Research data

Darmstadt Study (Public Opinion)

GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA1573 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.1573
Abstract: Attitude to current problems, authorities, parties, trade unions and the church as well as questions from the areas of culture and education. Topics: common residence with spouse; number of children; occupation exercised and social position in 1938 as well as in the survey year; union membership; party membership; party preference; monthly net income of the family and the persons living from it; local residency; refugee or regional origin; bombed out; greatest concerns and difficulties; going to the movies; preferred films; frequency of visits to the state theater and satisfaction with the th ... more

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 1950
Geographic coverage: Hesse (DE-HE), Darmstadt and vicinity
Universe: Persons 21 years and older from the resident registries of the city of Darmstadt and the municipalities Alsbach, Schneppenhausen, Spachbruecken and Ober-Mossau.
Number of Units: 804
Sampling Procedure: Random selection
Mode of Data Collection: Oral survey with standardized questionnaire
Data Collector: Institut fuer Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung, Darmstadt; Reactions Analysis Unit, Public Affairs Office, HICOG, Frankfurt/Main
Analysis System(s): -
Number of Variables: -
Notes: The ZA Study Nos. 1572 to 1577 are part of a comprehensive investigation about the socio-economic life of a medium-size, bombed-out city and its surrounding area. The study is also known as ´German middle town survey´.

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: - Institut für Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung, Darmstadt
Publication year: 1972
DOI: 10.4232/1.1573
Study number: ZA1573
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.1573
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Reference publications

Publications: Grüneisen, Karl-Günther: Landbevölkerung im Kraftfeld der Stadt. Darmstadt 1952. (Gemeindestudie des Instituts für Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung, Darmstadt, Monographie 2) | Lindemann, Klaus A.: Behörde und Bürger. Darmstadt 1952. (Gemeindestudie des Instituts für Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung, Darmstadt, Monographie 8) | Anderson, Ne ... more
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Attitude of Darmstadt´s population to current problems, authorities, parties, trade unions and the church as well as questions from the areas of culture and education.

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Institut für Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung, Darmstadt (1972). Darmstadt Study (Public Opinion). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA1573 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.1573.

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