Political Protest in the Federal Republic of Germany (Students)

Inclination toward political extremism among students in colleges of
the Federal Republic. Political attitudes, political participation and
judgement on parties as well as the nation. Learning conditions and
occupational concepts.

Topics: political interest and frequency of political conversations;
political participation; judgement on social justice in the FRG; most
important political goals and issue-ability of the nation;
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 violence 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 dependence of
politics in the FRG 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; description of learning conditions and
housing situation; subjects of studies and personal impact from
restricted admission; judgement on the selection procedure regarding
its fairness; assignment of responsibility for the shortage of
university/college openings; satisfaction with form of instruction and
examination regulations in one´s subject; desired occupation; actual
and ideal criteria for occupational success; assessment of personal
occupational chances; judgement on the economic situation in the FRG;
judgement on the necessity of a leadership elite; important problems to
be solved at the university; degree of familiarity of university
political groups and preferred university group; motives for
non-participation in the election to the student parlament; behavior at
the polls in the last student parlament elections; composition of the
ASTA; satisfaction with ASTA; membership in a student university group;
judgement on various forms of political conduct and protest at the
university as well as judgement on their effectiveness; type of
entitlement to university admission; participation in military service
or community service; religiousness; political interest of both parents
and assessment of parents on a left-right continuum.

In the form of extensive scales the following was surveyed: political
protest potential, conventional political conduct, 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 conduct, political
deprivation and government responsibility and achievement; contacts
with the police, court and authorities.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination;
frequency of church attendance; school education; occupation;
occupational position; household income; composition of household;
respondent is head of household; memberships; telephone.

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

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