Federal Parliament Election 1972 (1st Preliminary Investigation, October 1972)

Political attitudes and judgement on parties and politicians.

Topics: sympathy scale for the CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP, NPD and DKP as well
as for the politicians Brandt, Barzel, Scheel, Schmidt, Strauss,
Schiller and Genscher; issue competence of the parties and scale of
personal significance of retirement program, of education
opportunities, the fight against crime, reunification, foreign policy,
of internal and external security, price stability as well as tax
reduction; attitude to recognition of the GDR, to co-determination and
intervention of the churches in politics; voting intent (first vote and
second vote).

Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination; school
education; vocational training; occupation; employment; household
income; size of household; composition of household; city size; state.

Also encoded was: district code; information about the interviewer.