Federal Parliament Election 1972 (1st Preliminary Investigation, October 1972)

Topics: sympathy scale for the CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP, NPD and DKP as well as for the politicians Brandt, Barzel, Scheel, Schmidt, Strauss, Schiller and Genscher; issue competence of the parties and scale of personal significance of retirement program, of education opportunities, the fight against crime, reunification, foreign policy, of internal and external security, price stability as well as tax reduction; attitude to recognition of the GDR, to co-determination and intervention of the churches in politics; voting intent (first vote and second vote).

Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination; school education; vocational training; occupation; employment; household income; size of household; composition of household; city size; state. Also encoded was: district code; information about the interviewer.