Interval Study: Development Factors and Development Forms of Young People in the GDR (1968-1980) IS I - 1976 (9th Wave)

Typical forms and courses of development of personality and social conduct
of young people depending on social factors and conditions.
Topics:
Satisfaction with occupation learned;
vocational training corresponded to expectations;
public reputation of occupation;
sense of well-being in training or work collective;
achievement status in collective;
use of various forms of further education (scale);
evaluation of significance of future working conditions for
occupational satisfaction (scale);
occupation pride;
remaining in occupation and company after apprenticeship;
evaluation of secondary school (scale);
frequency of reading regional and national newspapers and magazines;
frequency of obtaining information about political events and
mass-media preferred for this;
frequency of reading certain categories;
frequency of watching or listening to special broadcasts on radio and
television of the GDR (scale);
predominant use of GDR or West German stations on radio and television
for political information;
frequency of watching or listening to broadcasts of West German radio and
television and reasons for this;
conviction of the world-wide victory of socialism;
interest in political events;
pride to be a citizen of the socialist state;
world view;
solidarity with the working class;
agreement of one's own interests with those of the socialist state;
readiness to do everything for the protection of socialism;
evaluation of the following statements:
working class and truth or right are united,
readiness to take a stand for socialism,
socialism is only possible under leadership of the working class,
trust in leadership by the SED,
exploitation of people by people is a problem of humanity,
democracy requires freedom also for communists,
democracy requires independence of politics from business interests,
standing up for the ideas of communism;
solidarity with the socialist native country and with the socialist GDR;
reputation of imperialism as personal enemy;
assessment of the western world as world of freedom;
stand on national property;
satisfaction with exercise of governmental power in the GDR;
assessment of suppression and exploitation in imperialist countries;
desire to become a communist oneself;
evaluation of teaching of Marx, Engels and Lenin;
evaluation of West German power relationship as just;
presence of a friend and a circle of friends;
age and sex of friends;
frequency of meeting with friends;
sense of well-being in one's circle of friends;
comparison of circle of friends and FDJ group;
member of FDJ and pride in this;
identification with the goals of the FDJ;
accepting FDJ tasks;
work with Marxism-Leninism;
assessment of the FDJ group as collective;
number of personal children;
age at first sexual intercourse (age at start of cohabitation);
presence of further partners for sexual intercourse;
assessment of relationship to parents;
political discussions with parents;
opinion in one's family on leisure time, music and dance, work morale,
policies of the SED;
model effect of father and mother;
assessment of ability of parents in view of organization of leisure time,
music and dance, work morale and policies of the SED;
condition of health;
frequency of physical complaints;
days absent in school or work;
frequency of use of nicotine;
age at starting to smoke;
personal housing;
type of home residence and existence of a personal room;
evaluation of education and further education as goals in life;
gross income last month;
degree of employment;
occupation.