Attitude to the Census (Panel: 2nd Wave, June - July 1987)

Attitude of the German population and census critics on the census
after census day, 31 May 1987. Political attitudes.

Topics: political interest; attitude to the census; conversations
about the census in social surroundings and topics discussed; attitude
to the census in circle of friends and acquaintances; perceived
attitude of the population to the census; time of personal opinion
making on the census; changes in attitude to the census; personally
knowing the canvasser; type of questionnaire distribution; conversation
contact with canvasser at house door or in residence; remarks by
canvasser about his attitude to the census and tendency of content of
these comments; questions of canvasser about residents of a neighboring
residence; questionnaire filled out personally or by canvasser; help or
explanation of canvasser when filling it out; help requested or offered
by canvasser; length of stay of canvasser in household; individually
filling out questionnaire or information on entire household from a
single person; duration of filling it out; response or boycott behavior
during the survey; type of questionnaire return; knowledge about census
questions before start of survey; judgement on clarity of survey
questionnaire; census questions causing difficulties or reluctantly
answered; additionally expected questions; attitude to the question
program of the census and personal changes in attitude after knowledge
of questionnaire content; participation in boycott initiatives and
events against the census; intensity of one´s own boycott inclination;
extent to which informed about avoiding fines; receipt of a written
request to fill out the questionnaire; co-ordinated conduct of entire
household regarding the census; boycott inclination in circle of
friends and acquaintances; topics of noticed media reports about the
census and tendency of the content of these articles; attitude to use
of canvassers; assessment and importance of trustworthiness of
canvasser; influence on one´s own attitude to the census from acts of
violence against canvassers that became known; attitude to a supposed
connection of calls for boycott and acceptance of such violent actions;
expectations regarding punishment of boycotters and knowledge of
prosecuted cases of refusal; attitude to punishment of census
boycotters as well as calls for boycott; attitude to the requirement to
provide information in the census; attitude to census boycott as
protest against the government; census participation as democratic
duty; census as government demonstration of power; criticism of the
manner of conducting the census; attitude to government statistics;
personal concerns regarding misuse of personal census data; trust in
observance of data protection; attitude to selected illegal actions and
the census boycott; party preference.

Demography: month of birth; year of birth; sex; religious
denomination; school education; employment; possession of a telephone.

Interviewer rating: presence of third persons during interview and
person desiring this presence; intervention of others in interview and
person causing this intervention; attitude to the census of other
persons present during interview; presence of further persons in other
rooms; reliability and willingness of respondent to cooperate.

Also encoded were: length of interview; date of interview;
identification of interviewer; sex of interviewer; age of interviewer.

本数据集聚焦1987年5月31日人口普查（census）日后，德国民众与普查批评者对人口普查的态度，属于政治态度研究范畴。
研究话题涵盖：政治兴趣；对人口普查的态度；社交场景中有关普查的交谈话题；亲友圈中对人口普查的态度；民众对人口普查的感知态度；个人形成普查相关看法的时间；对人口普查态度的转变；是否认识普查访员（canvasser）；调查问卷（questionnaire）派发方式；在家中或居所与普查访员的交谈接触；普查访员提及的自身对人口普查的态度及此类言论的内容倾向；普查访员询问的邻居住户相关问题；调查问卷由受访者自行填写还是由普查访员代填；普查访员在填答过程中提供的协助与解释；普查访员主动或应请求提供的帮助；普查访员在受访住户家中的停留时长；由单人代为填写整户调查问卷的情况或单独填答调查问卷的情况；调查问卷填答时长；调查期间的回应或抵制（boycott）行为；调查问卷回收方式；调查开展前对普查问题的了解程度；对调查问卷清晰性的评价；造成填写困难或受访者不愿作答的普查问题；额外被问及的问题；对普查问卷题项的态度及知悉问卷内容后个人态度的变化；参与反对人口普查的抵制倡议与活动；自身抵制倾向的强度；了解规避罚款相关信息的程度；收到填写调查问卷的书面要求；整户家庭针对人口普查的协同行为；亲友圈中的普查抵制倾向；媒体报道人口普查时涉及的话题及此类报道的内容倾向；对使用普查访员的态度；对普查访员可信度的评价与重视程度；已知的针对普查访员的暴力行为对自身人口普查态度的影响；对抵制呼吁与此类暴力行为的关联性的看法；对抵制者处罚的预期及已知的拒访被追责案例；对普查抵制者及抵制呼吁的处罚态度；对普查信息报送要求的态度；将普查抵制视为抗议政府的行为的态度；将参与普查视为民主义务的态度；将人口普查视为政府权力展示的看法；对普查实施方式的批评；对政府统计工作的态度；个人对普查个人数据被滥用的担忧；对数据保护合规执行的信任；对特定非法行为及普查抵制的态度；党派偏好。
人口统计学特征包括：出生月份；出生年份；性别；宗教教派；学校教育程度；就业状况；是否拥有电话。
访员评分维度涵盖：访谈期间是否有第三方在场及受访者希望第三方在场的情况；他人干预访谈及引发该干预的人员；对访谈在场第三方的人口普查态度；其他房间是否有其他人员；受访者的合作意愿与可靠程度。
此外还编码了以下信息：访谈时长；访谈日期；访员身份标识；访员性别；访员年龄。