Young People and Sport 1987

Development conditions of mass sport, sport-related moral orientations and
athletic activities in the context of occupation and studies.
Supplemental form on condition of health and habits.
Topics:
Goals in life (scale);
participation in social activities such as MMM and innovator movement,
further education, FDJ work (scale);
interest in leisure activities (scale);
conducting sport in leisure time;
frequency of conducting organized or non-organized sport and
weekly time expended for this;
desire to conduct organized sport;
intensity of conducting sport;
reasons for or against conducting sport (scale);
conducting "modern" types of sport (scale);
types of sport desired and actually conducted (scale);
frequency of participation in athletic events (scale);
acquisition of the sports certificate;
increase in pleasure in sport through this or reasons against it;
participation in sport competitions (scale);
attitude to sport (scale);
effects of international successes of the GDR in competetive sport
on mass sport;
preferred group of persons for athletic activity;
achievements in school sport;
solidarity with the GDR;
evaluation of the connection between socialism and peace;
attitude to socialism;
solidarity with the Soviet Union;
military service performed and preparation for this;
character of partnership;
residential status;
social origins;
athletic activity of parents;
membership in SED and social organizations;
SPS:
opportunities and support measures to conduct sport at college or university;
athletic activities in seminar group;
participation in the VIII. Gymnastics and Sport Festival in Leipzig;
supporting conditions for regularly conducting sport (scale);
evaluation of quality of sport training in school or college;
self-assessment as soccer fan;
member of a fan club;
preferred soccer team of the GDR or foreign countries;
GDR top league team with greatest or least sympathy;
reasons for antipathy for GDR top league team;
duration of training at a training center during time in school;
frequency of participation in forms of children and youth spartakiads;
opportunities to use types of sport and sport facilities
at place of residence or residential area (scale);
desired sport facilities and sport establishments (scale);
desired world athlete of the year 1986;
possession of sport outfits and equipment (scale);
ideas to improve sport outfits and sport equipment;
participation in forms of scientific-productive activity (scale);
study demands experienced;
satisfaction with study conditions (scale);
participation in and valuation of obligatory sport training;
identity of city of study and place of residence;
SPB-A/SPB-B:
company opportunities and support measures to conduct sport;
athletic activities in collective;
occupation demands experienced;
occupation characteristics (scale);
work with modern technology;
full or part-time employment;
work in shift work;
time needed for the route to work;
excessive demands or over-qualification in work activity;
satisfaction with working conditions (scale);
visit to a youth club and athletic opportunities there;
participation in paramilitary sport of GST and in which type of sports;
Supplemental form health:
evaluation of one's state of health;
frequency of complaints (scale);
missing work due to health in the past year;
height, weight;
evaluation of weight;
reasons for and activities on weight control;
primary meal in community meal service and satisfaction with this;
eating habits;
number of daily meals;
nutrition according to dietetic principles;
judgement on knowledge about healthful nutrition;
frequency of smoking;
start of use of nicotine;
frequency of attempts to quit smoking;
daily cigarette use;
evaluation of harmful effects of smoking on health;
frequency of alcohol use;
average weekly alcohol use (scale);
reasons for regularly drinking alcoholic beverages;
frequency of use of alcohol during working hours;
acquaintance with young people who use intoxicants;
personal use of stimulants;
sleep habits;
burdens from problems in social relations (scale);
thoughts of suicide;
frequency of use of medication (scale);
ways to obtain sleeping pills and tranquilizers;
evaluation of dangerous effects on health of extended use of medications;
interest in topics on a healthful way of life (scale).