Eurobarometer 34.2 (Dec 1990)

Description of the work and education situation of young people in
Europe. Living conditions, morals, values and future prospects.
Attitudes to society and to a united Europe.

Topics: contentment with life and satisfaction with democracy in one´s
country; personal opinion leadership; frequency of political
discussions; most important personal interests; willingness to act
regarding selected social and political goals; educational goals; most
important problem of young people; belonging to selected political,
social sport and leisure organizations; attendance at youth clubs and
communication centers; knowledge of a foreign language; language used
at home; origins and importance of language proficiency; judgement on
foreign language courses available; desired knowledge of a foreign
language; reasons for learning further languages; knowledge about the
European Community and interest in additional information; preferred
sources of information for EC topics; knowledge about the EC from
school; knowledge about EC member countries; stays abroad as tourist
and as employee; participation in international youth exchange
programs; visits to other EC countries; preferred EC countries for work
or study; major problems of a stay abroad; living together with one´s
parents, with spouse or friends; satisfaction in selected situations in
life; membership in a youth organization; perceived discrimination
against selected groups; discrimination experienced personally;
financial situation; source of income and amount of income; computer
knowledge and origin of this knowledge; interest in further computer
knowledge; reference persons; reference groups in important decisions
in life; evaluation of support on the part of public agencies and
perceived major difficulties; frequency of utilization of public
agencies and initiator of contact; knowledge of places of information
for young people run by young people; knowledge and evaluation of the
EC-commission as well as of the Common Market 1992; attitude to the
European Community; judgement on the progress of European unification;
attitude to EC membership of one´s own country; regret of a failure of
the EC; perceived change in the relationship of the EC-countries among
each other during the last 12 months; attitude to social changes.

Those part-time or full-time employed were also asked: full-time or
part-time occupation and time worked each week; reasons for part-time
employment; further education possiblities at work; how job was found;
job satisfaction; level of job standards; planned resumption of studies
or training; current duration of employment; number of times employed
previously; frequency of unemployment since end of school; union
membership and reasons for not being a member.

School and college students were asked: study of a desired subject;
reasons for study; selection of the subject; anticipated age at end of
studies; type of institution of study or college.

Respondents currently in training were additionally asked: duration of
occupational instruction up to now; detailed information on
occupational training.

For unemployed or job-seekers: duration and manner of search for work;
major reason for unemployment.

All no longer in training were asked: duration of general further
education after conclusion of mandatory school; reasons for dropping
out of training; begin and conclusion of one or more programs for
occupational further education; total duration of these programs;
information on demands of the occupation, benefit and perceived help in
the search for work from these measures for further education;
supplemental qualifications through measures for further education.

Demography: further education after school; age; self-assessment on a
left-right continuum; party allegiance; marital status; age at end of
education; sex; size of household; number of children in household;
occupational position; position in household; occupation of head of
household; degree of urbanization; religious denomination; frequency of
church attendance; religiousness; city size; region.

Also encoded was: date of interview; length of interview; presence of
third persons during interview; willingness of respondent to cooperate.

Indices: opinion leadership (cognitive mobility); postmaterialism; EC
support; status in profession; EC support; political orientation.