The Year 2017 in Review

The year 2017 in review. Topics: satisfaction with the political developments in Germany in selected policy areas (labor market policy, economic policy, foreign policy, health policy, education policy, internal security, pension policy, family policy, financial policy, environmental policy, energy policy and refugee policy); satisfaction with the work of the federal government in 2017; satisfaction with the work of Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2017; confidence or fears for the coming year with regard to political developments in Germany. Demography: sex; age; highest educational degree; employment status; household size; number of persons in the household aged 14 years and over; party preference; eligible to vote; household income; survey by mobile phone or landline phone. Additionally coded was: serial number; weighting factor; date of interview; size of location (BIK regions); federal state; survey area west / east.