ZUMABUS 3 (1979)

The ZUMABUS has the following main survey focus areas:

1. Political attitudes, election research,

2. Attitudes to democracy,

3. Occupational prestige,

4. ZUMA standard demography.

Topics: 1. Political attitudes: judgement on one´s own economic
situation as well as assessment of the current economic situation of
the Federal Republic; most important political problems of the Federal
Republic and classification of the significance of selected political
questions on a scale; assessment of the issue ability of the parties;
party preference (ballot procedure, first vote and second vote);
preferred and rejected federal chancellor; the significance of Helmut
Schmidt, Franz Josef Strauss and Helmut Kohl for the eligibility of the
respective parties.

2. Attitudes to democracy: satisfaction with democracy in the Federal
Republic; self-assessment of social class; conduct of the government in
the sense of special interest groups; trust in the Federal Government;
attitude to a tax party and an environmental protection party; expected
performance of such parties; self-classification on a left-right
continuum; sympathy scale for the CDU, CSU, SPD and FDP as well as for
the politicians Schmidt, Kohl, Genscher, Brandt and Strauss; general
judgement on the social-liberal coalition as well as opposition in
Bonn; intensity of party identification; intent to participate in the
European Election; preferred party in the European Election; preference
for voting for personalities or voting according to party points of
view at the level of municipal elections, Federal Parliament elections
and European Elections; expected role of the European Parliament;
attitude to a one-party system; attitude to increased demonstrations in
Bonn; attitude to a prohibition of the DKP; attitude to free expression
of opinion (scale); assessment of the abilities necessary to become a
member of Parliament; judgement on the waste of money in Bonn; attitude
to a grand coalition; understanding of democracy (scale).

3. Occupational prestige: assessment of the social standing of
selected occupations (scale).

Demography: ZUMA Standard Demography: age; sex; marital status;
religious denomination; frequency of church attendance; school
education; occupational training; occupation; occupational position;
employment; area of business of company; company size; sources of
income; residential status; voting behavior in the last federal
parliament election; regional origins; union membership.

Interviewer rating: willingness of respondent to cooperate; housing
situation; presence of other persons during interview; reliability of
respondent; length of interview; date of interview; sex of interviewer;
age of interviewer.