Opinion Barometer September 1990 - Attitude to Development in the GDR

Attitudes to the current political situation and
expectations of the development after unification.
Topics:
Evaluation of personal prospects for the future and
future development on the territory of the GDR;
prediction on the length of time for of achievement of
equivalent living conditions in East and West;
judgement on the economic situation on the territory of the GDR;
judgement on one's own economic situation currently, a year ago and in one year;
Sunday question;
decision for H. Kohl or O. Lafontaine given possible elections
of the all-German federal chancellor;
stand on municipal right to vote for foreigners;
personal identity;
prediction on economic development of Eastern Germany;
stand on German-German unification;
effects of unification on personal social security, the standard of living and
life happiness;
dominance of differences or things in common between the two German states;
assessment of the possibility of a real community of the two German states and
length of time for the process;
description of personality traits of the West Germans and
the citizens of the GDR (scale);
sympathy assessment for other peoples (scale);
personal basic position on life;
time span for planning for the future;
goals in life (scale);
feeling of threat in view of threat to the environment, danger of war,
falling standard of living, North-South conflict, loss of job;
assessment of condition of health;
self-assessment of dealing with problems in life;
assessment of changes in emotional condition;
feeling of being threatened in view of the increase of aggressiveness and
violence, right-wing radicalism, unemployment and egoism;
interest in politics;
self-classification on the left-right scale;
religiousness;
stand on remaining in the territory of the GDR;
full-time or part-time employment;
job security;
length of unemployment and prospect of a new job;
assessment of the significance of work in life;
stand on living in the GDR and working in the west;
confidence in personal development until the year 2000;
confidence in political development, preservation of peace,
natural environment and occupational development until the year 2000;
satisfaction with housing situation;
amount of monthly rent;
existence of building owners from the FRG;
concern for termination of residence lease;
assessment of the closeness of contact with relatives or
friends and acquaintances in Western Germany;
comparison of standard of living of these relatives, acquaintances and
friends with one's own and self-assessment of emotional consequences;
frequency of various leisure activities (scale);
average daily television time;
satisfaction with time for reading;
preference for more leisure time or more income;
amount of monthly net income;
assessment of experiences with the market economy;
intended participation in state parliament elections and
party preference.