States Study in Autumn 1973

Judgement on parties, politics and politicians.

Topics: assessment of current and future economic situation of the
Federal Republic; political interest; memory of most important
political news of the past; politician with most influence on these
events; preferred federal chancellor; most important political tasks in
the Federal Republic; characterization of political conduct of the
SPD/FDP coalition as well as of the CDU/CSU; rank order of party
sympathies; sympathy scale for the SPD, CDU/CSU and the FDP; company or
government apprentice training; preferred politicians in leadership of
the CDU/CSU; assignment of earnings from increase in value of property
to private owners or the government; party allegiance; issue ability of
the CDU/CSU and of the SPD; attitude to employment of radicals in the
civil service; assessment of significance and influence of political
institutions in the FRG; significance of these institutions for
personal areas of life; attitude to the Jusos {young socialists} and
expected influence on the SPD as well as the government; ideas about
the distribution of entrepreneur profits; understanding of the term
co-determination; attitude to co-determination in companies; preferred
composition of supervisory boards as well as structuring of employee
co-determination; behavior at the polls in the Federal Parliament
election 1972; behavior at the polls of spouse; attitudes to various
areas of life, politics, self-determination, morals and occupational
success as well as in politics; achievement orientation (scale);
relationship between federal and state government; religiousness; home
exile; membership in a trade union.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination;
frequency of church attendance; school education; occupational
position; employment; number of recipients of income; household income;
household composition; respondent is head of household; characteristics
of head of household; social origins; city size; state; possession of
telephone.

Interviewer rating: interest of respondent in interview; presence of
other persons during interview; residential surroundings; number of
contact attempts; length of interview; date of interview.