The 23-Year-Olds of 1964 in Hamburg

Attitudes of the 23-year-olds of 1964 to government, society, church,
occupation and family questions.

Topics: Political extent to which informed; perceived obligation
regarding government; relationship between citizen and government;
feelings of uncertainty and feelings of fear; judgement on the
political influence of the individual citizen; perceived responsibility
in occupation, in one´s family, for friends, as a German and as a
European; illnesses during time in school; military service; identity
of exercised and desired occupation; age at decision for occupation;
criteria in choice of occupation; evaluation of training and
professional history; currently desired occupation; interest in
occupational independence; perceived prospects of promotion; discussing
occupational questions with spouse; mutual interest in occupation;
reasons for employment of women after marriage; reasons for employment
of one´s own mother; occupation orientation of mother; attitude to
women in leading positions; assessment of personal learning
difficulties in school; existence of models during time in school;
group affiliation and friends during time in school; best age for
marriage for men and women; marriage desire or personal age of
marriage; consent of parents with choice of partner; place and time of
getting to know partner; length of acquaintance with partner; attitude
to church wedding; number of desired children; agreement with partner;
position in sibling sequence; longer absence of father or mother from
family; age and marital status of parents; war fate and emergency
shelter; ability distribution and role distribution in one´s family;
role distribution in child-raising; help of children; upbringing style
and acceptance of upbringing practice from one´s parental home;
sanction conduct; assessment of knowledge or lack of knowledge in
child-raising questions; interest in child-raising courses or
child-raising advice centers; judgement on the preparation for life by
parents and school; perceived hinderance to becoming self-employed
through the family; time of feeling adult; person to confide in earlier
and later in childhood as well as at the time of survey; contacts with
parents and friends; origins of friends; judgement on father and mother
in a semantic differential; leisure activities; savings habits;
sociability; general contentment with life; nutrition habits; attitude
to sexuality; perceived social differences in society; class model;
self-assessment of social class; social mobility; will to advance in
parental home; housing situation in various phases of life; size of
residence; financing residence and furnishing; amount of rent; regional
origins and city constancy; newspapers read; party preference.

Demography: age; marital status; religious denomination; school
education; vocational training; employment; income; interest in
politics; party membership; place of birth; refugee status; membership.

Interviewer rating: length of interview; presence of other persons;
attitude of respondent; with some questions direct reactions of
respondent were recorded.