German election study, 1987
By: principal investigator, Forschungsgruppe Wahlen (Mannheim)
Series: ICPSR -- 8971; ICPSR (Series) -- 8971
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: Public opinion; Elections; Political parties; Economic conditions; Politics and government
Description: This data collection combines data from 12 cross-sectional surveys conducted from January 1986 through February 1987. Among the topics covered are respondent evaluations of the political parties and party leaders, assessments of personal and national economic conditions, and attitudes on various public issues. Demographic information on respondents also was gathered.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Chronological coverage: January 1986-February 1987. Data collected: January 1986-February 1987.

Personal interviews.

Survey data.

West Germany.

Second Television Network.

OSIRIS and Card image data format. This dataset integrates the separate surveys by coding the same questions from each of the surveys under one variable. This necessitates the use of a study filter variable V3 for all analyses.

Machine-readable documentation.

Part number: 1 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 14,375 ; variable count: 360 ; LRECL: 459 ; records per case: 7.

Stratified multistage random sample.

Universe: German citizens over age 18 residing in private households. West Berlin was excluded.