Summary information

Study title

Politics in the Federal Republic (August 1969)

Creator

Kaase, Max (Lehrstuhl für politische Wissenschaft, Universität Mannheim )
Schleth, Uwe (Lehrstuhl für politische Wissenschaft, Universität Mannheim)
Wildenmann, Rudolf (Lehrstuhl für politische Wissenschaft, Universität Mannheim)

Study number / PID

ZA0525, Version 3.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.11457 (DOI)

Data access

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Series

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Abstract

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...
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Keywords

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Methodology

Data collection period

08/1969 - 09/1969

Country

Germany

Time dimension

Cross-section

Analysis unit

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Universe

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Sampling procedure

Probability: Multistage
Probability: Stratified
Multi-stage stratified random sample

Kind of data

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Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview
Oral survey with standardized questionnaire

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

2012

Terms of data access

A - Data and documents are released for academic research and teaching.

Related publications

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