States Study Autumn 1974

State-specific part: judgement on the economic situation of the state; degree of familiarity of state politicians; knowledge about the party affiliation of selected politicians; preferred prime minister; profiles of characteristics of the prime minister candidates; most important state political goals; party preference at state level (ballot procedure); behavior at the polls in the last state parliament election; preferred government coalition; sympathy scale for the parties at state level. 2b.

In Lower Saxony (as follow-up survey after the state parliament election had taken place): assessment of the economic situation and economic development; personal election participation and behavior at the polls in the last state parliament election; time of voting decision; satisfaction with the prime minister and the election result; election result corresponding to one´s own expectation; preferred government coalition; judgement on the election campaign; assessment of state or national political character of the state parliament election; expected influence of the change of federal chancellor on this election; knowledge about the counting error in the state parliament election; assumed reasons for this error; assumed party influence on this counting error; attitude to a new election and presumed change of personal behavior at the polls in this case; party preference (ballot procedure); sympathy changes regarding selected politicians and parties since the last state parliament election. 3.

To all: knowledge of lay-offs in one´s own economic area; probability of loss of job next year regarding respondent as well as a member of the household; possession of a telephone. Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination; frequency of church attendance; school education; occupational position; employment; household income; household composition; respondent is head of household; characteristics of head of household; self-assessment of social class; city size; state; union membership; Interviewer rating: length of interview; day of interview; interest of respondent in interview; number of contact attempts.