German Election Study, 1991 (Politbarometer East) (ICPSR 6391)

Version Date: Sep 18, 2013

Principal Investigator(s):
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen (Mannheim); USUMA (East Berlin)

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06391.v1

Version V1

This version of the data collection is no longer distributed by ICPSR. These data are currently available at German Election Study, 1991 (Politbarometer East).

Additional information may be available in Collection Notes.

This poll was conducted in the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and does not include data from the former West Germany.

The codebook is in German with special formatting characters where diacritical marks occur. The codebook contains page breaks and page headers every 67 lines in conformity with standard European page length. Introductory matter added by ICPSR is also formatted at 67 lines per page for consistency.

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Summary

This data collection consists of a cumulative file of the Politbarometer East surveys for 1991, which queried citizens of the former East Germany. In these surveys, certain topical questions were asked each month and others were asked irregularly or only once. Data cover the most important problems in Germany, level of satisfaction with democracy, party preference, voting behavior in the last federal election, level of sympathy for coalition and opposition parties, and opinions about Gorbachev, Bush, Adenauer, Erhard, Grotewohl, Honecker, Shumacher, and Ulbricht. Those surveyed also were asked about their level of support for parties backing Kohl and Engholm, the economic situation in East Germany, their own economic situation, whom they considered to be the most important politician in the Federal Republic of Germany, and their expectations regarding the outcome of the next election for the Free Democratic Coalition (FDP). Additional questions covered the competence of the administration and the opposition in dealing with the economic situation in East Germany, the ousting of Honecker, STASI (Secret Service), Berlin or Bonn as the capital, the level of satisfaction with living circumstances under western standards, and the possibility of moving to West Germany.

Citation

Forschungsgruppe Wahlen (Mannheim), and USUMA (East Berlin). German Election Study, 1991 (Politbarometer East). Ann Arbor, MI: [distributor], 2013-09-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06391.v1

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

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Time Period(s)

1991-01 -- 1991-12

Date of Collection

1991-01 -- 1991-12

Data Collection Notes

  1. This poll was conducted in the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and does not include data from the former West Germany.

  2. The codebook is in German with special formatting characters where diacritical marks occur. The codebook contains page breaks and page headers every 67 lines in conformity with standard European page length. Introductory matter added by ICPSR is also formatted at 67 lines per page for consistency.

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Sample

Stratified multistage random sample.

Universe

Citizens of the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany) aged 18 and over living in private households with telephones.

Data Source

telephone interviews

Data Type(s)

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Original Release Date

1995-03-16

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Forschungsgruppe Wahlen (Mannheim) and USUMA (East Berlin). GERMAN ELECTION STUDY, 1991 (POLITBAROMETER EAST). Koeln, Germany: Zentralarchiv fuer empirische Sozialforschung [producer], 1994. Koeln, Germany: Zentralarchiv fuer empirische Sozialforschung/ Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributors], 1995. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06391.v1
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