Umweltbewußtsein in Deutschland 1996

Environmental consciousness and conduct in environmentally relevantareas. Topics: Classification of significance of political problems such asunemployment, housing supply, preservation of the welfare state,combating crime, foreigner questions, environmental protection andcompetitive ability of the economy (scale); importance of environmentalprotection measures in the areas climate protection, noise reduction,air pollution, trash, energy, pollution of inshore waters, soilprotection, preservation of species in the plant world (scale);postmaterialism; judgement on personal impact of noise, exhaust, badair and trash scattered about; traffic load of residential street ofrespondent; perceived noise pollution in the evening; view of greenareas and personally having a yard; characterization of location ofresidence as well as neighborhood regarding noise; satisfaction withthe environment situation in residential area; global assessment ofenvironmental conditions (scale); environmental protection versusscientific growth; attitude to science and technology (scale);preservation of ecological value and environmental consciousness(scale). Environment-conscious shopping behavior: paying attention toenvironment compatibility of products when shopping; orientation onlabels of environmentally compatible products; knowledge and payingattention to the ´Blue Angel´; willingness to pay more forenvironmentally conscious and environmentally compatible products;environmentally conscious purchase behavior, e.g. in purchase ofbeverages in returnable bottles; leaving packaging in stores as well aschanges in environmental habits in recent time; purchase of seasonaland regional fruit and vegetables; fashion, price or longevity ascriteria in purchase of clothing; fashion orientation; attitude to foodtreated by gene-technology; judgement on statements about productsharmful to the environment, purchase of canned food und the generallack of care in dealing with environmental problems; necessity ofbehavioral changes regarding shopping oriented to environmentalprotection; attitude to purchase of products from controlled biologicalcultivation. Waste management: frequency of separating trash into individualrecyclable categories; frequency of not separating; possession of abio-trashcan or personally composting; hazardous waste collection pointin near vicinity; distance to next waste paper as well as glassrecycling depository; communal trashcan or one´s own trashcan; mannerof participation of household in dual system with the Green Dot;attitude to extent of general trash production, recycling andenvironmentally friendly removal of residual waste (scale). Energy and water consumption: use of energy conservation lamps;energy-conscious turning off light as well as television sets; waterconservation facility in household; water conservation lever on thetoilet; paying water costs dependent on use or at a fixed price; mannerof action in airing rooms in the winter; type of heating; turning offheat when leaving residence for several hours; reasons speaking againstthis; use of automatic lowering of heat at night and possible reasonsagainst this; fixed charge for heating for residence; energy and waterconservation habits in use of washing machine; observing degree ofwater hardness in use of detergent; use of a dryer; attitude to energyconservation (scale). Traffic and car: possession and number of bicycles, mopeds,motorcycles and cars; environmental protection as reason for not owninga car; frequency of use of car in days as well as according tokilometers driven; proportion of trips due to occupation; frequency ofexcursions on weekends and preferred means of transport; driving withthe car without a destination ´just for the fun of it´; means oftransport used on last vacation; possession of a Bahncard {train card};use of various means of transport in household shopping and on the wayto work; distance to work as well as shopping place; use of carpools onthe way to work; commuting time to work; possibility to use publictransportation on the way to work and commuting time; selection ofanother means of transport given hypothetical doubling of the price ofgasoline; attitude to statements about car and traffic, such as e.g.change of driving style to reduce use of gasoline, habitual use of car,too slight use of OEPNV {local public passenger transport}, reductionof car use for environmental protection reasons and use of carpools(scale); membership in an environmental protection organization andfunction taken on; political participation in environmental questions;frequency of discussions about environmental protection; assumedattitude of social surroundings to a personal involvement in anenvironmental protection group; importance of selected fields of actionfor environmental protection; attitude to stronger surveillance ofobservance of environmental protection laws; tax increases to financeimproved environmental protection; highest accepted price for gasoline;satisfaction with performance of the Federal Environment Office(scale); attitude to a speed limit on freeways; preferred maximum speedlimit; agreement with centers of town free of cars, expansion ofpedestrian zones and increase in parking fees in large cities; approvalof restricted traffic areas and 30kmh speed zones in purely residentialareas; attitude to expansion of the OEPNV {local public passengertransport}, network of bicycle paths, increasing the cost of driving acar and transferring freight transport to rail transport; attitude tosignificant increase in garbage collection fees, construction ofgarbage incinerating plants, establishing garbage disposal sites andstricter legal requirements for the production of products; judgementon the latest progress in environment compatibility of packaging,purity of inshore waters, air cleanliness, ground protection, climateprotection and energy conservation; assessment of the danger of genetechnology and judgement on adequate protection functions of thegovernment; knowledge about the so-called ecological tax reform;preference for step-wise or rapid conversion to such tax reform;environmental protection and job creation; knowledge about the termsustainable development; judgement on environmental conditions in thenew as well as in the old states; trust in the ability of parties,environmental protection authorities, initiatives as well as tradeunions and industry regarding environmental protection. Environment knowledge: estimate of the average water consumption of acitizen per day, the proportion of electricity from nuclear powerplants and knowledge about the electricity price per kilowatt hour;household appliances with the highest energy consumption; the gasresponsible for the greenhouse effect; danger from high ozone values insoil or in the earth´s atmosphere; knowledge of native animals andplants that are on the so-called ´red list´; knowledge about the{female} federal environment minister. Demography: sex; month and year of birth; school education;vocational training certificate; employment; hours worked each week;occupational position; fear of unemployment; personal unemployment inthe last few years; self-classification of social class and on aleft-right continuum; interest in politics; party preference (Sundayquestion); marital status; living together with a partner; number ofchildren; information on sex, age and degree of relationship of personsliving in household; income of respondent and household income;residential status; characterization of residential area; year ofconstruction of building; number of households in residential building;classification of contact with neighbors; religious denomination;religiousness; size of city in which respondent grew up; origins fromthe GDR; length of residence; possession of a telephone; possession oftelephone answering device. Interviewer rating: characterization ofresidential building and residential area; weekday of interview;presence of third persons during interview and their degree ofrelationship to respondent; intervention of other persons in interview;willingness to cooperate and reliability of respondent. Also encoded were: date of interview; number of interviews in samplepoint; number of contact attempts by telephone and in person; age ofinterviewer; education level of interviewer.