Youth Study (1966)

Attitudes and behaviors of young people in the areas government,
politics, Federal German Armed Forces, church, school, family, leisure
time and public.

Topics: Socialization in the education or vocational training system;
desired occupation; preferred school subjects; relationship with
teachers or superiors; occupational goals; attitude to school or work;
work satisfaction; achievement motivation; self-image of teenagers;
attitude to parents and agreement of moral orientations; ideas about
upbringing; authority structure in one´s family; attitude to marriage
and desire for children; activity in household and understanding of
one´s role regarding the tasks of man and woman; models; contentment
with life; fears; sociability and friendships; sociometric test;
leisure activities; consumer habits and saving; preferred articles of
clothing and type of material; brand knowledge of various products;
nutrition questions and consumption of semi-luxury foods, tobacco and
alcohol; pocket-money and dealing with money; additional income; future
plans and dreams; media usage; theater attendance; preferred radio
stations; interest in travel and means of transport used; interest in
sport and music; attitude to guest workers; political knowledge and
interest in political activity; attitude to sexuality and
contraception; religiousness; club membership; party preference;
housing situation; social origins. Many of the topics mentioned were
surveyed by means of scales.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; family composition; position in
sibling sequence; religious denomination; school education; occupation;
employment; income; size of household; head of household; city size;
state; possession of durable economic goods.

Interviewer rating: presence of other persons.