Forsa Bus 1997

Most important political topics; expected economic situationand expected development of personal living conditions; greatestproblems in Germany; preference for federal chancellor; most able partyin the Federal Republic; behavior at the polls in the last FederalParliament election and state parliament election; party preference onstate and federal level (Sunday question); party inclination and partyidentification; satisfaction with democracy; satisfaction with the workof the Federal Government and of the opposition; self-assessment on aleft-right continuum; sympathy scale for the CDU, CSU, SPD, PDS,Alliance 90/the Greens, FDP, Republicans; media usage (newspaper and TVnews). Demography: sex; year of birth; employment; professionalposition; vocational training; school education; size of household;members of household under 14 years (or under 18 as of February) andtheir year of birth; religious affiliation; frequency of churchattendance; union membership; party membership; citizenship; monthlynet income. Also encoded was: state; city size; date of interview;weekday of interview.