Federal Survey 1979

Political attitudes as well as judgement on parties and politicians.

Topics: political interest; issue relevance and issue ability of
parties and politicians; assessment of current and future general
economic situation in the Federal Republic; party preference (ballot
procedure); most important politicians of CDU/CSU, SPD and FDP;
self-classification as well as classification of parties and
politicians on a left-right continuum; sympathy scale and capability
scale for selected politicians and parties; party inclination; trust in
selected government institutions (rank order procedure) and perceived
changes; attitude to the ban on employment of radicals as teachers and
civil servants and judgement on selected recommendations on screening
applicants for civil service; attitude to nuclear power plants and
construction of a nuclear power plant in the immediate vicinity of
place of residence; willingness to participate in events against or for
construction of a nuclear power plant; preferred forms of protest for
or against construction of a nuclear power plant; preference for
chancellor; attitude to Helmut Kohl as candidate for chancellor or
preferred candidate; behavior at the polls in the last Federal
Parliament election; personal impact of unemployment or unemployment in
one´s family; assessment of job security; job security in the state in
comparison with the rest of the Federal Republic; judgement on future
employment prospects for young people in the state.

The following questions were also posed in Schleswig-Holstein: most
important state politicians of CDU, SPD and FDP; behavior at the polls
in the last state parliament election; judgement on current and future
economic situation in Schleswig-Holstein; party preference at state
level (ballot procedure); issue relevance and issue ability of parties
and politicians; personal impact of the snow storms last winter and
judgement on the job of the authorities in connection with this
catastrophe; attitude to the comprehensive school; knowledge about the
Green Lists; attitude to the Green Lists; knowledge of internal
conflicts within the Green Lists; judgement on the reasons for this
conflict; readiness to vote for the Green Lists; preference for prime
minister; behavior at the polls in the last state parliament election.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; number of children; ages of
children (classified); religious denomination; frequency of church
attendance; school education; occupational position; employment;
income; household income; size of household; composition of household;
respondent is head of household; characteristics of head of household;
party inclination; party identification; self-assessment of social
class; city size; state; union membership; party inclination; party
identification; number of persons in household with their own income.

Interviewer rating: length of interview and day of interview.