Behavior at the Polls, Religious/Denominational Attitudes and Attitudes to the Economic Situation

Influence of religion, church and religious denomination on political
conduct of the Federal German population.

Topics: judgement on the current economic situation in the Federal
Republic; assessment of economic growth as well as development of gross
income in the Federal Republic; assessment of the development of the
standard of living; party preference (ballot procedure, first vote and
second vote); attitude to civil rights; ideas about the unemployment
figures and the unemployment rate in the Federal Republic; personal and
assumed position of the church and parties on government expenditures
for social security, the defense budget, fetching family members of
guest workers and creation of new jobs; behavior at the polls in the
last Federal Parliament election; personal change in party voted for;
sympathy scale for the parties in Federal Parliament; significance of
religion for the respondent as well as in parental home; reasons for
membership in the church (scale); religious tie; personal activities in
church committees and parish; religiousness of friends; agreement of
one´s own religious view with that of partner; desired influence of
Christian principles on life in society; attitude to political comments
of church representatives; membership in organizations and movements;
club activities; judgement on price development and job security in the
Federal Republic; future economic expectations; impact of unemployment
or short time work; reasons for change of job; unemployment of friends,
acquaintances and partner; satisfaction with income development and
property situation of household as well as with personal occupation;
expected development of personal standard of living as well as
occupational area; fear of unemployment; religious affiliation;
attitude to common religion instruction of protestant and Catholic
schoolchildren; desired role of the religious denomination in politics
(scale); position of the church on the parties; employment in civil
service or with church organizations; company size; religiousness;
religious denomination of spouse, parents and parents-in-law;
characterization of residential surroundings according to profession,
religious denomination and status.

Also encoded was: number of residence units in building; city size;
date of interview; length of interview.