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Political Knowledge in Germany - Preliminary Survey (2008)

GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA4968 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12850
Abstract: Preliminary surveys on the representative survey on factual knowledge about politics in Germany (2009): political structures, institutions, functions, parties and politicians, issues in Germany and the EU. Preliminary survey 1: Topics: opinion on the equality of same-sex partnerships with marriages and the expansion of municipal electoral law for non-EU foreigners; presumed position of the parties CDU / CSU, SPD, FDP, Greens and Die Linke to the above-mentioned topics; interest in politics; political knowledge (quiz questions, split in the question, answer don’t know only split 1, rotation of ... more

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 09.09.2008 - 09.10.2008
Date(s) of Data Collection: 09.09.2008 - 10.09.2008, survey 1 | 08.10.2008 - 09.10.2008, survey 2
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: German-speaking population aged 14 years and over in private households
Number of Units: jeweils 300
Sampling Procedure: Probability Sample: Multistage Sample
Mode of Data Collection: Telephone interview: CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interview)
Data Collector: Infratest dimap, Berlin
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Number of Variables: V1: 39, V2: 38
Notes: The study was financed by the Thyssen Foundation.

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Westle, Bettina - Philipps-Universität Marburg
Publication year: 2017
DOI: 10.4232/1.12850
Study number: ZA4968
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive

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Westle, Bettina (2017). Political Knowledge in Germany - Preliminary Survey (2008). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA4968 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12850.

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