Attitudes on Current Questions of Domestic Policy (1986)

Attitudes to questions of domestic policy.

Topics: satisfaction with democracy in the Federal Republic; party
preference (Sunday question and rank order procedure); behavior at the
polls in the last Federal Parliament election; sympathy scale for the
parties; satisfaction with the achievements of the government,
opposition and individual parties; trust in public institutions; degree
of familiarity and assessment of the importance of Federal Offices;
attitudes to snooping by the government in the private sphere;
knowledge of tax benefits for low-emission vehicles; car possession;
possession of an environmentally friendly motor vehicle; knowledge
about possiblities to re-equip older cars; personal plans to re-equip
or intent to purchase an environmentally friendly car; intended time of
purchase; compatibility of unleaded gasoline with one´s own car and
source of information; use of unleaded gasoline; attitude to nuclear
power plants; party responsible for air pollution; perceived changes in
air pollution in the last few years; assumed air pollution from a
coal-fired power plant in comparison with a nuclear power plant; sport
and play facilities in the residential surroundings and perceived
disturbances from these facilities; preferred location of sport and
play facilities; assessment of the degree of annoyance from selected
sources of noise; personal experience with authorities;
understandability of official announcements and notifications;
frequency of filling out applications or forms that are difficult to
understand; rank order of preferred environmental protection measures;
participation in recycling of used glass and waste paper; availability
of return containers for used glass and waste paper; purchase of
disposable and returnable bottles; willingness to collect metal
household trash; opportunity for separate disposal of household trash
(green trash can); presence or use of special collection points and
special collections at place of residence; willingness to participate
in unconventional forms of political protest; assessment of the
importance of selected political tasks and goals as well as their
development since the last Federal Parliament election; issue
competence of the government and parties in the Federal Parliament;
attitude to the identity card secure against forgery; attitude to the
planned census and intent to participate; attitude to selected social
demands and concepts of an ideal society (scale); attitude to summer
time; assumed winner in the next Federal Parliament election.

Demography: year of birth; month of birth; sex; marital status;
religious denomination; frequency of church attendance; school
education; occupational position; employment; respondent is head of
household; characteristics of head of household; party inclination;
party identification; union membership; number of persons in household
18 years old and older; characterization of residential surroundings
according to occupational groups.

Interviewer rating: city code; place of interview; date of interview.