Opinion Barometer April/May 1990 - Attitude to Development in the GDR

Attitude to the current political situation in the GDR and
German-German unification.
Topics: Evaluation of prospects for the future in general and in
various personal areas of life (scale); stand on remaining in the
GDR; prediction for the next three years: economic upturn, solution
of environmental problems, wage increase, democratization; personal
identity; party preference and time of voting decision; extent to
which informed about party program; Sunday question; stand on
German-German unification; opinions on speed, point in time and
conditions of unification; length of time for economic equalization;
trust in political personalities of GDR and FRG; trust in the East
German Parliament, the government of the GDR, parties and movements
of the GDR, the Federal Parliament of the FRG and the large alliance;
prediction on the election in December 1990; approval of trade unions
and works councils as sole representation of interests in companies;
attitude to enforcement of the achievement principle; stand on
nuclear power plants; attitudes to employment of women,
constitutional guarantee of the right to work; opinions on dealing
with STASI employees; stand on the law on abortion; evaluation of the
demand for unity of Germany within the borders of 1937; stand on
actions against foreigners; goals in life (scale); feeling of being
threatened in view of: environmental pollution, unemployment,
increase in cost of living, crime, economic decline, aggression and
violence, right-wing or left-wing radicalism and increasing egoism;
self-assessment on psychological condition; conducting conversations
on coping with problems; expectations of horoscopes; satisfaction
with environment at place of residence, leisure opportunities,
housing conditions, level of standard of living, work, pension;
general contentment with life; reader of the daily newspaper "Bild";
membership in parties and movements; religiousness; monthly net
earnings of respondent and partner; amount of savings.