Attitude to the Military

Attitude of the population of the FRG to the military, defense policy and NATO. Topics: Attitude to rearmament of the FRG and a professional or volunteer army; military preparedness; military knowledge; attitude to military drill and obedience; position of the FRG in NATO; attitude and relationship of the Germans to American occupying forces; reasons and evaluation of presence of American soldiers in the FRG; attitude to military service; image of the soldiers of selected countries; social distance from Americans; evaluation of Russian recommendations about reunification; evaluation of the cultural achievements of various peoples; personal participation in the world wars; relative social prestige of selected occupations; membership in a club, trade union or party; honorary activities; party preference. Demography: age (classified); sex; religious denomination; school education; occupation; household income; head of household; state; refugee status. Interviewer rating: social class and willingness of respondent to cooperate; number of contact attempts; city size. Also encoded were: identification of interviewer; sex of interviewer and age of interviewer.