Political Attitudes (August 1956)

Topics: Satisfaction with the government of Adenauer and general reputation of the federal chancellor as well as his significance for the CDU; attitude to a professional army and the length of compulsory military service; judgement on the personnel strength of the Federal German Armed Forces and the attitude of NATO alliance partners to the FRG; attitude to reunification (scale); personal willingness to make sacrifices and political willingness to make concessions on the reunification question; party preference (Sunday question); membership in clubs, organizations and trade unions as well as offices taken on; political interest; self-assessment of social class.

Among men: participation in the two world wars as soldier. Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; religious denomination; school education; household income; state; refugee status. Interviewer rating: social class and willingness of respondent to cooperate; number of contact attempts; city size.