Election for the East German Parliament 1990

Judgement on parties and politicians shortly before the election for the East German Parliament Topics: intent to participate in the election; certainty of one´s voting decision; party preference (first and second choice); preference for prime minister; sympathy scale for the top politicians; expected winner of the election; party most able to solve the problems in the GDR; attitude to unification of the two German nations; judgement on unification progress; advantages and disadvantages for the population of the GDR from unification; understanding for emigrants from the GDR; attitude to rapid introduction of the DM and to election campaign appearances by politicians from the west in the GDR; Interest in campaign reports; attitude to democracy in the Federal Republic and to the idea of socialism; national pride; local ties and ties to state, the GDR, Germany as a whole, Western and Eastern Europe; agreement with the changes following the opening of the GDR borders; expected consequences for the GDR economy from the introduction of the market economy; general contentment with life; interest in politics; self-classification on a left-right continuum; identification as citizen of the GDR or German.

Demography: Gender; age; education; qualification; profession; household size; denomination; district. Also encoded was: weighting factor.