth; profession; professional position;
academic achievements; size of household and number of 18-year-olds and
over present in household; household income; party membership.

Additionally coded: Region (Bundesland, Regierungsbezirk,
Kreiskennziffer); political size of a community; date of interview;
weekday week and month in which interview was carried.

福萨民调巴士（Forsa Bus）由福萨民调机构开展。该项目基于代表性抽样样本，每日通过电话访谈约500名具备投票资格的民众，询问其对各类政治与社会议题的个人态度。福萨民调巴士的可获取数据始于1991年。数据集包含综合民意调查（omnibus surveys）的部分内容，其核心聚焦于候选人与政党的政治倾向调查，以及过往选举中的投票行为。

当前核心调研议题包括：德国经济形势预判、个人生活状况的后续发展；德意志民主共和国面临的三大核心问题；总理人选偏好（沙尔平或科尔）；最有能力解决德国国内问题的政党；上届联邦议院选举的投票行为（1990年12月及1993年10月，回溯性调查）；政党倾向（民调结果、第一选票、第二选票）；选举参与意愿及缺席投票偏好；政党好感度。

人口统计学变量涵盖：性别、出生年份、职业、职位、学术成就、家庭规模及家庭内18周岁及以上成员人数、家庭收入、政党党员身份。

额外编码字段包括：地域（联邦州（Bundesland）、行政专区（Regierungsbezirk）、区县编码（Kreiskennziffer））、社区政治规模、访谈日期、访谈实施的星期几、当周次及月份。