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Politbarometer 1979 (Cumulated Data Set)

Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA2182 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.2182
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); behavior at the polls in the Federal Parliament election 1976; sympathy scale for the parties, coalition, opposition and selected federal politicians; size of household; employment; union membership; religiousness; party inclination and party identification; occupational groups represente ... more
Topics: Working conditions | Labour relations/conflict | Compulsory and pre-school education | Leisure, tourism and sport | International politics and organisations | Government, political systems and organisations | Elections | TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL | Energy and natural resources | Economic conditions and indicators | Economic systems and development

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 01.1979 - 11.1979
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE), FRG without West Berlin
Universe: Eligible voters living in private households
Number of Units: 10570
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: 153
Notes: The Politbarometers present a monthly trend investigation commissioned by the Second German Television (ZDF). The Politbarometers for 1979 are archived under ZA Study Nos. 2172 to 2181 and in cumulation under ZA Study No. 2182. Further Politbarometers are archived under ZA Study Nos. 1053, 1275, 1276, 1536, 1762, 1779, 1899, 1901, 1920, 1987, 2101, ... more

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: - Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim
Publication year: 1992
DOI: 10.4232/1.2182
Study number: ZA2182
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/10.4232/1.2182
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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 1979 (Cumulated Data Set). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA2182 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.2182.

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