Interval Study: Development Factors and Development Forms of Young People in the GDR (1968-1980) IS I - 1978 (11th 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;
sense of well-being in training or work collective;
fulfillment of achievement demands;
occupation pride;
use of various forms of further education (scale);
remaining in occupation and company;
evaluation of working conditions (scale);
agreement between employment and occupation learned;
respect for personal opinion at work;
orientation on instructions given;
feeling of responsibility for the achievements of the brigade;
assessment of personal health and capability;
achievement status in collective;
reputation of occupation;
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 stand up 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,
taking a stand for the ideas of communism;
solidarity with the socialist native country and 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 relationships as just;
retrospective evaluation of 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;
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 the FDJ and pride in this;
identification with the goals of the FDJ;
accepting FDJ tasks;
occupation with Marxism-Leninism;
assessment of the FDJ group as collective;
number of personal children;
number of partners for sexual intercourse;
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 and alcohol;
attempts to quit smoking;
personal housing;
application for housing assignment and its realization;
type of home residence;
degree of employment;
evaluation of education and further education as goals in life;
marital status;
gross income last month;
military service performed;
member of the SED;
occupation.