Kiel Election Study 1980

Political attitudes and judgement on parties as well as politicians.

Topics: Political interest; most important political tasks in the
Federal Republic and issue ability of the parties as well as
politicians; judgement on the current economic situation and assessment
of further economic development of the Federal Republic; party
preference (first vote and second vote, ballot procedure); conduct at
the last Federal Parliament election 1976; change in party voted for;
certainty of one´s voting decision; reasons for one´s own voting
decision; voting intent; reasons for non-participation in the election;
most important aspect for election result; importance of election
result for further development of the Federal Republic; assigning
occupational groups to the party for which they make a particular
effort; self-classification as well as classification of parties and
politicians on a left-right continuum; judgement on the capability as
well as sympathy scale for parties and top politicians; party
inclination and party identification; reasons and time of change of
party inclination; most important political event; knowledge and
judgement on the existence of the Green Lists; knowledge about internal
party conflict among the Greens; basic readiness to vote for the
Greens; attitude to nuclear power plants; judgement on the conduct of
politicians in the election campaign; sources of information about
politicians and parties; most important politicians; preference for
chancellor.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; number of children; ages of
children (classified); religious denomination; frequency of church
attendance; school education; occupational position; employment; is
there a works council in the company; income; household income; source
of income; composition of household; respondent is head of household;
characteristics of head of household; self-assessment of social class;
memberships; union membership; personal membership in the works
council; earlier and current offices; church office; number of persons
in household with their own income; possession of a telephone; number
of eligible voters in household; city size.

Interviewer rating: length of interview and date of interview.