The Adaptation of the Recruit to Military Life during Basic Training (October 1966)

Socialization effects of the Federal German Armed Forces.

Topics: Attitude to the Federal German Armed Forces, compulsory
military service and serving; superiors; obedience duty; extent to
which informed about military regulations, NATO and politics;
assessment of the public standing of soldiers in the population;
Federal German Armed Forces as place of work; future plans for the time
after conclusion of compulsory military service; satisfaction with
training during time in military service and leadership style in the
Federal German Armed Forces; use of alcohol and number of excesses;
arguments before and during the time in the Federal German Armed
Forces; comradeship and friendships; conduct with complaints;
disciplinary punishments received; club membership; religiousness;
social origins; dogmatism scale; distance from home town and city size.

Demography: marital status; age und number of siblings; religious
denomination; school education; vocational training; state; regional
origins.