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The universe sampled is composed of 6 groups and individual samples: 1.Multi-stage random sample of the American population (694 respondents with a response rate of 53%). For this all addresses were used which had been deliverable in a survey in 1980. 2. Supplement sample of environmentalists: random selection of addresses from lists of various associations of the environmental protection movement (272 respondents, response rate 57%). 3. Supplement sample ´leadership persons of the economy´: sample of presidents or vice-presidents or chairmen of the board of large and medium-sized companies from the ´Fortune Double 500 Directory´ and from ´Corporations, Directors and Executives´ (202 respondents, response rate 59%). 4. Supplement sample ´political leadership´: random selection of members of the political leadership at federal, state and municipal level (48 respondents, response rate 21%). 5. Supplement sample ´public administration´: sample drawn analogious to the sample of ´political leadership´ (115 respondents, response rate 53%). 6. Supplement sample ´trade union leadership´: random selection of persons from the ´Who´s Who in Labor´ (of 1980) and the ´Encyclopedia of Associations´ (129 respondents, response rate 45%). Demography: age; sex; marital status; occupational position; employment; nationality; union membership; city size; household income; number of school years (classified); political orientation; party preference; federal state; self-assessment of social class.