Study title

Judgement on parties and politicians. Political attitudes. Topics: judgement on the economic situation in the Federal Republic and economic development of personal household; political interest; contentment with life; general judgement on conditions and prospects for the future in the Federal Republic; party preference (ballot procedure and rank order procedure); behavior at the polls in the last Federal Parliament election; satisfaction with the government coalition and opposition; attitude to the coalition change of the FDP 1980; judgement on political effects of the change of government 1980; major reasons for the failure of the SPD/FDP coalition; classification of parties and self-classification on a left-right continuum; criticism of trade unions due to their support of the SPD; judgement on the change of government 1980; judgement on the successes of the current government (scale); attitude to political measures and changes to the law to improve economic difficulties, now planned or being carried out; employer-friendly policies of the government; chances of the FDP and the Greens to obtain seats in the next Federal Parliament; interest in FDP and Greens taking seats in the next Federal Parliament; assumed governing party after the next Federal Parliament election; judgement on the Greens; attitude to a coalition of the SPD with the Greens; coalition preferences after the next Federal Parliament election; characterization of the parties; characteristics of a desirable society (scale); issue relevance and issue ability of the parties; religiousness; self-assessment of social class; party preference of spouse; presence at home in the last three working days before the interview; date of birth. Interviewer rating: size of place of residence; interest of respondent in interview; number of contact attempts; length of interview; date of interview.