Political Attitudes (By-Election Investigation, November 1969)

Topics: judgement on the SPD/FDP coalition, the opposition, Federal Chancellor Brandt and some leading politicians; assessment of the chances of the CDU to win the next Federal Parliament election; judgement on the CDU party convention; party preference; attitude to the Oder-Neisse Line, to Ostpolitik and to foreign policy in general; assessment of the consequences of revaluation of the DM for German agriculture and of the successes of the Federal Government in negotiations with the EEC Commission; judgement on price development; degree of familiarity of a government information pamphlet; personal opinion leadership or opinion allegiance; general contentment with life, future expectations and orientation in the future.

Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; religious denomination; religiousness; school education; occupation; employment; income; city size; state; refugee status; occupation of head of household; head of household; membership in a union; local residency; size of household. Interviewer rating: social class and willingness of respondent to cooperate.