Before the Federal Parliament Election 1990

Judgement on parties and politicians. Political attitudes.

Topics: confidence in the future; most important political problems;
judgement on the economic situation in the old Federal Republic and in
the new states as well as assessment of further development in a year;
judgement on current and future personal financial situation;
assessment of the development of unemployment in the old Federal
Republic and in the new states; judgement on further development in
united Germany; intent to participate in the election; party preference
(rank order procedure); certainty of one´s voting decision; best party
in the election campaign; expected election winner; assumed election
chances of the FDP, the Greens, the PDS and the Republicans in the
coming Federal Parliament election; issue relevance; issue competence
of the parties; expected development of DM {German Mark} stability
after unification; hopes and fears in connection with the unification
of the two German nations; estimated time of economic improvement in
the former GDR; willingness to accept tax increases for the benefit of
the former GDR; party most able to improve the economic situation and
to solve problems caused by unification; behavior at the polls in the
last Federal Parliament election or election for the East German
Parliament; satisfaction with elected party; preference for federal
chancellor; Kohl or Lafontaine as most able candidate for chancellor;
ties to church; union membership and solidarity with trade unions.

Also encoded was: length of interview.

In the GDR the following questions were also posed: vocational training
and supervisor function; fear of unemployment or short time work for a
member of the household; availability at home according to weekday and
time of day.