Students Interval Study 1970 to 1985, SIS 5

Topics: Questionnaire expectations:
characteristic of learning conditions and instruction at university or colleges;
personality characteristics of college instructors;
leisure activities during studies;
uncertainties in certain areas;
FDJ activities in the area;
characteristic of seminar or FDJ group.
Questionnaire political-ideological attitudes, parents, others:
opinions about, first names for and attitudes to studies;
relevance to practice;
conviction of the necessity of governmental direction for graduates;
personal responsibility of students;
willingness to make an effort and security given study success and
occupation success;
integration in instruction and education process;
relationship between teachers and students;
well-being in seminar group;
attitude to capability of female and male students;
attitude to the study of Marxism-Leninism and
necessity for occupational activity;
SED membership;
moral views on political force;
social-political sense of responsibility;
political-ideological attitudes and moral superiority, humaneness of socialism;
identification with GDR and Soviet Union;
image of the enemy;
opinions on political-ideological facts, certainty of judgement and
personal significance for personal life and behavior;
leadership role of the SED;
trust in party and government;
attitude to scientific-technical progress;
socialist economic integration;
capability of the Soviet Union;
defense preparedness;
occupation solidarity;
interest in ideological topics;
completeness of parental home and age of parents;
social grouping of grandfathers;
relationship to and support by parents;
conformity of political views;
Christian parental home, personal world view;
trust in SED;
characteristic of the West German state;
reading daily newspapers;
use of radio and television of the GDR and West Germany
as source of information;
world view;
expression of personality characteristics relevant to studies and achievement,
ability to hold up;
expected achievement classification in seminar group;
psycho-physical complaints and feeling of loneliness;
smoking habits;
form of housing, current housing conditions, housing desire;
savings;
personal capabilities and skills.
Questionnaire norms, status-wish-contrast, group formation: study demands;
personality characteristics relevant for leaders, their degree of expression
and desired expression;
solidarity with family, leisure group, seminar group, section,
university or college, occupational group, class of social origins;
ideological solidarity;
interest in this survey about studies.
Questionnaire partner:
attitude to most favorable point in time for marriage and the first child
for students;
desire for children;
attitude to compatibility of employment and family;
partner ideal, expectations of spouse;
heterosexual experiences with friendship, love, sexual partnership;
current partnership, commitment;
effects of relationship on different areas of life;
age and activity of partner;
attitudes to love, sexual freedom of movement, pre-marital sexual intercourse,
abstinence from sexual intercourse when pregnancy not desired;
first intimate contacts, age at start of cohabitation,
first sexual intercourse in the framework of the first relationship;
frequency of sexual intercourse, number of partners in sexual intercourse
in the last six months;
desire for more frequent sexual intercourse and further partners;
foreign partners in sexual intercourse;
orientation to both sexes.
Questionnaire achievement, seminar group, occupation: scientific work style;
attitude to learning habits;
willingness to make an effort;
sense of responsibility for fellow students;
well-being in city of study;
identification with subject;
one's own assessment and that of others regarding study achievement and
social activity in seminar group;
grade average;
participation in students competition;
seminar group: size, title competition, social relations, group formation,
atmosphere, meetings, communication contents, attitude to study discipline;
integration of science and research in education;
communication with teachers outside of courses, model effect;
knowledge about the name of the vice-chancellor and personal reputation;
wishes regarding occupational deployment;
concepts of future occupation work;
methodological questions on the investigation:
observance of anonymity and interest in results.
Questionnaire supplement:
exact knowledge about occupational deployment and duty area;
remaining at the university or college;
time period of discussion on deployment;
attitude to future political and social activity;
orientation on technical development in socialist countries;
children;
oneself an only or first child;
change of seminar group;
achievement scholarship;
weekly effective time for private study;
assessment of studies according to relevance to practice, requirement level,
efficiency, political education, relationship between teachers and students;
satisfaction with scholarship and equity in award of achievement scholarships;
identification as student;
evaluation of level of education in individual subjects;
subjective burden from various problems and difficulties during studies;
financial support;
ideological attitudes relevant to studies.