Issue Dimensions and Voting Decision (March 1969)

Topics: voting behavior in the Federal Parliament election 1965; party preference (Sunday question) and sympathy scale for CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP and NPD; government coalition preferred; issue competence of the parties on questions of education policy, economic policy, social policy, policy to the East and foreign policy as well as regarding radicalism; interest in controversy; attitude to recognition of the GDR; knowledge of FDP politicians; membership in clubs and organizations; attitude to co-determination; perceived majority parties in the municipality; social class (Scheuch index).

Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; religious denomination; school education; vocational training; occupation; employment; income; household income; size of household; composition of household; head of household; state; refugee status; possession of durable economic goods. Interviewer rating: social class of respondent; type of building; size of city; weekday of interview.