Interval Study: Development Factors and Development Forms of Young People in the GDR (1968-1980) IS I - 1975 (8th Wave)

Typical forms and courses of development of personality and social conduct
of young people depending on social factors and conditions.
Topics:
Agreement of desired occupation and employment;
satisfaction with choice of occupation;
vocational training corresponds to expectations;
public standing of occupation;
sense of well-being in training or work collective;
fulfillment of achievement demands;
occupation pride;
evaluation of significance of future working conditions
for occupational satisfaction (scale);
remaining in occupation and company after apprenticeship;
desired school education for children;
difficulties with mathematics and comparison with other classmates;
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;
reading the magazine "Neues Leben";
expected monthly gross income;
occupation;
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 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 possible only 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;
personal solidarity 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 relations as just;
motives for service in the NVA;
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;
acceptance of FDJ tasks;
assessment of life in the FDJ group;
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 regarding 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;
primary residence;
school education and occupational qualification of mother and father;
type of home residence and existence of a personal room;
evaluation of education as a goal in life.