Spring Study 1977

Judgement on parties and politicians.

Topics: judgement on the economic situation in the Federal Republic
and assessment of the economic development of personal household;
political interest; most important political events in the last year
and judgement on them; attitudes to state, politicians and political
participation (scale); good and bad sides of the parties; party
preference (ballot procedure); certainty of one´s voting decision
(percentage number); judgement on the influence of the FDP (scale);
classification of parties and politicians as well as
self-classification on a left-right continuum; most important political
tasks in the Federal Republic and issue ability of the parties;
satisfaction with SPD/FDP government coalition and the CDU/CSU
opposition; most important characteristics of a desirable society and
degree of its realization in the Federal Republic; party inclination;
issue significance and issue position of the candidates for chancellor
as well as the parties; sympathy scale for the parties; election
participation at the last Federal Parliament election; effort of the
parties for selected social groups; personal identification with
selected groups of persons; position on parties and politicians
(scales); characterization of party work of CDU and SPD.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination;
frequency of church attendance; school education; occupational
position; current and earlier employment; net household income; number
of persons contributing to household income; respondent is head of
household; characteristics of head of household; party inclination of
spouse; self-assessment of social class; number of persons eligible to
vote in household; number of children and young people in household;
city size; state; union membership; possession of a telephone.

Interviewer rating: interest of respondent in interview; number of
contact attempts; length of interview; date of interview.