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.