Political Protest in the Federal Republic of Germany (Population)

Political attitudes, political participation and judgement on parties as well as government. Topics: political interest and frequency of political conversations; political participation; judgement on social equity in the FRG; most important political goals and issue ability of the government; attitude to the welfare state (scale); self-assessment on a left-right continuum and comparison with one´s own position 5 years ago; party preference and rank order for the SPD, CDU, CSU, FDP, NPD, DKP, KPD, KPD/ML and KBW; personal political conduct in the last few years; attitude to use of force and demonstrations; attitude to the conduct of the judiciary, government and police; behavior at the polls in the Federal Parliament election 1972 (first vote and second vote); party ties; assessment of the dependency of FRG politics on special interest groups; attitude to the trade unions and extremists in the civil service; attitude to various forms of political protest; judgement on the economic situation of the FRG and one´s own economic situation; contentment with life; fear of the future and fatalism; media usage; information on presence at home or availability in the last week.

The following questions were posed in the form of extensive scales: political protest potential, conventional political behavior, postmaterialism, trust in political leadership, assessment of the ability of the political system to react, assessment of personal political influence, expected effectiveness of unconventional political behavior, political deprivation and government responsibility and achievement. Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination; frequency of church attendance; school education; occupation; occupational position; household income; household composition; respondent is head of household; memberships; telefone.