Cologne Election Study (State Parliament Election in North Rhine-Westphalia 1962, Dortmund and Arnsberg-Soest)

Evaluation of parties and politicians as survey after the Federal
Parliament election 1961 as well as at the same time a preliminary
investigation on the state parliament election in North
Rhine-Westphalia.

Topics: Voting intent in the state parliament election 1962; certainty
of one´s voting decision; behavior at the polls in earlier elections;
reasons for one´s own election participation; sympathy scale for
parties and politicians; preferred coalition after the election; party
preference; election prediction; assessment of the economic situation
(Katona questions); personal opinion leadership.

Demography: marital status; age (classified); head of household;
occupation; sex.

Interviewer rating: reliability, social class and willingness of
respondent to cooperate; number of contact attempts; presence of other
persons; length of interview; type of building and condition of
residence.