Berlin Study 1978

Political attitudes as well as judgement on parties and politicians.

Topics: political interest; issue relevance and issue ability of the
parties and politicians on federal level and in Berlin; party
preference (ballot procedure); judgement on economic development and
current economic situation of Berlin in comparison to the rest of the
Federal Republic; most important politicians of the CDU, SPD and FDP in
Berlin and attitude to these politicians; judgement on Mayor Stobbe or
preferred other candidate; knowledge about the candidacy of von
Weizsaecker and judgement on this candidacy; self-classification as
well as classification of parties and politicians on a left-right
continuum; differences between Berlin parties and federal parties in
their position on a left-right continuum; sympathy scale and scale of
ability to perform for parties and politicians of Berlin; differences
in sympathy and ability to perform between Berlin parties and
respective federal parties; knowledge about the tax and economic
program of the Federal Government and judgement on this program; party
inclination; judgement on the influence of selected groups on the
Berlin Senate; attitude to re-election of Federal President Scheel;
coalition preference; attitude to the FDP; knowledge about the Green
Lists or environmental protection parties and attitude to these
groupings; attitude to a tax party; judgement on the election prospects
of a tax party in comparison to the Green Lists; interest in election
of a Green List or a tax party; polarity profile for the Green Lists or
tax party; judgement on relations to the USA, the Soviet Union, the
GDR, China and the European Community; importance of good relations to
these nations; effects of earlier political scandals in Berlin on
current political attitude to the governing SPD; political
responsibility for a terrorist escape from prison; influence of the
abduction of the CDU top candidate on personal attitude to Peter
Lorenz; attitude to foreign workers; judgement on the development since
the signing of the Berlin agreement; judgement on the conduct of the
Berlin Senate and the Federal Government regarding the GDR authorities;
preferred manner of reaction by the government to violations of human
rights by the GDR; judgement on internal security in Berlin or the
residential area; judgement on the measures of the Berlin Senate to
combat crime; attitude to Berlin colleges and universities; judgement
on the current situation of Berlin regarding planed further development
of the city; preferred mayor; behavior at the polls in the last
election to the House of Representatives;

Demography: age; sex; marital status; number of children; ages of
children (classified); religious denomination; frequency of church
attendance; school education; occupational position; employment;
income; household income; size of household; composition of household;
respondent is head of household; characteristics of head of household;
party inclination; party identification; self-assessment of social
class; city size; state; municipal district; union membership; party
inclination; party identification; number of persons in household with
their own income.

Interviewer rating: length of interview and day of interview.