ZUMABUS 2 (1977)

ZUMA standard demography. Topics: 1. domestic nursing: member of household in need of nursing care; duration and place of care of those in need of care; degree of familiarity or utilization of domestic nursing care services, such as e.g. an old people´s nurse or municipality nurse; need for this sort of nursing care services; preference for health care at home or in the hospital; presumed burden or relief of household through such a free service. 2.

Value change: assessment of fair treatment of the public by authorities, the police and the judiciary 20 years ago and currently; judgement on the equity of distribution of assets in the FRG. 3. Political attitudes: political interest and extent to which informed; most important problems of the FRG and most important political goals; perception of privileged or underprivileged groups; issue ability of the parties; preferred and rejected federal chancellor; criticism of members of the government; sympathy scale for the parties as well as the politicians Schmidt, Kohl, Genscher and Strauss; assessment of equal opportunities and satisfaction with democracy in the FRG; preferred retirement program and judgement on one´s own retirement program; attitude on citizen initiatives, the welfare state and reduction of the tax burden; attitude to making divorce easier; judgement on the influence of the trade unions and the employer´s federations; sympathies in case of a strike; personal election participation; behavior at the polls in the Federal Parliament election 1976 and the state parliament election; party preference (ballot procedure; first and second votes); party identification; interest in joining a party. 4.

Unemployment and political participation: frequency and year of personal unemployment; most significant personal problems of unemployment; judgement on financial security in case of unemployment; expected difficulties in the choice of position and return to occupational life; satisfaction with working hours and job; fear of loss of job in the near future; preferred model for re-distribution of available work to reduce unemployment; membership in clubs and organizations; length of membership and intensity of involvement; forms of personal political and social involvement (scale); frequency and importance of political participation. 5.

ZUMA standard demography and miscellaneous: The standard demography presents a very detailed survey of background variables including among other things: length of residence; residential status; self-assessment of social class; date of birth; information on household; detailed recording and encoding of occupation according to the ISCO code system. Interviewer rating: type of building; reliability and willingness of respondent to cooperate; presence of other persons; time of visit; date of interview; length of interview; number of contact attempts.