The Situation after the Federal Parliament Election 1949

Topics: Election participation at the last Federal Parliament election; reasons for non-participation in the election; voting for the candidate of a party or a candidate without party affiliation; trust in party voted for; associations with the term socialization; belief in the political future of Germany; attitude to an active German peace initiative; expected development of a desire for peace in Germany, even under absence of independence of the country; personal readiness for action to regain political and economic independence of the country; willingness to make sacrifices for this independence; expectation of relative prosperity for West Germans; attitude to a re-distribution of national income; preference for free competition or socialization; preference for the Russian, English or German model of socialism; attitude to a strengthening of government influence due to socialism; expected ability of workers' representatives and trade unions regarding a socialist-led government; preferred management institution (works council, owner, trade unions, authorities, experts) for a socialized company; preference for restricted economic areas with customs duties or free world trade; judgement on the achievements of the parties since the collapse of 1949; preference for independence of the parties in achievement of their programs or preference for a common effort to achieve economic independence; attitude to Bonn as Federal Capital; preferred alternative capital city; refugee status; sign of the horoscope of respondent; height; preferred color; color of hair of respondent; listening to the radio.

Interviewer rating: willingness of respondent to cooperate. With some questions it was additionally encoded whether the respondent provided explanatory comments. In part these comments were encoded for content in the sense of an open question.