Election Study 1972 (Panel: Preliminary Investigations, September - October 1972, October - November 1972; Follow-Up Survey, December 1972)
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA0635 Data file Version 4.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12414
Abstract: Topics:
1. Pre-election questionnaire, September – October 1972: state of the economy; political interest, media exposure and attention; party preferences; government and opposition performance; position on politics toward the Soviet Union and German Democratic Republic (GDR); satisfaction with democracy; political knowledge: awareness of political figures; sympathy scale: chancellor candidates; sympathy scale: parties; turnout and vote choice; government and coalition preference; chancellor candidate preference; better candidate for minister of economic affairs; effects of party win on pers ... more Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 23.09.1972 - 30.12.1972
Date(s) of Data Collection: 23.09.1972 - 11.10.1972, Preliminary Investigation, September - October 1972 | 20.10.1972 - 06.11.1972, Preliminary Investigation, October - November 1972 | 09.12.1972 - 30.12.1972, Follow-Up Survey, December 1972
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE), FRG without West Berlin
Universe: Population eligible to vote, aged 18 years and older
Number of Units: 2052
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Multistage
• Probability: Stratified;
Probability Sample: Multistage Stratified Random Sample Temporal Research Design: Longitudinal: Panel Analysis Unit: Individual Mode of Data Collection: • Face-to-face interview;
Face-to-face interview
Data Collector: INFRATEST, Munich
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Number of Variables: 371
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Berger, Manfred - Lehrstuhl für politische Wissenschaft, Universität Mannheim | Wildenmann, Rudolf - Lehrstuhl für politische Wissenschaft, Universität Mannheim | Schleth, Uwe - Lehrstuhl für politische Wissenschaft, Universität Mannheim | Kaase, Max - Lehrstuhl für politische Wissenschaft, Universität Mannheim | Gibowski, Wolfgang G. - Lehrstuhl f ... more Publication year: 2015
DOI: 10.4232/1.12414 | 10.4232/1.11981 | 10.4232/1.10838 | 10.4232/1.0635
Study number: ZA0635
Contributor, Institution, Role: Kratz, Sophia - GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften - DataCurator
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 4.0.0, 2015-12-08, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12414
Version history: ... more Errata in current version: ... more Reference publications
Publications: Kaase, Max:
Die Bundestagswahl 1972: Probleme und Analysen.
In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 14, 1973, S. 145 - 190.
| Gibowski, Wolfgang G.:
Der Effekt unterschiedlicher Platzierung der Wahlabsichten im Fragebogen.
In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 14, 1973, S. 275 - 294.
Study group: Deutsche Bundestagswahlstudien |
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