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These omnibus surveys have two main survey focus areas: 1. Attitudes to energy and environmental questions, 2. Political attitudes and election research. Beyond this there is the ZUMA standard demography. Topics: 1. Attitudes to energy and environmental questions: sources of information about energy problems; knowledge and definition of the terms ´burning as fuel´, ´conversion into electricity´ and ´refining´; attitude to nuclear energy and energy policies (scales); type of personal commitment for or against nuclear energy; attitude to an increased use of coal; reasons for expected protests or acceptance of an increased expansion of coal-fired power plants; postmaterialism index; most important and least important political goals. 2. Political attitudes: party preference (pair comparison); personal preference for organization of the pension system according to the insurance principle or principle of need as well as assessment of the position of CDU/CSU, SPD and FDP on this topic; personal attitude and assumed position of the parties on stricter punishment for terrorists, prohibition of lock-outs during industrial action, abortion, private radio stations, deployment of new arms and construction of additional nuclear power plants; party inclination; assessment of the social prestige of selected occupations; self-assessment of social class. Demography: ZUMA standard demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination; frequency of church attendance; school education; occupational training; occupation; occupational position; employment; area of business of company; company size; income; household composition; residential status; interest in politics; party preference; self-assessment of social class; German citizenship; memberships. Interviewer rating: willingness of respondent to cooperate; reliability of respondent; length of interview.