German Election Panel Study, 1990 (ICPSR 6192)

Version Date: Sep 18, 2013

Principal Investigator(s):
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen (Mannheim); M. Kaase; H.-D. Klingermann; M. Kuechler; F.U. Pappi; H.A. Semetko

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06192.v1

Version V1

This version of the data collection is no longer distributed by ICPSR. These data are currently available at German Election Panel Study, 1990.

Additional information may be available in Collection Notes.

This study was conducted in the former Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and does not include data from the former East Germany. The codebook is in German.

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Summary

Data covering opinions about politicians, parties, and political issues were gathered for the first three waves of this panel study before the Bundestag election in 1990, and again for a fourth wave after the election. Topics include voting behavior in the most recent general election, party preference, attitudes toward political candidates, issue relevance and competence of parties versus coalitions, projected results of this election, views regarding the respondent's personal economic situation, attitudes toward the 35-hour work week, opinions about the unification of Germany and the short- or long-term advantages or disadvantages of unification, interest in opinion polls and their possible influence on voting, and beliefs about television programming's neutrality in the election campaign. Other subjects covered were fear of losing one's job, interest in media coverage of political issues, preferred newspaper, political discussions among family members, education level attained, and religiosity.

Citation

Forschungsgruppe Wahlen (Mannheim), Kaase, M., Klingermann, H.-D., Kuechler, M., Pappi, F.U., and Semetko, H.A. German Election Panel Study, 1990. [distributor], 2013-09-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06192.v1

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Subject Terms

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Time Period(s)

1989-11 -- 1990-12

Date of Collection

1989-11 -- 1990-12

Data Collection Notes

  1. This study was conducted in the former Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and does not include data from the former East Germany. The codebook is in German.

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Sample

Stratified multistage random sample.

Universe

West German citizens over age 18 residing in private households.

Data Source

personal interviews

Data Type(s)

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Original Release Date

1994-03-10

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), M. Kaase, H.-D. Klingermann, M. Kuechler, F.-U. Pappi, and H.A. Semetko. GERMAN ELECTION PANEL STUDY, 1990. Koeln, Germany: Zentralarchiv fuer empirische Sozialforschung [producer], 1993. Koeln, Germany: Zentralarchiv fuer empirische Sozialforschung and Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributors], 1994. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06192.v1

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