Federal Politics 1960

Political attitudes and political extent to which informed of the
population. Judgement on parties and politicians.

Topics: Interest in the television discussion of the American
candidates for president and supporter of such a discussion in the
Federal Republic; preferred federal chancellor and successor for
Adenauer; estimated age of Adenauer; attitude to further conducting
business of the government by Adenauer; election prediction for the
next Federal Parliament election; assessment of the position of the FDP
between the major parties; perceived coalition possibilities after the
election; perceived influence of individual party leaders on the
parties; desired East-West orientation of the FRG; preferred party
system; image of the parties; party preference; behavior at the polls
in the Federal Parliament election 1957; attitude to foreign aid;
associations with the terms ´national´ and ´liberal´; judgement on the
influence of the church on cultural life; assumed changes in an SPD
government; television habits; memberships; self-assessment of social
class.

Demography: sex; age (classified); marital status; employment;
occupation; school education; income (classified); household income;
possession of durable economic goods; size of household; religious
denomination; refugee status; state.

Interviewer rating: social class of respondent; housing situation.