Youth Study (1983)

Attitude of young people to political and social questions. The
personal and occupational situation of young people.

Topics: fun at school, studies, training or occupation; occupational
concepts and most important criteria for choice of occupation;
perceived affection and personal membership in selected groups (written
survey); most important concerns and problems; contact or reference
person; assessment of future occupational chances; current situation in
life and fear of the future; assessment of the respect selected social
groups find; judgement on the economic situation of the FRG as well as
economic prospects for the future; fear of personal unemployment and in
one´s circle of friends; assessment of the possibilities to realize an
occupation; attitude to the achievement principle; personal standard of
living in comparison to that of parents; interest in political
commitment (scale); most important political problems; satisfaction
with democracy in the Federal Republic; positive and negative aspects
of the political system; party preference (rank order procedure);
judgement on the job of the parties (scale); self-assessment on a
left-right continuum; most important sources of information for forming
one´s own political opinion; frequency of political conversations and
difference of opinion with others; personal opinion leadership in the
political area; conversation partner with political topics; assumed
party preference of friends; assessment of personal persuasiveness;
political participation (scale); assessment of effectiveness of
political actions; postmaterialism index; achievement orientation;
attitude to technical progress; attitude to life in a group sharing a
residence; attitude to the life-style of parents; psychological
self-characterization; latent feelings of fear, feeling of self-worth
and general feeling of life (scale); place visited most frequently in
leisure time and preferred leisure partner.

Demography: year of birth; sex; marital status; age and number of
siblings; religious denomination; religiousness; school education;
vocational training; employment; income; self-assessment of social
class of parents; degree of urbanization; state; regional origins;
occupational position of father; living with parents; political
interest; party preference of parents.

Interviewer rating: interest of respondent in survey.