Political Protest in the Federal Republic of Germany (Teachers and Professors)

Inclination toward political extremism by teachers and college
instructors. Political attitudes, political participation and judgement
on parties as well as the government.

Topics: political interest and frequency of political conversations;
political participation; judgement on social justice in the FRG; most
important political goals and issue-ability of the government; attitude
to the welfare state (scale); self-assessment on a left-right continuum
and comparison with one´s own position 5 years ago; party preference
and sympathy scale for the SPD, CDU, CSU, FDP, NPD, DKP, KPD, KPD/ML
and KBW; personal political conduct in the last few years; attitude to
use of violence and demonstrations; attitude to the conduct of the
judiciary, government and police; behavior at the polls in the Federal
Parliament election 1972 (first vote and second vote); party ties;
assessment of the dependence of politics in the FRG on special interest
groups; attitude to the trade unions and extremists in the civil
service; attitude to various forms of political protest; judgement on
the economic situation of the FRG and one´s own economic situation;
contentment with life; fear of the future and fatalism; media usage;
information on presence at home or availability in the last week.

In the form of extensive scales the following was surveyed: political
protest potential, conventional political conduct, postmaterialism,
trust in political leadership, assessment of the ability of the
political system to react, assessment of personal political influence,
expected effectiveness of unconventional political conduct, political
deprivation and government responsibility and achievement.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination;
frequency of church attendance; school education; occupation;
occupational position; household income; composition of household;
respondent is head of household; memberships; telephone.

Interviewer rating: weekday of interview; willingness of respondent to
cooperate; distance to large city; length of interview.

Also encoded was: identification of interviewer and date of interview.