Political Cultures in United Germany 1993

Attitude to democracy and the political system. Changes from
unification.

Topics: personal judgement on reunification at the time of
survey; judgement on the last few years of the GDR and perceived desire
for change; solidarity with one´s own city, with one´s state, with the
FRG, before unification with Germany as a whole, with the European
Community, with the old states or with the new states and their
citizens; stressing governmental independence or increased mergers as
preferred future political world; attitude to the idea of democracy;
satisfaction with democracy; understanding of democracy (scale); social
trust; general contentment with life; attitude to selected citizen
dutys and forms of political participation such as: continually being
informed, regular election participation, trusting politicias, alertly
and skeptically following politics, observing laws, defending oneself
publicly against unjust laws, exercising government loyality or
government criticism, being active in political groups, parties and
citizens´ initiatives, permitting criticism of democracy, defending
democracy against its opponents and making a social-political effort;
respect for one´s own country and defense preparedness in the case of
threat; personal sense of responsibility; evaluation of the
possibilities of citizens to influence politics; uncertainty in
political discussions; judgement on the interest of politicians in
desires and concerns of the citizen; understanding of politics;
judgement on the possibilities to influence politics between elections;
classification of the parties as representatives of voter interests;
national pride; most important reasons for not answering the question
on national pride; most important reasons to be proud or not be proud
of the nation; attitude to the idea of socialism (scale); attitude to
socialism as realized in the GDR; satisfaction with the achievements of
the Federal Government and the achievements of the parties in the
Federal Republic; attitude to a leadership role of Germany in Europe
and agreement with a superiority of the Germans regarding other peoples
as well as attitude to the idea of National Socialism (scale); attitude
to foreigners (scale); attitude to National Socialism (scale);
judgement on the process of reunification and the relationship of the
West Germans to the East Germans (scale); preference for maintenance of
security and order or free expression of opinion in the form of
demonstrations (scale); approval of the use of governmental force
against demonstrators and strikers; postmaterialism (Inglehart index);
interest in politics; self-classification on a left-right continuum;
judgement on the current economic situation in the country over-all;
expected economic development; preference for social security in a
welfare state or for more personal responsibility; judgement on the
reality of social security in Germany; dogmatism, authoritarianism,
anomy (scales); conformism: adaptation to friends; agreement with
majorities and opportunism; participation as well as desire to
participate in citizens´ initiatives, collection of signatures, boycott
and demonstrations as expression of political participation.
Demography: sex; age; head of household; personal purchase of
groceries; school degree; employment; occupation; school degree and
employment of head of household; marital status; size of household and
age composition of household; religious affiliation; party preference
(Sunday question); interest in politics; union membership; behavior at
the polls in the last Federal Parliament election 1990; number of
persons with personal income in household; monthly net household
income; personal net income; city size.