Private Environmental Protection 1985

Environmental behavior of the population.

Topics: most important political problems; class size of car used;
assessment of personal extent to which informed about tax support for
low-emission cars; interest in modifying one´s own car with a catalytic
converter; possession of a vehicle with catalytic converter; assessment
of the costs of a catalytic converter in relationship to the tax
benefit; frequency of freeway use; attitude to a speed limit of 100
kilometers/hour; attitude to voluntary ´Sundays without a car´ and
prohibition of driving on Sunday; preferred alternatives to driving a
car; assumed most important means of transport for passenger transport
in the future; shopping habits regarding various criteria, in
particular packaging and environmental compatibility of products;
expected influence of a government stamp of quality for environmentally
compatible products as well as of price on conduct in purchase of
environmentally compatible products; extent to which informed about
jeopardy to the environment; judgement on current measures as well as
environmental policy of the Federal Government; assumed readiness of
the population for environmental protection; judgement on the
development of this readiness in the last few years; assumed
significance of personal or government contribution to solution of
environmental problems; possible personal environmental protection
measures and desired government activities; development of
environmental quality; disturbance of personal life through harmful
substances in the environment; most important goals in the area of
environmental protection; particular problem areas in the future or
progress and improvements already achieved; personal readiness for
financial sacrifices to protect nature and the environment;
participation in collection of recyclable materials as well as manner
of collection; judgement on the necessity of particular collection or
acceptance centers for various types of trash; assessment of the
tediousness of separate collection of various types of trash and
transport to a collection point; preference for home collection or
collection point; attitude to energy saving and alternative energy
sources; judgement on various opportunities to save energy in the
household as well as measures personally carried out; assumed major
obstacles to conducting measures to save energy; assumed security of
future water supply; attitude to frugal use of water; judgement on
personal contribution to frugal use of water; personal and possible
measures to save water; trust in information media regarding the
suitability of products; receipt of the customer information
publication ´tag and nacht´ {day and night} of an energy or water
supplier.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; number of children; ages of
children (classified); religious denomination; school education;
occupational position; employment; employment in the civil service;
income; household income; size of household; number of persons in
household with their own income; number of persons in household 14
years old and older; respondent is person managing household;
respondent is head of household; characteristics of head of household;
party preference (Sunday question); behavior at the polls in the last
Federal Parliament election; city size; state.

Interviewer rating: residential area.

Also encoded was: ZIP (postal) code; interviewer number; date of interview;
administrative district.