Issue Dimensions and Voting Decision (January 1968)

Topics: Political interest; behavior at the polls in the Federal Parliament election 1965; party preference and sympathy scale for CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP and NPD; preferred candidate for chancellor; issue ability of the parties in economic, social and foreign policy questions; attitude to recognition of the GDR and the grand coalition; perceived as well as desired influence of organizations and special interest groups on German politics; familiarity of FDP politicians; membership in clubs and organizations; self-assessment of social class; religiousness.

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