State Election in Bremen 1987

Political attitudes as well as judgement on parties and politicians.

Topics: most important problems in Bremen; intent to participate in
the election; party preference (Sunday question and rank order
procedure); behavior at the polls in the last metropolitan council
election; certainty of one´s voting decision; personal change in party
voted for; satisfaction with the government and opposition (scale);
assumed probability as well as attitude to taking seats in the
metropolitan council by the FDP und the Greens; preferred mayor;
sympathy scale for the parties as well as for the top politicians of
the state; political interest; attitude to an absolute majority for one
of the major parties; preferred government coalition; issue competence
of possible senates; comparison of the economic situation in Bremen
with that in the rest of the Federal Republic; assumed winner in the
next metropolitan council election; significance of the election result
for the future of the state.

Demography: month and year of birth; sex; marital status; number of
persons in household 18 years old or older; religious denomination;
frequency of church attendance; school degree achieved and sought;
vocational training; academic degree of respondent; occupational
position; employment; respondent is head of household; characteristics
of head of household; party preference; union membership.

Interviewer rating: length of interview; date and day of interview;
number of unsuccessful contact attempts.