Political Attitudes (January 1955)

Attitude to questions of domestic, defense and foreign policy.

Topics: Comparison of personal economic situation with that of 1939;
judgement on the efforts of France for German-French cooperation;
attitude to a participation of the FRG in the defense of Europe, a
strong national party and a leadership role of the FRG in Europe;
attitude to divorce and divorce law supported: principle of
irreconcilable differences or principle of guilt; attitude to
rearmament and a professional army or volunteer army; attitude to the
anti-rearmament demonstrations; military preparedness; personal
qualification for military service (among men); membership in clubs,
organizations, trade unions or a party; party preference;
self-assessment of social class; religiousness.

Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; religious
denomination; school education; occupation; income; household income;
head of household; state; regional origins; refugee status.

Interviewer rating: social class and willingness of respondent to
cooperate; city size.

Also encoded were: number of contact attempts; identification of
interviewer.