Problems in Daily Life of Young People in the GDR 1988

Goals in life, expectations of one's own future and that of humanity,
living conditions and satisfaction with them, social relations.
Supplemental form: desire for and possession of motor vehicles.
Topics:
Goals in life (scale);
interest in different technical and social areas (scale);
assessment of the youthful character of the television and radio program;
evaluation of athletic opportunities;
personal possibilities to influence problem solutions in company and college;
stand on use of alcohol, cigarettes, narcotics;
moral orientations (scale);
expectations regarding the occupational, family, financial and health future;
expectations about the future of humanity;
concept of the world in the year 2000;
satisfaction with work, leisure time, living conditions and social relations
(scale);
satisfaction with personal abilities and behavior (scale);
self-assessment of personality characteristics (scale);
assessment of important prerequisites for achievement of the education goal
(scale);
assessment of important prerequisites for exercise of desired work and
for success (scale);
attitude to work and management functions;
frequency of leisure activities (scale);
reasons for conflicts with parents (scale);
assessment of the material level of standard of living in the GDR;
significance of durable consumer goods in life (scale);
possession of durable consumer goods (scale);
preferred course of study;
attitudes to questions of marriage, partnership of sexuality and sexual freedom;
attitude to equal rights for women in partnership and sexuality;
attitude to life with children;
desire for children;
membership in FDJ;
character of partnership;
number of children;
social origins;
occupational group and qualification of parents;
Supplemental form:
pleasure in bicycle riding;
frequency of use of bicycle on various occasions (scale);
possession of drivers license;
possession of motorcycle or moped;
preference for driving motorcycle or moped, driving a car;
possession of a car;
preference for driving a car or being a passenger;
possibility of doing without a car, currently and in the future;
frequency of driving or riding in a car;
car possession;
planned acquisition of a car;
frequency of use of a car for different purposes (scale);
possibility of doing without a car
for the benefit of better public transportation;
expectations of the car supply in the GDR (scale);
stress from the daily route to work.