Judgement on parties and politicians as well as information on use of
sources of information about parties and politicians. Political
questions. Questions on the relationship of the Eastern Germans and
Western Germans with each other. Political participation. Topics:
Judgement on the current economic situation in Western Germany as well
as in Eastern Germany and expected further development for the next
year; interest in politics; election participation at the last Federal
Parliament election; party preference (first vote, second vote and
Sunday question); time of personal voting decision; sympathy scale for
the SPD, CDU/CSU, FDP, Alliance 90/The Greens, Republicans, PDS as well
as for selected top politicians of the parties; issue relevance and
issue ability of the parties regarding economic questions, the fight
against unemployment as well as crime, housing supply, environmental
protection, a suitable role for Germany in world politics and
regulation of the influx of foreigners; attitude to nuclear energy,
stimulation of the economy, participation of Federal German Armed
Forces in military missions of the UN or NATO, influx of foreigners,
residence supply and suitable participation by Germany in world
politics; attitude to integration of foreigners and policies towards
foreigners (scale); reading tabloids and daily newspapers; extent of
use of newspapers; watching television news, organized according to
broadcasters; daily newspaper or television as most important source of
information about the political position of parties and top candidates;
parties whose information material and brochures as well as election
advertising was seen on television and in whose election meetings or
election events one participated; frequency of political conversations
with friends and in one´s family; taking notice of election predictions
before the Federal Parliament election and influence of these
predictions on one´s own voting decision; self-classification on a
left-right continuum; postmaterialism; satisfaction with democracy
(scale); judgement on the political system; satisfaction with the
achievements of the Federal Government; desired setting of priorities
by the government in environmental protection, criminal prosecution,
defense, pensions, art and culture; attitude to socialism as an idea;
attitude to obedience and discipline as well as law and order; state
and public good; anomy, future prospects and political effectiveness of
the individual (scales); attitude to the relationship of the Western
Germans to the Eastern Germans in the situation after unification
(scale); personal participation in selected forms of political
participation; national pride and pride in the achievements of the GDR;
achievements of which one can be proud as a German; judgement on the
general as well as personal economic situation and expected further
development; living together with a partner; self-classification of
social class; religiousness and strength of religious ties; frequency
of prayer; behavior at the polls in the Federal Parliament election
before the last; party inclination and party identification; duration
of party inclination; union member in household; personal party
membership; possession of a telephone; possession of telephone
answering device; entry of telephone in telephone book; earlier
participation in a personal interview or telephone interview or mail
survey or tests; general attitude to survey research; willingness to
participate in follow-up surveys. Also encoded was: date of interview;
city size; age of interviewer.