Politics in the Saarland (January 1979)

Attitude to current political topics and party preference in various
elections. Judgement on parties, politicians and state government.

Topics: judgement on the economic situation and development of the FRG
as well as the Saarland; most important tasks in the Saarland;
importance of political issues and issue ability of the parties;
particularly preferred Saarland politician; degree of familiarity of
Saarland politicians and their functions; satisfaction with the
coalition government and the individual parties (scale); assessment of
the ability and general attitude to the party chairman of the state
parties; preferred politicians to solve the tasks in the Saarland;
attitude to the current state government (scale); attitude to continued
existence of the coalition government; most capable party at place of
residence; attitude to the influence of political parties on municipal
politics; detailed determination of party preference at the level of
the municipal election, the state parliament election, the Federal
Parliament election and the European Election (Sunday question, ballot
procedure, rank order procedure); behavior at the polls in earlier
elections and change of party preference; most active party in the
Saarland; assessment of the election result; preferred type of
political conflict; personal opinion leadership.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination;
religiousness; frequency of church attendance; occupational position;
employment; household income; sources of income; household size;
household composition; respondent is head of household; characteristics
of head of household; regional origins.

Interviewer rating: presence of other persons; reliability and
willingness of respondent to cooperate; length of interview; city size;
degree of urbanization; district code.