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Politisches Verhalten und politische Einstellungen
Regierung, politische Systeme, Parteien und Organisationen
Government, political systems and organisations
The political opinion climate before the state parliament elections 1974 in the states Schleswig-Holstein, Hesse, Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate, North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria. Judgement on parties, politics and politicians. Topics: The questionnaire for all investigated states consists of a uniform ´federal part´ and a specific state part. 1. Federal part: judgement on current and future economic situation of the FRG; political interest and frequency of political conversation; memory of the most important political news; preferred federal chancellor; party preference (ballot procedure); memory of behavior at the polls in the state parliament election 1972; most important political tasks and party most able to fulfill these tasks; politicians with greatest influence in the Federal Republic; party inclination (three-way split); fear of loss of job; preferred politicians for the CDU leadership; attitude to the Young Union and the Jusos {Young Socialists}; perceived influence of Jusos on the SPD in general and on the local SPD; personal opinion leadership; making personal political preferences public in discussions; sympathy scale for the SPD, CDU/CSU and FDP; judgement on foreign policy and the importance of relations to the USA, the Soviet Union, the EC and the GDR; perceived changes within the parties since 1969. 2. State part: the state parts are largely identical in their survey contents. Merely the respective politician names were changed. Judgement on current and future economic situation of the state; most important political tasks and most able party; judgement on the degree of familiarity of selected state politicians; preferred prime minister; characteristics of the most important top politicians of the state parties; memory of personal behavior at the polls in the last state parliament election and intended voting decision in the next state parliament election; preferred coalition; attitude to a coalition commitment before the election; knowledge of coalition arrangements; sympathy scale for the state parties. Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination; frequency of church attendance; school education; occupational training; employment; number of recipients of income; household income; respondent is head of household; characteristics of head of household; refugee status; memberships. Interviewer rating: interest of respondent in interview; number of contact attempts; length of interview; date of interview.
Gabler, M., Garding, H., & Gluchowski, P. (1982). States Study Spring 1974 (ZA1236; Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. GESIS, Cologne. https://doi.org/10.4232/1.1236
ZA1236_Niedersachsen.dta (Dataset) 967.24 KB
ZA1236_Niedersachsen.por (Dataset) 1.74 MB
ZA1236_Niedersachsen.sav (Dataset) 1.02 MB
ZA1236_Nordrhein-Westfalen.dta (Dataset) 992.55 KB
ZA1236_Nordrhein-Westfalen.por (Dataset) 1.79 MB
ZA1236_Nordrhein-Westfalen.sav (Dataset) 1.05 MB
ZA1236_Rheinland-Pfalz.dta (Dataset) 992.55 KB
ZA1236_Rheinland-Pfalz.por (Dataset) 1.79 MB
ZA1236_Rheinland-Pfalz.sav (Dataset) 1.05 MB
ZA1236_Schleswig-Holstein.dta (Dataset) 992.46 KB
ZA1236_Schleswig-Holstein.por (Dataset) 1.79 MB
ZA1236_Schleswig-Holstein.sav (Dataset) 1.05 MB
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