Politics in the Federal Republic (August 1969)

Political interest and attitude to the policies of the Federal
Government.

Topics: judgement on the current economic situation in the FRG and on
one´s own economic situation; assessment of economic development;
attitude to the ´emergency laws´, reform of the right to vote,
revaluation of the DM, equal legal status for illegitimate children,
the statute of limitations for crimes in the Third Reich,
co-determination, ´internal leadership´ in the Federal German Armed
Forces, restoration of law and order at the universities, prohibition
of the NPD, Ostpolitik and the Leber plan; satisfaction with the
Federal Government and the grand coalition; issue competence of the
parties and politicians; advantages and disadvantages of the candidates
for chancellor and the major political parties; preferred federal
chancellor; sympathy and degree of familiarity of federal politicians;
preferred Federal President; political interest; political
participation and perceived opportunity for political influence; rank
order of political goals; rank order of party preference; party support
and party membership; extent to which informed politically and partner
for conversation about Federal Parliament elections and parties; party
preference of persons to relate to; comparison of personal opinion with
the view of the majority of the population; leading party in the
residential quarter; behavior at the polls in the Federal Parliament
elections 1965 and 1969 and in the state parliament election; most
important task of the new Federal Government; general judgement on
persons in leadership positions in politics and economy; voting
decision of spouse; membership in clubs and organizations as well as
interest in membership in a trade union; membership in a professional
organization and party preference of the members of this association;
party preference of colleagues; company size; memberships of father;
social origins; local residency and city size; satisfaction with
education and with place of residence; media usage and knowledge about
political television broadcasts; judgement on education in parental
home; membership in organizations for refugees or ethnic Germans from
Eastern Europe; memory of the first survey.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination;
religiousness; school education; vocational training; occupation;
professional position; employment; household income; composition of
household; head of household; economic area; housing situation; party
preference; party membership; party inclination; party identification;
state; regional origins; refugee status; possession of durable economic
goods.

Interviewer rating: willingness of respondent to cooperate; date of
interview; number of contact attempts; interest of respondent in
political problems; level to which respondent is politically informed.

Also encoded was: municipality code.