Politics in the Saarland (January 1979)

Judgement on parties, politicians and state government. Topics: judgement on the economic situation and development of the FRG as well as the Saarland; most important tasks in the Saarland; importance of political issues and issue ability of the parties; particularly preferred Saarland politician; degree of familiarity of Saarland politicians and their functions; satisfaction with the coalition government and the individual parties (scale); assessment of the ability and general attitude to the party chairman of the state parties; preferred politicians to solve the tasks in the Saarland; attitude to the current state government (scale); attitude to continued existence of the coalition government; most capable party at place of residence; attitude to the influence of political parties on municipal politics; detailed determination of party preference at the level of the municipal election, the state parliament election, the Federal Parliament election and the European Election (Sunday question, ballot procedure, rank order procedure); behavior at the polls in earlier elections and change of party preference; most active party in the Saarland; assessment of the election result; preferred type of political conflict; personal opinion leadership.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination; religiousness; frequency of church attendance; occupational position; employment; household income; sources of income; household size; household composition; respondent is head of household; characteristics of head of household; regional origins. Interviewer rating: presence of other persons; reliability and willingness of respondent to cooperate; length of interview; city size; degree of urbanization; district code.