Attitudes on Current Questions of Domestic Policy (1988)

Political attitudes to questions of domestic policy.

Topics: satisfaction with democracy in the Federal Republic; party
preference; behavior at the polls in the last Federal Parliament
election; trust in public institutions (scale); assessment of the
importance of selected Federal Offices (scale); intent to participate
in selected forms of political protest and militant actions;
understanding for the use of force and damage to property in political
protests; concepts of an ideal society (scale); issue relevance;
personal experiences with authorities; attitude to the view of the
state into the private sphere; attitude to the right to vote for
foreigners; attitude to making it easier to acquire German citizenship
by foreigners; contacts with foreigners at place of residence or at
work; expected willingness to adapt of foreigners who want to obtain
German citizenship; attitude to a reduction in the number of foreign
workers; attitude to the right to asylum and a limited admission of
politically persecuted; assessment of the AIDS danger; attitude to
regular compulsory check-ups to determine the presence of AIDS
infection; attitude to a compulsory registration by name for
AIDS-infected by doctors; attitude to an encoded compulsory
registration; refusing admission or deporting AIDS-infected foreigners;
perceived pride at the National Anthem and Federal Flag; judgement on
the playing of the National Anthem at the end of the broadcast day;
most significant achievements of the Germans; preferred type of
television sports; intent to watch television in connection with
reporting on the Olympic Games; importance of Germans winning medals;
membership in a sport club; extent of one´s own athletic activities;
judgement on support of top-class sport by the government; personal
perception of German top-class sportsmen as representatives of the
country; postmaterialism index; self-assessment on a left-right
continuum; preference for reduction in working hours or higher
earnings; perceived increase in acts of violence at demonstrations.

Demography: year of birth and month of birth; sex; marital status;
living together with a partner; religious denomination; frequency of
church attendance; school degree achieved and sought; vocational
training; college degree; occupational position; employment;
journeymen´s test; activity in the civil service; military rank; number
of persons 18 years old and older in household; respondent is head of
household; characteristics of head of household; union memberships in
household; party inclination and strength of party inclination.

Also encoded was: city code.