Political Protest in the Federal Republic of Germany (Population)

Inclination of the population of the Federal Republic to political
extremism. Political attitudes, political participation and judgement
on parties as well as government.

Topics: political interest and frequency of political conversations;
political participation; judgement on social equity 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 rank order 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 force 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 dependency of FRG politics 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.

The following questions were posed in the form of extensive scales:
political protest potential, conventional political behavior,
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
behavior, 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; household composition;
respondent is head of household; memberships; telefone.

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

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