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Security and Defence Policy Opinions in Germany 2008

GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA7616 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13499
Abstract: Since 1996, the Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr (ZMSBw) has conducted a representative survey of the German population on defense and security policy issues on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Defense. In 2008, this study was continued. For this purpose, N = 2422 persons were interviewed on various issues from May 28, 2008until June 30, 2008. The present survey focused in particular on security policy opinion, attitudes toward the Federal Armed Forces, Federal Armed Forces missions abroad, tasks and equipment of the Federal Armed Forces, personal relationship ... more
Content: 1. Security policy opinion: feeling of being threatened by: severe economic crisis in Germany, cutbacks in social benefits, job loss or inability to find a job, insufficient financial security in case of unemployment, old age or illness, ageing society, immigration of foreigners to Germany, political extremism or religious fundamentalism in Germany ... more

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 28.05.2008 - 30.06.2008
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: Persons aged 16 and over in private households
Number of Units: 2422
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Multistage;
Temporal Research Design: Cross-section
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Face-to-face interview: Computer-assisted (CAPI/CAMI);
Data Collector: TNS Emnid, Bielefeld
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 540

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr (ZMSBw), Potsdam
Publication year: 2020
DOI: 10.4232/1.13499
Study number: ZA7616
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive

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Current Version: 1.0.0, 2020-04-09, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13499
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Since 1996, the Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr (ZMSBw) has conducted a representative survey of the German population on defense and security policy issues on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Defense. The surveys focused in particular on Security and threat perception, attitudes toward security policy, foreign de ... more

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