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Representative survey on factual knowledge about politics in Germany (2009): political structures, institutions, functions, parties and politicians, issues in Germany and the EU. I. German respondents: Topics: German citizenship; further citizenship; opinion on the idea of democracy; satisfaction with democracy; satisfaction with the achievements of the federal government of the CDU / CSU and the achievements of the opposition; solidarity with Germany and its citizens; satisfaction with the EU membership of Germany; repetition of recollected words read by the interviewer; knowledge 10% discount to 1000 euros; interest in politics; frequency of political talks in the circle of friends; opinion on politics (great knowledge about politics, willingness to take an active role in political group, politician does not care what simple people think, parties try to represent voters interests, elections as a good way to take part in political decision-making, political institutions in the FRG offer too little possibilities of political influence, regularly informing about political proceedings, leaving politics to elected representatives, politics very important, politics not important in one´s life - 3 fixed rotation variants of the items); quiz questions about politics (rotation of the question for all random questions): federal constitution (all power emanates from the people); task of the Federal Council; age for admission as a candidate for the Bundestag; number of care categories of the long-term care insurance; group represented by trade unions in Germany; elections for EU citizens living in Germany without German citizenship; current expenditure of federal budget; unemployment rate in Germany; share of the working women in the labor market; dynamic retirement; amount of foreigners in Germany; the percentage of the gross domestic product used for development aid; aim of the Adenauer government with regard to the Hallstatt doctrine; number of EU member countries;...