Development and Calibration of Instruments to Measure Dogmatism and "Left" and "Right" Political Attitudes

Development and calibration of an instrument to determine political
attitudes and dogmatism.

Topics: The survey is two-part with an oral and a written survey. In
the written part of the survey the respondent filled out the dogmatism
scale presented and a scale to determine political attitudes.

In the oral survey the following was obtained: political interest
(scale); self-assessment on a left-right continuum; estimate of
distribution of religious affiliation as well as vote distribution for
the parties at place of residence and in residential area; party
preference and party ties; religiousness; membership in a trade union;
rank order of liking 10 jokes presented.

Demography: age (classified); age; sex; marital status; religious
denomination; school education; occupation; employment; occupational
group; interest in politics; party preference; behavior at the polls in
the last Federal Parliament election; party inclination; political
orientation; party identification.

Interviewer rating: social class; length of interview.