Cologne Election Study (Federal Republic, July 1961)

Topics: attitude to political unification of Western Europe; assessment of the danger of war; attitude to various nations; sympathy scale for political personalities as well as for the CDU/CSU, the SPD and the FDP; sources used for political information; significance of political work at the various political decision levels; current rank order of domestic and foreign policy; personal issue relevance and perceived issue competence of the CDU/CSU and the SPD; perceived party inclination of various social groups and of the media; expected election result; attitude to the party system; party preference and party identification; voting decision at earlier Federal Parliament elections and voting intent for the Federal Parliament election 1961; certainty of one´s voting decision; party that one cannot vote for; social status index (Scheuch Index).

Demography: head of household; occupation; employment; age; marital status; school education; vocational training; size of household; religious denomination; state; household income; income. Interviewer rating: social class and willingness of respondent to cooperate; number of contact attempts.