Municipality Study Juelich (Population)

Topics: Importance of municipal institutions for well-being in the municipality; familiarity of local politicians and elites; attitude to local controversies: community school, attracting industrial businesses and constructing a town hall; political interest and political extent to which informed; personal political activity and perceived opportunity to influence local political decisions; perceived influence of trade union, industry and church in the FRG; personal sympathy in wage conflicts; tax reduction versus increase in social services of the government; importance of upward social mobility of the children; judgement on possibilities of upward social mobility and decline; self-assessment of social class; personal criteria for class assignment; general contentment with life; sociability; occupation orientation; friendships; topics of conversation with friends; social network; voting decision in the city council election and Federal Parliament election 1969; general party preference; party preference of father; party preference and religious denomination of friends; local ties; tensions between long-time and new residents; personal regional and social origins and that of spouse; media usage; membership in associations and clubs; age of children; religiousness.

Scales: work satisfaction; social moral orientation; authoritarianism; traditionalism; anomy; dogmatism and traditional family ideology. Interviewer observation: detailed description of the living room of respondent; furnishing style; condition of furniture and living room; floor; type and pattern of rug, curtains and walls; cabinets and television set; books; pictures on the wall and picture motifs; other objects in the living room.