Federal Parliament Election 1965 (Preliminary Investigation, Constituencies Essen and Dinslaken-Rees)

Attitude to topics of federal and local politics and judgement on the
parties.

Topics: importance of areas of life; sympathy scale for SPD, CDU/CSU
and FDP; behavior at the polls in the Federal Parliament election 1961
and in the municipal elections 1964; party preference and party
identification; pair comparison of parties one can vote for; party one
cannot vote for; expectations of the member of Parliament of the
constituency; familiarity and party affiliation of the candidates in
the respective constituency; influence of sympathy for the candidate on
behavior at the polls; issue ability of the parties as well as of local
political personalities; judgement on the conduct of the Federal
Government on coal mining; most important municipal political tasks;
solidarity with the Ruhrgebiet; attitude to territory reform and the
so-called German community work; attitudes to locating industry at
place of residence; judgement on shopping opportunities; judgement on
the economic situation of the FRG; membership in professional
organizations and personal tie with the organization; religious ties;
membership in a party and party identification; local residency.

Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; religious
denomination; religiousness; school education; vocational training;
occupation; income; household income; size of household; head of
household; place of birth; regional origins; refugee status.

Interviewer rating: social class of respondent; type of city and city
size.