GESIS - DBK - ZA1275

GESIS - DBK - ZA1275

ZA1275: Election Study 1983 (Representative Federal Surveys)

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ZA1275_Correspondence-list.pdf (Table) 172 KBytes
ZA1275_Korrespondenzliste.pdf (Table) 180 KBytes

ZACAT online analysis and search in variable level documentation:
Wahlstudie 1983 (Repräsentative Bundesumfragen);
ZACAT online analysis and search in variable level documentation:
Election Study 1983 (Representative Federal Surveys)

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Bibliographic Citation

Citation	Berger, Manfred; Gibowski, Wolfgang G.; Roth, Dieter; Schulte, Wolfgang (2016): Election Study 1983 (Representative Federal Surveys). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA1275 Data file Version 3.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12449
Study No.	ZA1275
Title	Election Study 1983 (Representative Federal Surveys)
Current Version	3.0.0, 2016-1-28, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12449
Date of Collection	08.1982 - 03.1983
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution	Berger, Manfred - Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim Gibowski, Wolfgang G. - Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim Roth, Dieter - Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim Schulte, Wolfgang - Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim

Content

Abstract	Judgement on parties and politicians in view of the Federal Parliament election on 6. March 1983. Judgement on current policy issues. Topics: In the form of a trend survey at 5 different survey times the following questions were repeated in identical form: behavior at the polls in the last Federal Parliament election; voting intent; party preference (rank order procedure); vote choice at the previous election; sympathy scale for the SPD, CDU, CSU, FDP and the Greens as well as for Genscher, Kohl and Strauss; strength of party inclination; memberships. For additional topics, which were not asked at all survey times, see correspondence list. Demography: age; gender; marital status; religious denomination; attendance at religious services; education; profession; current employment status; main occupation; household size; household composition; R is head of household; characteristics of head of household; party affiliation; party identification; evaluation of neighborhood: social class; union membership Also encoded were: respondent number; month of survey; questionnaire form; federal state; city size; weighting variables.
Categories	Political Attitudes and Behavior
Topics	11.5 Mass political behaviour, attitudes/opinion 11.6 Government, political systems and organisation 11.7 Elections

Methodology

Geographic Coverage	Germany (DE)
Universe	Persons aged 18 years and over.
Analysis Unit	Individual
Sampling Procedure	Probability: Multistage Probability: Stratified Probability Sample: Multistage Stratified Random Sample
Mode of Collection	Face-to-face interview Face-to-face interview
Time Method	Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section
Kind of Data	Numeric
Data Collector	MARPLAN, Offenbach
Date of Collection	08.1982 10.1982 01.1983 02.1983 03.1983

Errata & Versions

Version	Date, Name, DOI
3.0.0 (current version)	2016-1-28 Errata corrected https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12449
2.0.0	2016-1-13 Kreiskennziffer (V115) dropped, labels corrected, german dataset: definition of user-missings deleted https://doi.org/10.4232/1.11978
1.0.0	2010-4-13 Version number created automatically (implementation of a uniform versioning policy) https://doi.org/10.4232/1.1275 (Publication Year unknown)

Errata in current version

none

Version changes

Changes between version 2.0.0 and it's previous version

Date	Subject	Description	Correction Description
2016-1-28	Weight	Error in english dataset	2016-1-28
2016-1-28	Missing	All missings are system missings in the english dataset.	2016-1-28

Further Remarks

Notes	The former ZA Study Nos. 1277, ZA1278, ZA1279, ZA1280, and ZA1281 were parts of a trend survey, consolidated in a single data set in ZA Study No. 1275. A further investigation on the Federal Parliament election 1983 is the panel study with ZA Study No. 1976.
Number of Units:	5196
Number of Variables:	119
Data Type:	Einfachlochung
Analysis System(s):	SPSS, Stata

Publications

Publications	Klingemann, Hans-Dieter; Kaase, Max (Hrsg.): Wahlen und politischer Prozeß: Analysen aus Anlaß der Bundestagswahl 1983. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag 1986. (Schriften des Zentralinstituts für Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung der FU Berlin; Bd. 49)
Relevant full texts from SSOAR (automatically assigned)

Groups

Research Data Centre	FDZ Wahlen bei GESIS
Groups	German Federal Election Studies The data base consists of one-off surveys, panel surveys, and cumulated surveys. It comprises representative polls for all German federal elections since 1949. Further studies are listed under GLES (German Longitudinal Election Study).