Issue Dimensions and Voting Decision (March 1969)

Attitude to political controversy and voting intent.

Topics: voting behavior in the Federal Parliament election 1965; party
preference (Sunday question) and sympathy scale for CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP
and NPD; government coalition preferred; issue competence of the
parties on questions of education policy, economic policy, social
policy, policy to the East and foreign policy as well as regarding
radicalism; interest in controversy; attitude to recognition of the
GDR; knowledge of FDP politicians; membership in clubs and
organizations; attitude to co-determination; perceived majority parties
in the municipality; social class (Scheuch index).

Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; religious
denomination; school education; vocational training; occupation;
employment; income; household income; size of household; composition of
household; head of household; state; refugee status; possession of
durable economic goods.

Interviewer rating: social class of respondent; type of building; size
of city; weekday of interview.