Study title

Evaluation of parties and politicians as survey after the Federal Parliament election 1961 as well as at the same time a preliminary investigation on the state parliament election in North Rhine-Westphalia. Topics: Voting intent in the state parliament election 1962; certainty of one´s voting decision; behavior at the polls in earlier elections; reasons for one´s own election participation; sympathy scale for parties and politicians; preferred coalition after the election; party preference; election prediction; assessment of the economic situation (Katona questions); personal opinion leadership. Demography: marital status; age (classified); head of household; occupation; sex. Interviewer rating: reliability, social class and willingness of respondent to cooperate; number of contact attempts; presence of other persons; length of interview; type of building and condition of residence.