FDJ as Representation of Interests of Young People 1987

Representation of interests of young working people by the youth association,
expectations of the youth association.
Topics:
Interest in the 750-year celebration of Berlin;
goals in life (scale);
participation in the plan discussion for 1988;
personal experiences in socialist society regarding
opportunities to participate, recognition of achievement, democracy,
trust and responsibility;
world view;
possibility of German-German unification;
solidarity with FDJ, GDR and Soviet Union;
evaluation of strength of achievement of socialism;
expectations of tasks of the FDJ at work (scale);
contribution of the FDJ to social progress in the areas:
economy, politics, defense, organization of leisure time, work, housing;
effect of the FDJ in the movement of the MMM (scale);
maximum age for membership in the FDJ;
membership in FDJ and age at leaving;
self-assessment of work achievements;
occupation characteristics (scale);
work with computer technology;
membership in youth brigade or youth researcher collective;
support of working conditions of youth researcher collectives by FDJ;
participation in creative activities of the FDJ:
inventor competition, MMM and innovator movement;
participation in MMM projects;
characteristic of the political discussions in the FDJ group (scale);
characteristic of the FDJ group regarding
trust, democracy, responsibility, openness, participation;
frequency of participation in members meetings of the FDJ;
acceptance of a personal task in the battle programm of the FDJ group;
participation in paramilitary sport of the GST, organized sport,
youth club work, further education;
planned participation in FDJ study year;
evaluation of selections in FDJ club;
frequency of boredom in leisure time;
reasons for membership in FDJ (scale);
number of children;
work in shift work;
membership in mass organizations;
functions in FDJ and/or in mass organizations;
member of SED;
Supplemental form A:
agreement of work demands and qualification;
readiness for further qualification;
attitude to science and technology (scale);
extent to which informed about company plan documents and achievement figures
(scale);
knowledge of documents of FDJ (scale);
reasons for non-membership in FDJ (scale);
influence of FDJ on cultural and occupational sides of life (scale);
Supplemental form B:
discussion in work collective about social problems such as
scientific-technical progress, peace, social progress (scale);
discussion with different groups of persons (scale);
effectiveness of discussions on understanding social development;
significance of discussions on the plan goals and plan fulfillment (scale);
knowledge about the rights of the FDJ according to the youth law;
contents of FDJ work in the current year;
attitude to MMM (scale);
reasons for participation or non-participation in the MMM movement (scale).