Opinion Poll 1990 - on Development in the GDR

Opinions on the current political situation,
expectations of the future development and German-German unification.
Topics:
General future expectations;
remaining in the GDR;
expectations regarding development of the environment, wages, democracy;
identity;
party preference;
information about the program of one's preferred party;
Sunday question;
stand on unification of GDR and FRG;
pace of unification;
equal rights for the government in unification negotiations;
unification as European matter;
stand on the Oder-Neisse border and military neutrality of Germany;
referendum on the unification question;
preference for the GDR rapidly to join the FRG;
assessment of the requirement of a new security service;
preferred point in time for German unity;
assessment of the time interval necessary for equalization
of the level of the standard of living in East and West;
trust in politicians of the GDR and the FRG (scale);
trust in political committees and parties or movements (scale);
preference of trade union and works councils
as company representation of interests;
attitude to wage structuring;
stand on nuclear power plants;
attitude to employment of women;
attitude to constitutional guarantee of the right to work;
STASI employees in management functions;
attitude to the law allowing abortion in the first trimester,
unity of Germany within the borders of 1937, actions against foreigners,
action for others;
goals in life (scale);
future expectations regarding work, social and material certainty, productivity;
personal menace from environmental pollution, unemployment, crime,
economic crisis, aggressiveness and violence, right-wing radicalism,
left-wing radikalism, egoism;
personal condition;
conversations on coping with of despondency and depression;
attitude to horoscopes;
satisfaction with environment, leisure opportunities, housing conditions,
financial situation, standard of living, work, training, pension;
reading the daily newspaper "Bild";
party affiliation;
religiousness;
net earnings of respondent and partner;
savings;
membership in youth organizations;
Schoolchildren questionnaire:
class level;
attitude to school, teachers and learning;
willingness to help in school;
learning motivation (scale);
performance goals;
interest in political questions and processes;
assessment of the development until the year 2000;
solidarity with GDR;
attitude to military service;
attitude to relations with others of the same age from other cultures (scale);
apprentice questionnaire:
occupational and family goals in life;
year in apprenticeship and examination sought;
comparison of performance with other apprentices;
learning motivation (scale);
significance of occupation for further life (scale);
interest in politics;
attitude on development until the year 2000;
solidarity with GDR;
attitude to military service;
attitudes to relations with others of the same age from other cultures (scale).