Federal Survey 1978 (1st Wave, March 1978)

Topics: political interest; most important political tasks in the Federal Republic and issue ability of the parties and politicians; judgement on economic situation of the country; party preference (ballot procedure); most important politicians in the CDU/CSU, FDP and SPD; self-classification and placing the parties on a left-right continuum; behavior at the polls in the last Federal Parliament election 1976; judgement on the new composition of the Federal Government; judgement on questions of securing of pensions and the draft law on the fight against terrorism; preferred form of forming a coalition in the Federal Government.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; number of children; ages of children (classified); religious denomination; frequency of church attendance; school education; occupational position; employment; income; household income; size of household; composition of household; respondent is head of household; characteristics of head of household; party inclination; party identification; self-assessment of social class; city size; state; union membership; party inclination; party identification; number of persons in household with their own income; possession of a telephone; car possession; possession of a weekend or vacation home; possession of swimming pool, sauna, sailboat, motorboot, mobile home or trailer; type, brand and year of manufacture of trailer; purchased new or used; possession of bank account as well as power of attorney for an account of another person; year of construction of residential building.