Election Study 1990 (Trend Investigation)

Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim

doi:10.4232/1.1920

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ZA1920: Election Study 1990 (Trend Investigation)

Politbarometer (Project Title)

10.4232/1.1920

Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim

Political Attitudes and Behavior

2.2 Migration

5.5 Religion and values

11.3 Conflict, security and peace

11.5 Mass political behaviour, attitudes/opinion

11.6 Government, political systems and organisation

11.7 Elections

17.6 Economic systems and development

Citation	Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim (1991): Election Study 1990 (Trend Investigation). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA1920 Data file Version 1.0.0, doi:10.4232/1.1920
Study No.	ZA1920
Title	Election Study 1990 (Trend Investigation)
Other Titles	Politbarometer (Project Title)
Current Version	1.0.0, 2010-4-13, doi:10.4232/1.1920 (Publication Year 1991)
Date of Collection	01.1990 - 12.1990
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution	Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim
Categories	Political Attitudes and Behavior
Topics	2.2 Migration 5.5 Religion and values 11.3 Conflict, security and peace 11.5 Mass political behaviour, attitudes/opinion 11.6 Government, political systems and organisation 11.7 Elections 17.6 Economic systems and development

Abstract

A cumulated data set of the Politbarometers for 1990. Judgement on parties and politicians. Attitude to current political questions. While the judgement on parties and politicians was replicated identically at all survey times, the formulation of current political questions varied in the individual survey months. Topics: most important problems in the Federal Republic; satisfaction with democracy; party preference (Sunday question and rank order procedure); party inclination and party identification; behavior at the polls in the last Federal Parliament election; time of voting decision; self-assessment on a left-right continuum; preference for one-party government or coalition preference; most important politicians; sympathy scale for the parties and top politicians; satisfaction with the achievement of the Federal Government and the achievements of the opposition parties; preference for federal chancellor; preferred top candidate of the SPD; satisfaction with the election result; expected chances for and point in time of a reunification; attitude to unification of the two German nations and judgement on unification progress; attitude to a public opinion poll in connection with unification; attitude to the visit by Modrow in the Federal Republic; attitude to economic aid for the GDR dependent on reforms; perceived intervention of FRG politicians in GDR reforms; understanding for emigrants from the GDR; expected disadvantages in jobs and housing through emigrants; residential status; judgement on privileges for emigrants and the speed of reform in the GDR; expected advantages and disadvantages for the West German population through unification; judgement on point in time and exchange rate of the DM {German Mark} at introduction in the GDR; approval of financial aid for the GDR even with tax increases in the FRG; support for the unification policies of Kohl or Lafontaine; preference for capital city and preferred seat of government and Federal Parliament; attitude to the Oder-Neisse border and to the GDR´s becoming a part of the FRG through the article in the constitution; assessment of the worth of improving the constitution and of the need for a new constitution in a united Germany; job worries; judgement on democracy in the Federal Republic and attitude to socialism; attitude to a candidacy of the PDS for the Federal Parliament and electibility of the PDS; attitude to the date for the first all-German election on 2 December and preference for a postponement of the election date; self-assessment of extent to which informed about the unification contract; issue relevance and issue competence of the parties; preference for Lafontaine or Engholm as SPD chairman; influence of opinion polls on one´s own voting decision and interest in political surveys; most important election campaign topic; attitude to the Americans´ sending troops to the Gulf region; attitude to a military intervention in the Gulf region and to sending German troops; personal retrospect on the last year and prospect for the coming year; religiousness.

Abstract

Methodology

Geographic Coverage

Universe

Eligible voters living in private households with a telephone

Selection Method

Random selection. Sample according to the RLD procedure (randomize last digit)

Mode of Data Collection

Telephone interview with standardized questionnaire

Data Collector

Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim

Date of Collection

01.1990 - 12.1990

Geographic Coverage	Germany (DE), FRG incl. West Berlin
Universe	Eligible voters living in private households with a telephone
Selection Method	Random selection. Sample according to the RLD procedure (randomize last digit)
Mode of Data Collection	Telephone interview with standardized questionnaire
Data Collector	Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim
Date of Collection	01.1990 - 12.1990

Dataset

Number of Units: 11169

Number of Variables: 284

Data Type: Einfachlochung

Analysis System(s): OSIRIS, SPSS

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Notes

The Politbarometers present a monthly trend survey, commissioned by the second German television (ZDF). The Politbarometers for 1990 are archived under ZA Study Nos. 1921 to 1931 and in cumulation under ZA Study No. 1920. Further Politbarometers are archived under ZA Study Nos. 1053 to 1063, 1277 to 1281, 1469 to 1479, 1677, 1687 to 1696 as well as 1768 to 1779.

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Groups

Politbarometer
The ´Politbarometer´ surveys are performed since 1977 at about monthly intervals by the Forschungsgruppe Wahlen (Institute for election research) for the ZDF (Second German TV network). Since 1990 it is also available for the newly formed German states. They are intended to poll the opinions and attitudes of eligible Germans with regard to current events and issues as well as to political parties and individual politicians.
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- ZA1536 Election Study 1987 (Trend Investigation)
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- ZA1779 Politbarometer 1989 (Cumulated Data Set)
- ZA1899 Politbarometer 1987 (Cumulated Data Set)
- ZA1901 Politbarometer 1985 (Cumulated Data Set)
- ZA1920 Election Study 1990 (Trend Investigation)
- ZA1987 Election Study 1990 (Politbarometer East)
- ZA2102 Politbarometer West 1991 (Cumulated Data Set)
- ZA2114 Politbarometer East 1991 (Cumulated Data Set)
- ZA2160 Politbarometer 1977 (Cumulated Data Set)
- ZA2171 Politbarometer 1978 (Cumulated Data Set)
- ZA2182 Politbarometer 1979 (Cumulated Data Set)
- ZA2194 Politbarometer 1981 (Cumulated Data Set)
- ZA2201 Politbarometer 1982 (Cumulated Data Set)
- ZA2209 Politbarometer 1983 (Cumulated Data Set)
- ZA2220 Politbarometer 1984 (Cumulated Data Set)
- ZA2275 Politbarometer West 1992 (Cumulated Data Set)
- ZA2287 Politbarometer East 1992 (Cumulated Data Set)
- ZA2378 Politbarometer West 1993 (Cumulated Data Set)
- ZA2390 Politbarometer East 1993 (Cumulated Data Set)
- ZA2391 Partial Cumulation of Politbarometers 1977-2017
- ZA2546 Election Study 1994: Politbarometer West 1994 (Trend Investigations)
- ZA2559 Election Study 1994: Politbarometer East 1994 (Trend Investigations)
- ZA2765 Politbarometer West 1995 (Cumulated Data Set)
- ZA2777 Politbarometer East 1995 (Cumulated Data Set)
- ZA2894 Politbarometer 1996 (Cumulated Data Set)
- ZA3045 Politbarometer 1997 (Cumulated Data Set)
- ZA3160 Election Study 1998 (Politbarometer)
- ZA3261 Politbarometer West 1999 (Cumulated Data Set)
- ZA3262 Politbarometer East 1999 (Cumulated Data Set)
- ZA3425 Politbarometer West 2000 (Cumulated Data Set)
- ZA3426 Politbarometer East 2000 (Cumulated Data Set)
- ZA3554 Politbarometer Western Germany 2001 (Accumulated Dataset)
- ZA3555 Politbarometer Eastern Germany 2001 (Accumulated Dataset)
- ZA3849 Politbarometer West 2002 (Cumulated Dataset)
- ZA3850 Politbarometer East 2002 (Cumulated Dataset)
- ZA3851 Politbarometer Short Inquiry 2002 (Accumulated Dataset)
- ZA4003 Politbarometer East 2003 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA4004 Politbarometer West 2003 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA4223 Politbarometer East 2004 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA4224 Politbarometer West 2004 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA4258 Politbarometer East 2005 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA4259 Politbarometer West 2005 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA4550 Politbarometer East 2006 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA4551 Politbarometer West 2006 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA4802 Politbarometer East 2007 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA4803 Politbarometer West 2007 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA5100 Politbarometer - Overall Cumulation
- ZA5200 Politbarometer East 2008 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA5201 Politbarometer West 2008 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA5431 Politbarometer Ost 2009 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA5432 Politbarometer West 2009 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA5556 Politbarometer East 2010 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA5557 Politbarometer West 2010 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA5632 Politbarometer East 2011 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA5633 Politbarometer West 2011 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA5641 Politbarometer 2012 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA5677 Politbarometer 2013 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA5999 Politbarometer 2014 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA6700 Politbarometer 2015 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA6888 Politbarometer 2016 (Cumulated Data Set)
- ZA6988 Politbarometer 2017 (Cumulated Data Set)
- ZA7492 Politbarometer 2018 (Cumulated Data Set)
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.
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- ZA0055 Cologne Election Study (Federal Republic, July 1961)
- ZA0056 Cologne Election Study (Federal Republic, September 1961)
- ZA0057 Cologne Election Study (Federal Republic, November 1961)
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- ZA0314 Federal Parliament Election 1965 (Follow-up, October 1965, I)
- ZA0426 Federal Parliament Election 1969 (Pre-Election Investigation, September 1969 und Follow-Up Survey, October - November 1969)
- ZA0525 Politics in the Federal Republic (August 1969)
- ZA0556 Federal Parliament Election 1965 (Initial Investigation, September 1965)
- ZA0631 Federal Parliament Election 1972 (1st Preliminary Investigation, October 1972)
- ZA0632 Federal Parliament Election 1972 (2nd Initial Investigation, October 1972)
- ZA0633 Federal Parliament Election 1972 (1st and 2nd Follow-Up Survey)
- ZA0635 Election Study 1972 (Panel: Preliminary Investigations, September - October 1972, October - November 1972; Follow-Up Survey, December 1972)
- ZA0665 Federal Parliament Election 1972 (Initial Investigation, September 1972)
- ZA0788 The political mood after the Federal Parliament election 1969
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- ZA0823 Election Study 1976 (Panel: Initial Investigation, May - June 1976, August - September 1976; Follow-Up Survey, October - November 1976)
- ZA0839 Federal Parliament Election 1972 (Panel: 1st Wave, April - May 1971)
- ZA0840 Federal Parliament Election 1972 (Panel: 2nd Wave, October 1971 - January 1972)
- ZA0841 Federal Parliament Election 1972 (Panel: 3rd Wave, September - November 1972)
- ZA0950 Aggregate Data for the Constituencies of the Federal Republic (1949-1969) in the Organization of the Federal Parliament Election 1965
- ZA0951 Aggregate Data for the Constituencies of the Federal Republic (1972-1976) in the Organization of the Federal Parliament Election 1972
- ZA1053 Election Study 1980 (Data Pool)
- ZA1133 Federal Parliament Election 1976 (Panel: 1st Wave, October 1973)
- ZA1134 Federal Parliament Election 1976 (Panel: 2nd Wave, October 1975)
- ZA1135 Federal Parliament Election 1976 (Panel: 3rd Wave, August 1976)
- ZA1275 Election Study 1983 (Representative Federal Surveys)
- ZA1276 Election Study 1983 (Panel)
- ZA1313 Topic Boom in the Federal Parliament Election Campaign 1980
- ZA1323 Federal Parliament Election 1980 (Panel: 1st Wave 1978)
- ZA1324 Federal Parliament Election 1980 (Panel: 2nd Wave 1979)
- ZA1325 Federal Parliament Election 1980 (Panel: 3rd Wave 1980)
- ZA1397 Kiel Election Study 1976
- ZA1398 Kiel Election Study 1980
- ZA1399 Kiel Election Study 1983
- ZA1536 Election Study 1987 (Trend Investigation)
- ZA1537 Election Study 1987 (Panel Study)
- ZA1681 Kiel Election Study 1987
- ZA1919 Election Study 1990 (Panel)
- ZA1920 Election Study 1990 (Trend Investigation)
- ZA1949 Federal Parliament Election 1984 (Panel 1980-1984)
- ZA1957 Federal Parliament Election 1987 (By-Election Investigation)
- ZA1959 Kiel Election Study 1990
- ZA1987 Election Study 1990 (Politbarometer East)
- ZA2136 Before the Federal Parliament Election 1990
- ZA2297 Federal Parliament Election 1990 (Old and New States)
- ZA2324 Election Study 1949
- ZA2361 The Situation after the Federal Parliament Election 1949
- ZA2546 Election Study 1994: Politbarometer West 1994 (Trend Investigations)
- ZA2559 Election Study 1994: Politbarometer East 1994 (Trend Investigations)
- ZA2599 Pre-Election Study 1994 (Trend Investigations)
- ZA2600 Pre-Election Study on the Federal Parliament Election 1994: Policy and Party Preference
- ZA2601 Post-Election Study on the Federal Parliament Election 1994
- ZA2799 Mass-Media and Voters (Federal Parliament Election Study 1994)
- ZA2960 Before the Federal Parliament Election 1990 in the New States
- ZA3063 Forsa-Bus 1994
- ZA3065 Political Attitudes, Political Participation and Voting Behavior in Reunified Germany 1994
- ZA3066 Political Attitudes, Political Participation and Voting Behavior in Reunified Germany 1998
- ZA3073 German National Election Study - Post-Election Study 1998 German CSES Study
- ZA3160 Election Study 1998 (Politbarometer)
- ZA3161 Quick Survey on the Federal Parliament Election 1998
- ZA3162 Forsa-Bus 1998
- ZA3272 Election Study 1957
- ZA3849 Politbarometer West 2002 (Cumulated Dataset)
- ZA3850 Politbarometer East 2002 (Cumulated Dataset)
- ZA3852 Quick Survey on the Federal Parliament Election 2002 (West Germany)
- ZA3853 Quick Survey on the Federal Parliament Election 2002 (East Germany)
- ZA3861 Political Attitudes, Political Participation and Voting Behavior in Reunified Germany 2002
- ZA3874 After the Parliamentary Elections 2002: Is Germany taking off?
- ZA3875 After the Parliamentary Election 2002: The Government Programm
- ZA3909 Forsa Bus 2002
- ZA4072 Pre-election survey on the Federal Parliament Election 1998
- ZA4216 German CSES Study for the National Election Study 2002 - Post-Election telephone survey
- ZA4217 German CSES Study for the National Election Study 2002 - ´Drop off´ Survey and Post-Election telephone survey
- ZA4225 German Candidate Study for the Federal Parliament Election 2002 (German Candidate Study 2002)
- ZA4258 Politbarometer East 2005 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA4259 Politbarometer West 2005 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA4301 Political Attitudes, Political Participation and Voting Behavior in Reunified Germany (Panel 1994-2002)
- ZA4332 Federal Parliament Election 2005 - Citizens and Parties in a Changed World
- ZA4343 Forsa-Bus 2005
- ZA4397 Quick Survey on the Federal Parliament Election 2005
- ZA4519 Post-election Surveys on Federal Parliament Election 1949-2005 (Cumulated Variable Selection)
- ZA4559 Post-Election Survey on the National Parliament Election 2005 - German CSES Study (Pilot)
- ZA4662 Political Attitudes, Political Participation and Voting Behavior in Reunified Germany (Panel 1998-2005)
- ZA4991 Federal Parliament Election 2005 Campaign Dynamics - Pre- and Post-Election Study
- ZA4997 Federal Parliament Election 2005 Campaign Dynamics - Television News Analysis
- ZA5049 Forsa-Bus 2009
- ZA5384 Quick Survey on the Federal Parliament Election 2009
- ZA5431 Politbarometer Ost 2009 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA5432 Politbarometer West 2009 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA5448 ARD-DeutschlandTrend 2009
- ZA5677 Politbarometer 2013 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA5915 ARD-DeutschlandTrend 2013
- ZA5927 Forsa-Bus 2013
- ZA5937 Quick Survey on the Federal Parliament Election 2013
- ZA5973 German Bundestag Elections 2013: Twitter Usage by Electoral Candidates
- ZA6920 Opinion Poll Voting Intentions Federal Election 2017
- ZA6926 Social Media Monitoring for the German federal election 2017
- ZA6951 Quick Survey on the Federal Parliament Election 2017
- ZA6970 Federal Election 2013 - Post-election CATI
- ZA6971 Federal Election 2013 - Post-election Online

ZA1920: Election Study 1990 (Trend Investigation)