World Youth Day. Perception and Participation in Bishopric Trier (2005)

-<br>World Youth Day experiences (personal or from family members). Perception and evaluation of World Youth Day coverage. Impact and sustainability of World Youth Day.
Attitudes towards religion and the Church.

Topics: 1. World Youth Day experiences (personal or of family members): Participation in the World Youth Day in Cologne and form of the event; length of stay at the World Youth Day; previous participation in a major religious event (previous World Youth Day, Taizé, pilgrimage, church day, other (open)); family members as participants in the World Youth Day and relationship; length of stay of family members; guests during the World Youth Day or the days of the encounter; country of origin of the guests; contact; personal participation or participation of family members in the days of the encounter; form of participation.

2. Perception and evaluation of the coverage of WYD: Perception of the coverage of WYD in different media; live broadcasts of WYD seen or heard; topics of these live broadcasts; number of hours of live broadcasts watched in total; aspects of the coverage that remained in the memory; evaluation of the media coverage of WYD.

3.Impact and sustainability of WYD: WYD as a motivation to participate in the Church; more conversations about faith and religion due to WYD in the personal environment; expected impact of WYD in the areas of religion, Mass, Church and community; consequences of WYD (open); expected long-term impact of WYD on the personal environment; change in the Pope´s image due to WYD coverage; positive or negative change in the Pope´s image.

4. Attitudes towards religion and church: religious affiliation; attitude towards the institution of church; frequency of church service attendance; personal involvement in a church group; nature of this church group; self-assessment of religiosity; church must change; basic trust through faith; religion and faith as old hat or uninteresting; desire for more influence of faith and religion in society; stronger interest of young people in religion and faith than it appears (religious silence spiral).

Demography: sex; age (year of birth); religious denomination; highest school-leaving qualification; marital status; own children; number of children; occupational status.

Additionally coded: ID; city size.