Interval Study: Development Factors and Development Forms of Young People in the GDR (1968-1980) IS I - 1980 (12th Wave)

Typical forms and courses of development of personality and social
habits of young people depending on social factors and conditions.
Topics: Satisfaction with occupation learned;
sense of well-being in the learning or work collective;
pride in occupation;
use of various forms of further education (scale);
remaining in occupation and company;
evaluation of working conditions (scale);
agreement between work activity and occupation learned;
respect for personal opinion in the company;
orientation along instructions given;
feeling of responsibility for the achievements of the brigade;
assessment of personal health and capability;
achievement status in the collective;
prestige of occupation;
number of previous jobs;
evaluation of personal path of education;
evaluation of higher school requirements;
assessment of the FDJ work in the company;
school degree;
final grades;
certainty of the world-wide victory of socialism;
pride in being a citizen of the socialist state;
world view;
evaluation of the following statements: readiness to take a stand for socialism,
solidarity with socialist native country and socialist GDR;
viewing imperialism as personal enemy;
assessment of the western world as world of freedom;
satisfaction with exercise of governmental power in the GDR;
desire to become a communist oneself;
attending religious events;
concurrent marxist and religious views;
development of personal socialist class standpoint and social activities;
goals in life (scale);
desire for children;
number of children oneself;
age at birth of first child;
age at marriage;
occupation of spouse;
retrospective evaluation of school (scale);
frequency of reading regional and national newspapers and magazines;
frequency of obtaining information about political happenings and
mass-media preferred for this;
frequency of watching or listening to special broadcasts on radio and
television of the GDR (scale);
predominant use of GDR or West German stations on radio and television
for political information;
frequency of watching or listening to broadcasts of West German radio and
television;
evaluation of decisions made about occupational development,
the path of education, the choice of partner;
participation in the Circle of Young Socialists, member meetings of the FDJ,
the MMM innovator movement, work actions, youth objects;
military service performed;
model effect of father and mother and
assessment of the ability of parents in view of organization of leisure time,
music and dance, work morale and policies of the SED;
activity of parents in innovator movement;
personal share in housework;
satisfaction with policies in GDR and regarding the FRG,
with the relation to parents, housing conditions, social contacts, income,
personal possession, work activity, social support at work,
qualification opportunities;
age at start of cohabitation;
age at first menstruation;
marital status;
personal housing;
application for assignment of housing and its realization;
type of residence at home;
degree of employment;
evaluation of goal in life education and further education;
marital status;
gross income last month;
member of the SED;
member of the FDJ and age at leaving;
type and duration of functions exercised in the FDJ;
leisure activities;
condition of health;
frequency of physical complaints;
days absent in school or work;
frequency of use of nicotine and alcohol;
attempts to quit smoking;
occupation of father and mother;
personal occupation in 5-10 years;
highest qualification currently and in 5-10 years;
work area of father and mother;
personal work area now and in 5-10 years;
management functions of father and mother;
personal management functions now and in 5-10 years;
age of father and mother.