Study title

Political attitudes as well as judgement on parties and politicians. Topics: political interest; party preference (Sunday question and rank order procedure) at state and federal level; certainty of one´s voting decision; behavior at the polls in the last state parliament and Federal Parliament election; sympathy scale for the parties at state and federal level; satisfaction scale for the state government and the opposition; sympathy scale for state and federal politicians; preferred government coalition; attitude to an absolute majority for one of the major parties; assumed position of the FDP in a coalition; self-assessment on a left-right continuum; comparison of general economic situation in Rhineland-Palatinate with that in rest of the Federal Republic; ability of the state or Federal Government regarding improvement in the economic situation in Rhineland-Palatinate; most important problems in Rhineland-Palatinate; assumed probability and attitude to taking seats in state parliament by the FDP and the Greens; satisfaction with the government coalition in Bonn; assessment of personal social mobility. Demography: year of birth and month of birth; sex; marital status; religious denomination; frequency of church attendance; school education; occupational position; employment; assessment of personal occupational position in comparison to that of father; number of persons 18 years years old or older in household; respondent is head of household; characteristics of head of household; party inclination; party identification; union memberships in household; characterization of residential surroundings. Also encoded was: administrative district and district code.