Social Problems and Protest Behavior

Attitude of nuclear power opponents to atomic energy and the
anti-nuclear power movement. Judgement on the utility of anti-nuclear
power protest and evaluation of personal commitment.

Topics: satisfaction with planned use of atomic energy; intensity of
one´s own dissatisfaction with use of atomic energy; perceived threat
from nuclear power plants; specification and judgement on activities
against nuclear power plants; time of last involvement against nuclear
power plants; most important current actions against nuclear power
plants; self-classification on an activity scale; probability of
personal future activities against nuclear power plants; expected
development of expansion or shut-down of nuclear facilities; perceived
personal influence and judgement on influence of the anti-nuclear power
movement; estimated number of active opponents of nuclear power plants
in the Federal Republic; importance of political participation;
judgement on advantages and disadvantages of anti-nuclear power
engagement (scale); altruism as motive for anti-nuclear power
engagement; those perceived responsible for construction of nuclear
power plants; bottled up anger about construction of nuclear power
plants; contribution of the anti-nuclear power movement to a higher
mistrust regarding persons responsible; influence of the anti-nuclear
power movement on the nuclear power discussion; evaluation of personal
commitment through the circle of friends and significance of this
judgement; fun at organizing and convincing; attitude to violence;
probability and evaluation of reactions of others to personal political
commitment (scale in Likert form as well as according to magnitude
scaling); memberships and judgement on personal commitment in
organizations, clubs or groups; neighborhood contacts; things in common
with neighbors and estimated proportion of nuclear power opponents in
one´s own neighborhood; postmaterialism index (short and long version
of the scale); socially desired responding (short scale); contentment
with life (scale); judgement on government, the police and judiciary as
well as satisfaction with the political system (scale); experiences in
public appearances and speaking; naming of further nuclear power
opponents.

Interviewer rating: presence of other persons and interventions in the
interview; reliability and willingness of respondent to cooperate;
length of interview; date of interview; type of survey; sampling
procedure according to which respondent became part of the sample.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination; school
education; vocational training; further education; occupation;
occupational position; employment; income and how many persons live on
it; sources of income; size of household; self-assessment of social
class; length of living in the current residence or the part of town;
residential status; self-assessment on a left-right continuum; living
in a group sharing a residence; size of household; contribution to
support of other persons; readiness for a re-interview.