Publicity of Finances

Governmental financial-economic knowledge and reactions of West Germans
to governmental financial-economic activities.

Topics: Associations with the terms ´tax´ and ´government´ (sentence
completion test); knowledge about public budget, classification of
types of taxes as well as recipients of taxes and about government use
of taxes; knowledge of consumer taxes and the tax rate for selected
products; preference for increase in taxes or reduction in government
expenditures; types of tax paid by respondent; knowledge about the
composition of one´s own wage deductions; perception of the church tax
as ´organization contribution´ or taxes; judgement on the expenditure
policies of the government in selected areas; actual and subjectively
perceived tax burden; judgement on tax equity; preference for income
tax increase or increase in consumer tax; desired sanctions for tax
offenses; occupational groups keeping taxes from the government;
judgement on the taxation mentality in comparison over time since the
Kaiserreich; granting support to relatives and attitude to donations
for charity organizations; frequency of reading newspapers; smoking
habits; possession of a vehicle; possession of a telephone; local
residency.

Demography: possession of durable economic goods; employment;
occupation; sex; school education; vocational training; religious
denomination; marital status; age; size of household; city size;
refugee status; household income; state; memberships; self-assessment
of social class.