Cologne Study

Satisfaction with housing in Cologne. Judgement on local political
questions. Attitude to the renter organization. Topics: Satisfaction
with Cologne as place of residence; length of residence in Cologne;
satisfaction with the part of town; most important politicians in
Cologne; knowledge about the mayor, town clerk as well as their party
affiliation; trust in the mayor and the town clerk; knowledge about the
city council member responsible for the residental district and his
party affiliation; knowledge of further city council members;
assessment of the influence of the city council members on municipal
politics; assumed orientation of the municipal politicians on personal
interests or the needs of the citizens; most important problems in
Cologne; satisfaction with living conditions and infrastructure in the
part of town; economic prediction for Cologne and the Federal Republic;
expected development of unemployment figures and one´s own job
security; personal economic situation and expected development;
knowledge about the Mieterverein {renter organization} of Cologne;
residential status; problems with landlord; type of problems; most
important contact with rent problems; reasons against advice from the
renter organization; extent to which informed about the work of the
renter organization and information desires; personal experiences with
the renter organization; membership in the renter organization of
Cologne; improvement recommendations for the renter organization;
desire for membership and most important reasons against a membership;
perceived increase in environmental pollution in Cologne; interest in
local occurrences in Cologne and most important sources of information;
local newspaper read regularly; satisfaction with the work of Cologne
city management; most important problems in contact with authorities;
preferred means of transport; preferred means of transport for trips
downtown; reasons for last trip downtown; experience on last trip
downtown by car regarding progress in traffic and parking situation;
preference for use of public transportation given reduced parking
opportunities downtown; judgement on costs and benefit of the Museum
Ludwig as well as the philharmonic hall; attitude to new construction
of a Wallraf-Richartz Museum in connection with a new gift from the
collector Ludwig; preferred location for the new Wallraf-Richartz
Museum; attitude to a garbage incinerating plant in Cologne; preferred
recommendations for disposal of residual waste; expected development of
living conditions in Cologne; most able party to solve local problems
in Cologne as well as on federal level; satisfaction with the work of
CDU, SPD and Greens in the city council; coalition preference for the
city council; party preference at municipal level and on federal level;
behavior at the polls in the last Federal Parliament election as well
as at the last municipal election.