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The survey contains three topic complexes: 1. Political attitudes and questions on the European Election. 2. Attitudes to data protection. 3. Attitudes to technical progress. Topics: 1. Political attitudes and questions on the European Election: behavior at the polls in the last Federal Parliament election; party preference (Sunday question); satisfaction with the policies of party voted for; perception of the election campaign for the European Election; judgement on the party election campaign; points of criticism of the party last elected in selected political areas; effects of developments in SPD-policies on one´s own attitude to the SPD. 2. Attitudes to data protection: general attitude to data protection; knowledge of data deserving protection; importance of a data protection law; assumed motives for the federal data protection law of 1977; personal knowledge of data misuse; adequate data protection regulations; recommendations for an improvement of the law; perceived disturbance from storage of personal data by authorities and companies; situations in which the statement of personal conditions was particularly unpleasant; extent of need for information on citizens by the government as well as private enterprise; knowledge about areas in which the data protection law applies; statement of areas in which registration of personal information is considered harmless. 3. Attitudes to technical progress: interest in questions of technical change; expected advantages or disadvantages from technical changes in personal life; manner of expected changes of life from technology; particularly interesting technology areas; attitudes to technology, progress, computers, automation, government surveillance (scale); assessment of the advantageousness of modern technology in selected areas; attitude to various technical projects and plans, such as e.g. minitel, gene technology, automation, computerization in the office and at home. Demography: age; sex; marital...