Source
Question: “Do you expect that the division between the GDR and the Federal Republic will cease to exist in the foreseeable future and that a united Germany will emerge?”
|
1951 |
1952 |
1953 |
1954 |
1955 |
1956 |
1957 |
1958 |
1959 |
1973 |
1983 |
1989 | |
|
Yes, absolutely |
10 |
6 |
18 |
13 |
9 |
10 |
10 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
|
Yes, probably |
17 |
15 |
25 |
24 |
18 |
22 |
21 |
14 |
16 |
7 |
5 |
17 |
|
Unsure |
36 |
41 |
36 |
43 |
43 |
43 |
39 |
46 |
51 |
32 |
33 |
44 |
|
No |
28 |
28 |
16 |
16 |
27 |
22 |
27 |
34 |
24 |
53 |
60 |
33 |
|
No response |
9 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
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1 |
Source: “Wiedervereinigung als Möglichkeit im Zeitvergleich (1951–89),” in Erwin K. Scheuch, Wie deutsch sind die Deutschen? Eine Nation wandelt ihr Gesicht. Bergisch Gladbach, 1991, table 43, p. 201.