Academics in Afghanistan

Education, professional situation, foreign contacts and political views
of Afghan academics about the social development of their country.

Topics: job satisfaction; chances for promotion; activities preferred;
long-range professional goal; professional activity appropriate to
education; evaluation of profession; jobs held since finishing
education; decision process in choice of profession; social origins;
language proficiency; attendance at schools abroad or in Afghanistan;
reasons for university studies; beginning of studies; changes in field
of study; preference for other fields; professional further education;
studies with foreign teachers; origins of wife; degree of kinship with
wife; stays abroad; contacts or professional cooperation with
foreigners; knowledge of development projects in which foreigners take
part; evaluation of the foreigners´ work; support of Afghanistan by
other countries; country with model character for Afghanistan;
evaluation of professions according to their importance for the
development of the country; most important social changes necessary in
the country.

Demography: age; marital status; family composition; number of
children; school education; vocational training; place of birth;
regional origins.

Interviewer rating: place of interview; length of interview;
willingness of respondent to cooperate.