Eurobarometer 28.1 (Oct-Nov 1987)

Description of the work and training situation of young people.
Attitude to European unification.

Topics: Contentment with life and satisfaction with democracy in the
country; personal opinion leadership; frequency of political
discussions; postmaterialism; knowledge about the European program to
combat cancer; most important personal interests; readiness for action
regarding selected social and political goals; educational goals; most
important problems of young people; belonging to selected political,
social, sport and leisure organizations; knowledge of foreign
languages; language used at home; origin of language proficiency;
importance of language proficiencies; judgement on the offerings to
learn foreign languages; reasons for learning further languages;
knowledge about the European Community; interest in more knowledge; EC
knowledge from school; stays abroad as tourist and as employee;
participation in international youth exchange programs and countries
visited; EC countries visited; preferred EC countries for work or
study; major problems of a stay abroad; living together with parents or
friends; satisfaction in selected situations in life; membership in a
youth organization; preferred sources of information; perceived
discrimination against selected groups of young people; experienced
personal discrimination; financial situation; sources of income;
computer knowledge; origin of this computer knowledge; interest in
further computer knowledge; reference persons, reference group with
important life decisions; evaluation of the help of public agencies and
perceived main difficulties; frequency of utilization of these
positions and initiator of contact; knowledge of sources of information
for young people run by young people; knowledge and evaluation of the
EC Commission; attitude to the European Community; assessment of the
speed of European unification; attitude to EC membership of one´s own
country; evaluation of the European domestic market regarding selected
economic and political aspects; approval of further unification
measures; advantages or disadvantages from EC membership; regret of a
hypothetical failure of the EC; perceived changes in the relationship
of the EC countries among one another during the last 12 months;
attitude to the USA; evaluation of US policies regarding European
unification; significance of ties between the USA and the EC and
evaluation of development in the last 10 years; self-assessment on a
right-left continuum; attitude regarding social changes; party
identification.

The following questions were posed to schoolchildren and students:
study of a desired subject; reasons for studies; selection of the
subject; assumed age at end of studies; type of study facility or
college.

The following questions were posed to part-time or full-time employed:
full or part-time occupation and time worked each week; reasons for
part-time employment; further education opportunities at work; manner
of finding job; work satisfaction; current duration of employment;
number of previous employments; frequency of unemployment since end of
school; union membership and reasons for non-membership.

The following questions were also posed to those in training: length
of occupational training up to now; detailed information on
occupational training.

The following questions were posed to all no longer in school or
university: length of general further education after conclusion of
required school; reasons for breaking off training; taking up and
conclusion of one or more occupational measures for further education;
total time duration of these measures; information on training level,
benefit and perceived help in the search for work from these measures
for further education; school degree; supplemental qualifications
through measures for further education.

The following questions were posed to unemployed: length and manner of
search for work; major reason for unemployment.

Demography: self-classification on a left-right continuum; attitude to
social change; party allegiance.

The following questions were also posed in Denmark: knowledge about
the EC presidency of the country and perceived significance for Denmark.