Politik in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (1980)

Political attitudes as well as judgement on parties and politicians inthe Federal Republic.
Topics: most important problems of the Federal Republic; judgement onone´s own and the general economic situation; issue relevance;issue-ability of the parties; attitude to selected political topicssuch as e.g. nuclear energy, the death penalty for terrorists,directing the economy, abortion and restriction of civil rights;postmaterialism index; knowledge about the time of the next FederalParliament election; importance of result of Federal Parliamentelection for oneself; party preference (ballot procedure); preferencefor federal chancellor; not desired federal chancellor; behavior at thepolls with other candidates for chancellor than Schmidt and Strauss;trust in the leadership role of the USA; fear of war (scale); preferredchancellor given a hypothetical international crisis situation;attitude to founding of the Greens; attitude to voting for the Greensin a Federal Parliament election; assumed taking seats in Parliament bythe Greens as well as a tax party; self-classification on a left-rightcontinuum; sympathy scale for the political parties and leadingpoliticians in the Federal Republic; judgement on social-liberalcoalition and opposition in Bonn; party inclination; partyidentification; satisfaction with democracy in the Federal Republic;attitude to a grand coalition; self-assessment of social class; trustin the action of the Federal Government; Federal Government in theservice of the public interest or special interest groups; the right topolitical opposition and personal understanding of democracy (scale);judgement on the relationship between taxpayer and tax office;judgement on tax equity and honesty in paying taxes; trust in the thejudiciary; assumed equality of all citizens before the law; personalcourt experiences and judgement on the court decision; association withpolicemen and prestige of the police; attitude to authorities andconduct in contact with authorities (scale); judgement on thepossibilities of political participation; complexity of politicalevents; assessment of the relation between voter and politician or theparties; personal political interest and activities; importance ofparticipation in politics; attitude to selected protest measures andjudgement on the effectiveness of such measures; personal participationand intent to participate in protest measures; assumed winner of thenext Federal Parliament election; frequency of conversations aboutpolitics and the Federal Parliament election.
Demography: ZUMA standard demography: age; sex; marital status;religious denomination; frequency of church attendance; schooleducation; vocational training; occupational position; employment; areaof business of company; company size; household income; sources ofincome; composition of household; residential status; interest inpolitics; behavior at the polls in the last Federal Parliamentelection; regional origins; memberships.
Interviewer rating: type of city; degree of urbanization; presence ofothers during the interview; interventions by other persons in theinterview; willingness to cooperate and reliability of respondent; timeof interview.
Also encoded was: availablilty of respondent on various weekdays;interviewer identity; length of interview; day of interview.