Information Systems and Information Practices (Population)

Judgement on contact with authorities by Cologne citizens.

Topics: detailed determination of contact with authorities in the last
year; attitude to authorities (scale); expected influence of a positive
impression with workers at government offices on the treatment of the
client; expected influence factors on prompt processing of proceedings
at government offices; information on personal readiness to provide
information and honesty regarding authorities; suspicions about
exchange of personal data between government offices; assessment of
personal persuasiveness (scale); attitude to applying for governmental
social services; detailed information on friendships and neighborhood
relationships; exact determination of communication frequency and
communication contents with persons of immediate vicinity and farther
away; readiness to provide information about personal matters;
assessment of the significance of personal charisma for professional
career; type of personal dealing with authorities; type of social
services received; adviser in official matters; political interest and
judgement on the course of political decisions in Cologne; local
residency; length of company employment.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination; school
education; employment; household income; size of household.

Interviewer rating: type of building; age of residential building;
presence of other persons; disturbances and interruptions of interview;
judgement on reliability and willingness of respondent to cooperate;
length of interview.