Politicians and Currency

Attitude of politicians to questions of currency in general and their
insight into the connections between currency and financial policy.

Topics: Judgement on reporting in newspapers about economic and
parliamentary events; newspapers and authors of economics and finance
read; significance of finance and psychology for political practice;
expected influence of the economic situation on citizen behavior at the
polls; assessment of current economic situation; judgement on
government defense policy and support policy; perception of poverty in
the FRG; assessment of the effectiveness of appeals on economic
subjecte; attitude to government activities to control the economic
situation; most effective means of controlling the economic situation;
trust in the ability of the government to introduce measures to control
the economy; judgement on increasing government expenditures;
practicality of government ´Milliarden-Thesaurierung (Juliusturm)´ and
assessment of the effects on the national economy connected with this;
perceived reasons for inflation in some European countries; judgement
on the education system and attitude to a 10th school year.

Also encoded were: election of the representative through a state list
or directly; type and party proportions of constituency; length of
belonging to Federal Parliament; party affiliation; identification of
interviewer.

Demography: refugee; religious denomination; sex; age (classified);
school education; vocational training; occupation; employment;
professional career; marital status.