Attitude to the Peace Movement

Attitude to defense policy questions, disarmament and the peace movement. Topics: political interest; knowledge about the time of installation of new medium-range nuclear missiles; attitude to installation of new nuclear missiles; perception of the new missiles as security or menace for the Federal Republic; general attitude to selected forms of protest against the new nuclear missiles and personal readiness to participate; willingness to participate in a demonstration given expected conflicts with the police; grouping with the greatest influence within the peace movement; assumed military superiority of the East or West; judgement on American and Soviet disarmament efforts; trust in the American and Soviet government with political crises in the world; party preference (Sunday question); behavior at the polls in the last Federal Parliament election 1983; union membership; employment in the civil service. Demography: sex; age; marital status; religious denomination; respondent is person managing household; school degree; employment; current occupation or occupation last exercised; employment in the civil service; respondent is head of household; characteristics of head of household; size of household; children in household; income recipient in household; monthly net household income; monthly net income of respondent. Also encoded was: city size; state; ZIP (postal) code; identification of interviewer.