Cultural-Artistic Interests and Opportunities of Young People 1973-1974

Leisure interests, cultural activities, media usage, attitude to
socialism and the GDR, interest in music, literature, film and
theater, working conditions, collective relations.
Topics: Frequency of attending cultural facilities and events
(scale); number of books read; preferred leisure activities (scale);
frequency of reading newspapers and magazines; belonging to leisure
groups; cultural activities in leisure group (scale); personal
cultural and artistic activities (scale); frequency of use of radio
and television stations of the FRG; personal behavior orientations
from art works; interest in books and films on the present-day of the
GDR and other socialist countries; structuring of cultural life in
work and residential area through FDJ; attitude to the world-wide
victory of socialism; pride in GDR citizenship; trust in the SED;
solidarity with the Soviet Union; world view; membership in FDJ;
social functions outside of FDJ; leisure facilities within reach
(scale); interest in types of music (scale); preferred dance events;
reasons for listening to music (scale); reasons for visit to
discotheques (scale); interest in different areas of literature
(scale); reasons for reading modern literature (scale); orientation
on opinion of others before deciding on a book (scale); interest in
theater presentations of different genres (scale); interest in films
of different genres (scale); reasons for seeing modern films (scale);
knowledge and valuation of current films presented (scale); member in
film club; orientation on opinion of others before seeing a film
(scale); evaluation of social relations in the collective; common
cultural activities of the collective; intended membership in SED;
struggle of the collective for the title "collective of socialist
work"; work in shift work; degree of physical or mental effort at
work; involvement in culture and education plan; recommendations on
cultural activities in various school subjects; orientation on
suggestions in decision for leisure activities; social origins.