DJI Youth Survey 1992 (Youth and Politics)

Living conditions, moral orientations, political orientations and
readiness for political conduct of young people. Topics: General
contentment with life (scale); self-classification of extent to which
grown-up; most important characteristics and characteristics of adults
as well as specification of those characteristics already attained
oneself; frequency of different concepts and views in comparison to
one´s family, circle of friends, colleagues as well as in comparison to
the entire population; trust in selected institutions such as trade
unions, church, judiciary, parties, Federal German Armed Forces, the
press, company, Federal Government, the police, the media, the Federal
Parliament and Greenpeace; local ties, ties to state as well as with
Germany; ignorance of politicians and feeling of political
effectiveness; political understanding and complexity of politics;
national pride; reasons for national pride; adequate consideration of
the interests of the GDR in the unification of Germany; possibilities
of learning about the people in the other part of Germany;
understanding of democracy (scale); personal advantages or
disadvantages from German unification; aspects of personal life
affected by unification and current satisfaction in these areas;
importance of selected character traits (scale); importance of areas of
life; postmaterialism scale; attitude to democracy in general and to
democracy in the Federal Republic; attitude to the idea of socialism
and to socialism in the GDR; detailed information on current and
earlier memberships as well as intensity of participation in the
activities of associations, clubs or initiatives; acceptance of
functions in these clubs; attitude to and personal activities in peace
initiatives, environmental protection groups, self-help groups,
nationalist groupings, left groupings, human rights groups etc.;
understanding of the role of women (scale); women and professional
career; attitude to National Socialism and attitude to a leadership
role in Europe (scale); rassist attitudes; attitude regarding
foreigners (scale); self-classification on a left-right continuum;
sympathy scale for the parties; fair share of gross national product;
anomy scale; uncertainty and rapid change in social conditions; desire
for and realization of equal rights for women and men in professional
life; interest in politics; frequency of political conversations with
parents, spouse, friends, school friends and colleagues; readiness for
political participation and general attitude to political activity.
Demography: training aspiration; occupational satisfaction; desire for
children; growing up with parents, step-parents or single parents;
religiousness; year of birth; month of birth; living in parental
household; time of leaving parental household; living together with a
partner; possession of a telephone; living together with others of
about the same age and number of foreigners among them; regional origin
and length of residence in the state. Also encoded was: residential
area; housing situation; assessment of social class of respondent;
assessment of political interest and political knowledge of respondent;
length of interview; date of interview; municipality code;
identification of interviewer; sex of interviewer; age of interviewer.