Ascertained past and present levels of political interest through questions that established voting patterns, explored sources of political information, and probed the respondents' opinions of the principles that various political parties stood for. Further variables investigated relations between the government and the people, such as the right of the state to intervene in economic activity and the equal representation of all social classes in the government. Demographic variables cover the respondents' sex, age, education, occupation, and income level.
