Attitudes to Life and Daily Life among Schoolchildren 1988

Goals in life, personal and social future expectations, political attitudes, solidarity with the GDR, identity, leisure interests, media usage. Topics: Goals in life (scale); expectations until the year 2000 regarding development in society and nature (scale); evaluation of life in the GDR; world view; solidarity with the GDR; acceptance of the goals of the GDR; readiness to defend the GDR; solidarity with the Soviet Union; participation in social activities of FDJ (scale); significance of work; attitude to generation problems (scale); frequency of attending cultural events (scale); frequency of reception of radio and television stations of GDR or FRG; member in the FDJ; highest occupational qualification sought; participation in mathematics olympics; world view; frequency of organized and unorganized athletic activities; preference of cultural, occupational and social leisure activities (scale); belonging to leisure groups; personal sympathy for Gorbachev; expectations of social development regarding danger of war, hunger, disarmament during the lifetime of respondent generation (scale); solidarity with FDJ, SED, GDR, FRG; contentment with life in general and in various areas such as school, leisure time, social relations, social living conditions; reasons for solidarity with the GDR (scale); personal identity (scale).