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The ZUMABUS is an omnibus survey organized several times annually by ZUMA. The major topics of this investigation are: 1. Questions on domestic nursing, 2. The change of moral orientations, 3. Political attitudes, 4. Unemployment and political participation 5. ZUMA standard demography. Topics: 1. domestic nursing: member of household in need of nursing care; duration and place of care of those in need of care; degree of familiarity or utilization of domestic nursing care services, such as e.g. an old people´s nurse or municipality nurse; need for this sort of nursing care services; preference for health care at home or in the hospital; presumed burden or relief of household through such a free service. 2. Value change: assessment of fair treatment of the public by authorities, the police and the judiciary 20 years ago and currently; judgement on the equity of distribution of assets in the FRG. 3. Political attitudes: political interest and extent to which informed; most important problems of the FRG and most important political goals; perception of privileged or underprivileged groups; issue ability of the parties; preferred and rejected federal chancellor; criticism of members of the government; sympathy scale for the parties as well as the politicians Schmidt, Kohl, Genscher and Strauss; assessment of equal opportunities and satisfaction with democracy in the FRG; preferred retirement program and judgement on one´s own retirement program; attitude on citizen initiatives, the welfare state and reduction of the tax burden; attitude to making divorce easier; judgement on the influence of the trade unions and the employer´s federations; sympathies in case of a strike; personal election participation; behavior at the polls in the Federal Parliament election 1976 and the state parliament election; party preference (ballot procedure; first and second votes); party identification; interest in joining a party. 4. Unemployment and political participation:...