The Situation of German Youth 1975 (Young People between 13 and 24)

The socialization, moral orientation, situation in life and views in
personal as well as political questions of German young people.

Topics: Occupational goal and willingness to make sacrifices to
achieve it; obstacles in choice of occupation; career ideas; general
contentment with life; work satisfaction; satisfaction with the
economic order, the party system and form of government; demonstration
inclination; attitude to system change; general moral orientation;
attitude to political participation; assessment of the effectiveness of
political and social participation as well as participation chances in
the GDR; attitude to achievement orientation; assessment of the
connection between school education and success in life; achievement
pressure in school or at work; communication outside of school;
friendships and leisure activities; stereotype self-image of young
people; assessment of the vertical mobility of one´s own family;
judgement on equal opportunities as well as education chances and their
impairment by the position of parents; generation relationship;
differences of opinion of parents; topics of conversation with friends
and parents; concepts of child-raising; personal desire for children;
ideas about groups sharing a residence; reference persons; general
difficulties; greatest pleasure, greatest trouble; political sources of
information; self-assessment of social class or class affiliation;
amount of pocket-money; social origins; membership in clubs and youth
organizations; party preference.

Demography: age; sex; family composition; number of children;
religious denomination; school education; occupation; income; household
income; self-assessment of social class.

Interviewer rating: presence of other persons.