Research Catalog

Title

German election study, September 1965 [electronic resource].

Author

Kaase, Max.

Publication

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributors], 1974.

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Additional Authors

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79141035
• Universität zu Köln. Zentralarchiv für Empirische Sozialforschung. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84114356
• Wildenmann, Rudolf.
• Zentrum für Umfragen, Methoden und Analysen (Germany) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82127004

Summary

This study explored the respondents' voting behavior in the 1961 election in the Federal Republic of Germany, anticipated behavior in the 1965 election, and preferences for the government coalition and chancellorship to be elected. Broader questions dealt with the general extent of mass media usage, specifically as a political news source. The respondents' reliance on a variety of other sources of political information was also assessed. Variables probed the respondents' perceptions of whether the CDU/CSU or SPD could best deal with a set of issues facing the Federal Republic. The procedure was repeated as the respondents were asked whether Brandt or Erhard could best deal with a similar list of issues. The survey also included scalometers, which were used in evaluating the major political figures of 1965, and the major political parties. Demographic variables include age, sex, marital status, religious preference, education, occupation, and membership in voluntary associations.

Series Statement

ICPSR ; 7103

Uniform Title

ICPSR (Series) ; 7103.

Alternative Title

September 1965 German election study

Subjects

• Elections
• Political parties
• National elections
• Candidates
• Christian Democrats
• Elections > Germany (West) > Public opinion
• Voter interest
• Brandt, Willy
• Erhard, Ludwig
• Germany (West) > Politics and government > Public opinion
• Political elites
• Mass media
• Social Democrats
• Voting attitudes
• Economic polity
• Public opinion > Germany (West)
• Voting > Germany (West) > Public opinion
• Political parties > Germany (West) > Public opinion
• German reunification
• Foreign relations
• dataset > 1965
• Voter history
• Voting behavior

Genre/Form

• dataset – 1965.
• dataset.

Note

• Codebook available in print and electronic format.
• Title from title screen (viewed on February 14, 2006).
• Zentralarchiv no. 556.

Access (note)

• Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.

File Type (note)

• Extent of collection: 1 data file + machine-readable documentation (text and PDF) + OSIRIS dictionary + SAS data definition statements + SPSS data definition statements.

Event (note)

• Date(s) of collection: September 1, 1965-September 14, 1965.
• Time period: September 1965.

Coverage (note)

• Geographic coverage: Germany, global.

Cite As (note)

• Kaase, Max, and Rudolf Wildenmann. German Election Study, September 1965 [Computer file]. ICPSR07103-v1. Cologne, Germany: Zentralarchiv fur Empirische Sozialforschung/Mannheim, Germany: Zentrum fur Umfragen, Methoden, und Analysen/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributors], 1974.

Funding (note)

• Funding agency: Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF).

System Details (note)

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Data format: Logical Record Length with SAS and SPSS data definition statements.
• Extent of processing: FREQ.PR/ CONCHK.PR/ UNDOCCHK.PR/ MDATA.PR/ REFORM.DOC/ DDEF.ICPSR .

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library