Autumn Study 1982

Judgement on parties and politicians. Political attitudes.

Topics: judgement on the economic situation in the Federal Republic
and economic development of personal household; political interest;
contentment with life; general judgement on conditions and prospects
for the future in the Federal Republic; party preference (ballot
procedure and rank order procedure); behavior at the polls in the last
Federal Parliament election; satisfaction with the government coalition
and opposition; attitude to the coalition change of the FDP 1980;
judgement on political effects of the change of government 1980; major
reasons for the failure of the SPD/FDP coalition; classification of
parties and self-classification on a left-right continuum; criticism of
trade unions due to their support of the SPD; judgement on the change
of government 1980; judgement on the successes of the current
government (scale); attitude to political measures and changes to the
law to improve economic difficulties, now planned or being carried out;
employer-friendly policies of the government; chances of the FDP and
the Greens to obtain seats in the next Federal Parliament; interest in
FDP and Greens taking seats in the next Federal Parliament; assumed
governing party after the next Federal Parliament election; judgement
on the Greens; attitude to a coalition of the SPD with the Greens;
coalition preferences after the next Federal Parliament election;
characterization of the parties; characteristics of a desirable society
(scale); issue relevance and issue ability of the parties;
religiousness; self-assessment of social class; party preference of
spouse; presence at home in the last three working days before the
interview; date of birth.

Interviewer rating: size of place of residence; interest of respondent
in interview; number of contact attempts; length of interview; date of
interview.