Autumn Study 1977

Topics: besides questions uniform at the federal level the questionnaire also contains questions only posed in individual states: 1. Federal part: judgement on the economic situation in the Federal Republic and assessment of economic development of personal household; satisfaction with democracy in the Federal Republic; political interest; most important political events in the last year and judgement on them by the respondent; attitude to state, politicians and political participation (scale); party preference (ballot procedure); classification of parties and politicians as well as self-classification on a left-right continuum; most important political tasks in the Federal Republic and issue competence of the parties; satisfaction with the job of the government coalition and opposition; most important characteristics of a desirable society and degree of realization in the Federal Republic; party inclination; issue position of the candidates for chancellor as well as of the parties; assessment of personal importance of these issues; personal election participation at the last Federal Parliament election; general agreement of one´s own political opinions with the top politicians of the parties as well as the parties themselves (scale); assessment of the fairness of the courts in the Federal Republic; effort of the parties for selected social groups; underprivileged groups; institutions that should be first to make an effort for these underprivileged; importance of issues and issue positions of the parties; attitude to tax party; attitude to nuclear power plants in general and to construction of further nuclear power plants; assumed position of the SPD, CDU/CSU and the FDP on construction of further nuclear power plants (scale); assessment of the influence of personalities, associations and groupings on SPD as well as CDU; attitude to guest workers and making jobs available for German workers; perceived possibility to combat crimes of violence and terrorism.

Demography: date of birth; sex; marital status; religious denomination; frequency of church attendance; school education; occupational position; current and earlier employment; net household income; number of persons contributing to household income; respondent is head of household; characteristics of head of household; number of persons eligible to vote in household; number of children and young people in household; residential status; number of floors and number of residences in building; party inclination of spouse; self-assessment of social class; estimated improvement in personal situation; local residency; city size; state; regional origins; moving frequency; union membership; possession of a telephone. 2.