Citizens and Parties in Jena 1992

Relationship of citizens and parties, political attitudes as well as
judgement on politicians and parties of GDR and FRG.
Topics: Prospects for the future; party inclination; influence
factors on happiness in life such as work, occupation, partnership,
children, money, friends, environment and political activity;
political influence of trade unions, works councils, citizen
movements, citizen initiatives, parties, professional organizations
and elections; election memory regarding the East German Parliament,
state parliament and Federal Parliament election; Sunday question;
election motives (scales); influence on political opinion of
relatives from the old states regarding the attitude regarding
parties of the FRG; significance of a Federal German party before the
turning point; sources of information on political parties of the
FRG; political family traditions; voting decision of parents /
grandparents in the 20's and 1946; sympathy for personalities of
politics; party sympathy; job of the federal and state government;
capability of the parties to solve political, economic and social
problems; parties as representation of interests of the various
levels of the population; membership in parties, trade unions,
professional organizations and citizen movements; works council;
retrospective assessment of GDR conditions; today's situation in
life; stand on the European Community and reasons for this; religious
affiliation; current frequency of church attendance and at GDR times;
financial opportunities; length of residence in building; number and
ages of children; subjective social class; superiority of GDR or FRG
in the areas public health system, standard of living, work, housing,
education, industry, agriculture, environmental protection, crime,
science, equal rights, art and theater.