Environmental Consciousness (Germany)

Miscellaneous: memberships in a citizen initiative or an organization for protection of nature; personal conduct with complaints given perceived environmental pollution; urgency of selected environmental protection problems and perceived probability of solution; satisfaction with personal residential area under environmental aspects; general satisfaction with environmental policy in the Federal Republic; willingness to pay additional taxes for environmental protection; judgement on government expenditures in individual department, assumed contribution to solution for environmental problems on the part of selected social groups; solution of environmental protection problems by technical or social changes; extent of personal contact with the natural environment in the work area, in leisure time and on vacation; perceived personal possibilities to influence politics and private areas; personal commitment for environmental problems in the municipality; attitude to environmental protection organizations; general assessment of extent of threat to the environment; priority of securing jobs or environmental protection; attitude to citizen actions against large projects; attitude to the peace movement; sources of information about environmental protection problems.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; school education; occupational position; employment; area of business of the company; household income; size of household; housing situation; party preference (Sunday question); significance of environmental policy for personal voting decision; political orientation; self-assessment of social class; state; residential area; union membership.