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Politbarometer 1978 (Cumulated Data Set)

Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA2171 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.2171
Abstract: The Politbarometer has been conducted since 1977 on an almost monthly basis by the Forschungsgruppe Wahlen on behalf of the Second German Television (ZDF). Since 1990, this database has also been available for the new German states. The survey focuses on the opinions and attitudes of the voting-age population in the Federal Republic on current political issues, parties, politicians, and voting behavior. From 1990 to 1995 and from 1999 onward, the Politbarometer surveys were conducted separately both in the newly formed eastern and in the western German states (Politbarometer East and Politbaro ... more
Content: Party preference (Sunday question and rank order procedure); sympathy scale for the parties, government, opposition and selected federal politicians; union membership; religiousness; party inclination and party identification; occupational groups in the residential area. Beyond this common part for all survey months of 1978 the following additional ... more
Topics: Labour relations/conflict | Leisure, tourism and sport | Media | International politics and organisations | Conflict, security and peace | Political behaviour and attitudes | Government, political systems and organisations | Elections | Social welfare systems/structures | Environment and conservation | Economic systems and development

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 01.1978 - 11.1978
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE), FRG without West Berlin
Universe: Eligible voters living in private households.
Number of Units: 10276
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Multistage • Probability: Stratified; Multi-stage stratified random sample
Temporal Research Design: Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Face-to-face interview: Paper-and-pencil (PAPI); Oral survey with standardized questionnaire
Data Collector: MARPLAN, Offenbach
Analysis System(s): OSIRIS, SPSS
Kind of Data: Numeric | Text
Number of Variables: 121
Notes: The Politbarometers present a monthly trend investigation commissioned by the Second German Television (ZDF). The Politbarometers for 1978 are archived under ZA Study Nos. 2161 to 2170 and in cumulation under ZA Study No. 2171. Further Politbarometers are archived under ZA Study Nos. 1053 to 1063, 1277 to 1281, 1469 to 1479, 1677, 1687 to 1696 as w ... more

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: - Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim
Publication year: 1992
DOI: 10.4232/1.2171
Study number: ZA2171
Contributor, Institution, Role: Langhans, Monika - GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften - DataCurator
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Research data center: FDZ Wahlen bei GESIS

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.2171
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The "Politbarometer" surveys are performed since 1977 at about monthly intervals by the Forschungsgruppe Wahlen (Institute for election research) for the ZDF (Second German TV network). Since 1990 it is also available for the newly formed German states. They are intended to poll the opinions and attitudes of eligible Germans with regard to current ... more

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Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim (1992). Politbarometer 1978 (Cumulated Data Set). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA2171 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.2171.

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