Attitude to Democracy in the Federal German Armed Forces

Political attitude and character traits of members of the Federal
German Armed Forces.

Topics: Political interest and knowledge of political and historical
events; knowledge of governmental, national and international
institutions; knowledge in the military area; attitude to military
parades, restricted obligation to salute and badges for deserving
soldiers; self-image as soldier and citizen; attitude to democracy and
resistance against the Hitler regime; evaluation of pulp war magazines;
length of belonging to the Federal German Armed Forces; service rank;
earlier occupation; social and regional origins; personal election
participation and behavior at the polls in the Federal Parliament
election 1957 as well as in the last state parliament election.

Scales: dogmatism and authoritarianism.

Demography: age (classified);
marital status; school education; party membership; media usage.