State Election in Hesse 1970 (Follow-Up Survey)

Political attitudes and behavior at the polls as indicators for
political radicalism.

Topics: Most important problems of the FRG; behavior at the polls in
the Federal Parliament election 1969; parties voted for since 1949;
time of voting decision; events with influence on voting decision;
party preference; sympathy scale for leading state and federal
politicians as well as for the SPD, CDU/CSU, FDP, NPD and DKP;
competent politicians and their party affiliation; most important
politicians of the FDP; sympathy for the NPD; attitude to current
political questions such as co-determination, recognition of the GDR,
orientation of foreign policy and influence of the churches; issue
relevance; issue ability of the parties; self-classification on a
left-right continuum; attitude to the death penalty; political interest
(scale); local residency; work satisfaction; change of job; membership
in clubs.

Scales: anomy; dogmatism; democratic attitude; antisemitism;
nationalism; National Socialism.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; number of children; religious
denomination; religiousness; school education; occupation; employment;
professional career; type of company; income; household income; head of
household; social origins; refugee status.

Interviewer rating: length of interview; number of contact attempts;
willingness of respondent to cooperate; presence of other persons; date
of interview.

Also encoded were: age and sex according to voter registry;
constituency.