Attitudes on Current Questions of Domestic Policy (1985)

Attitude to political questions.

Topics: satisfaction with democracy in the Federal Republic; party
preference (Sunday question and rank order procedure); party
inclination; most important reasons for non-participation in the
election; trust in public institutions; degree of familiarity of
federal offices and assessment of their importance; attitude to access
of the government to private matters; familiarity of tax benefits for
low-emission vehicles; car possession; intent to purchase a
low-emission vehicle or preference to re-equip; attitude to further
demands for maintaining clean air (scale); attribution of partial cause
of forest death to automobile emissions, heating, industry or garbage
incinerating plants; reduction in use of power, water, car driving and
cleansers given a possible increase in price due to environmental
protection measures; personal impact of environmental pollution and
importance of selected environmental protection measures; personal
participation in recycling of used glass and waste paper; availability
of return containers; purchase of disposable or returnable bottles;
willingness to collect metal household trash separately; intent to
participate in unconventional forms of political protest; importance of
political tasks and goals of the Federal Government; judgement on their
development since the Federal Parliament election 1983; attitude to the
law requiring demonstrators to leave their faces uncovered and to the
identity card secure against forgery; attitude to the planned census
and intent to participate; attitude to selected political and social
demands (scale); judgement on the decline in population in the Federal
Republic; attitude to defense shelters in residential buildings;
personal unemployment or unemployed in household.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination;
frequency of church attendance; school education; occupational
position; employment; size of household; composition of household;
respondent is head of household; characteristics of head of household;
party inclination; party identification; social origins; union
membership.

Interviewer rating: city reference number; place of work; date of
interview.