Economic Policy Questions (form B)

Assessment of economic and social conditions in the USA in comparison
to the FRG.

Topics: Judgement on development of personal economic situation;
evaluation of cooperation between the German and the American economy;
evaluation of German and American commercial life, the economic
strength of America, the German and American standard of living as well
as the influence of American ideas on the FRG; reasons for the economic
strength of America and the high standard of living as well as for
American aid for European countries; differences between German and
American trade unions and assumed political influence of American trade
unions; economic strength of European countries; comparison of shopping
habits of Germans and Americans; attitude to America and the Americans;
use of sources of information about America; assessment of the best
form of provision for one´s old age; naming the American film city and
automobile city; estimate of quota of vehicle possession in the FRG and
the USA.

Demography: age (classified); marital status; religious denomination;
school education; occupation; employment; household income; party
preference; self-assessment of social class; state; refugee status;
present and past offices held; membership.

Interviewer rating: social class and willingness of respondent to
cooperate; number of contact attempts.

Also encoded were: age of interviewer and sex of interviewer; city
size.