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Security and Defence Policy Opinions in Germany 2015

Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr (ZMSBw)
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA7625 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13508
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 2015, this study was continued. For this purpose, N = 2653 persons were interviewed on various issues from September 08, 2015, until October 30, 2015. The present survey focused in particular on security and threat perception, security policy attitudes, perception of the Federal Armed Forces, attitudes toward the Federal Armed Forces, Day of the Federal Arme ... more
Content: 1. Security and threat perception: most important political issues in Germany (open); assessment of the security situation worldwide and in the Federal Republic of Germany; personal sense of security; sense of threat from: Job loss or difficulty in finding a job, insufficient financial security in old age, worldwide climate change due to global war ... more
Topics: International politics and organisations | Conflict, security and peace | Political behaviour and attitudes | Information society

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 08.09.2015 - 30.10.2015
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: Persons aged 16 and over living in private households in the Federal Republic of Germany
Number of Units: 2653
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Multistage;
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: 305

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr (ZMSBw)
Publication year: 2020
DOI: 10.4232/1.13508
Study number: ZA7625
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive

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Current Version: 1.0.0, 2020-04-29, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13508
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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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Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr (ZMSBw) (2020). Security and Defence Policy Opinions in Germany 2015. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA7625 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13508.

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