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Attitude of politicians to questions of currency in general and their insight into the connections between currency and financial policy. Topics: Judgement on reporting in newspapers about economic and parliamentary events; newspapers and authors of economics and finance read; significance of finance and psychology for political practice; expected influence of the economic situation on citizen behavior at the polls; assessment of current economic situation; judgement on government defense policy and support policy; perception of poverty in the FRG; assessment of the effectiveness of appeals on economic subjecte; attitude to government activities to control the economic situation; most effective means of controlling the economic situation; trust in the ability of the government to introduce measures to control the economy; judgement on increasing government expenditures; practicality of government ´Milliarden-Thesaurierung (Juliusturm)´ and assessment of the effects on the national economy connected with this; perceived reasons for inflation in some European countries; judgement on the education system and attitude to a 10th school year. Also encoded were: election of the representative through a state list or directly; type and party proportions of constituency; length of belonging to Federal Parliament; party affiliation; identification of interviewer. Demography: refugee; religious denomination; sex; age (classified); school education; vocational training; occupation; employment; professional career; marital status.