Youth in Boarder Region 2009

The aim of this study is the comparative empirical analyses of teenager’s orientations and motives of action in the border region Lower Austrian (Weinviertel), South-Moravia and Western Slovakia and to show the differences and similarities. Moreover, this study collects data which can serve as a basis for the development of support-concepts for the youth work on this and on the other side of the border. Especially the fields of politics, society and culture are systematically evaluated. The survey was conducted until now in the years 2005 and 2009.The question catalogue consist of these parts:->importance of the various areas of life->happiness and overall satisfaction with life->equal rights->educational goals->fears->working world->political commitment/social integration->trust (in public institutions/individual trust)->individual faith/belief->social commitment/social attitude->national identity