Defense Preparedness of Young People 1981

Degree of political interest and media usage, solidarity with the GDR,
attitudes to military questions, organizations and alliances,
personal defense preparedness and pre-military training completed.
Topics:
Constant part:
interest in GDR or world politics;
frequency of use of GDR and FRG media (scale);
preference of position of West or East stations;
truth content of political information of West or East stations;
frequency of use of daily newspapers;
frequency of political conversations with various groups of persons (scale);
attitude to the world-wide victory of socialism, the Soviet Union,
the Marxist-Leninist world view;
pride in the GDR;
feeling of solidarity with the GDR;
world view;
convincing others of one's own world view;
willingness to defend the GDR and reasons for or against this (scale);
self-assessment of achievements in training and regarding social activity;
assessment of the danger of war in view of
the existence of means of mass extermination, the military balance of power,
aggressive plans of imperialism;
attitude to military aid for friendly countries;
assessment of the consequences of the NATO missile resolution
for the socialist countries;
character of the Federal German Armed Forces;
assessment of foreign policy goals of the FRG regarding
the existence of socialism;
comparison of aggressiveness of FRG and USA imperialism;
attitude to possibility of German-German unification;
willingness to defend the GDR;
opinion on the invincibility of the socialist community of nations and
reasons for this;
stand on mutual military aid of the states of the Warsaw Pact;
training steps completed in pre-military training;
interest in pre-military career training in general and
in special training branches;
completion of pre-military training;
participation in athletic competitions of FDJ and GST;
evaluation of benefit of pre-military training;
stand on unconditionally carrying out orders;
valuation of the conditions in training camp (scale);
training achievements;
possession of the achievement badge;
qualification in the GST paramilitary;
attitude to military service;
preferred form of military service to be performed;
reasons for or against serving longer in the NVA (scale);
personal effects of military service expected;
expected difficulties from military service (scale);
expectations of army service (scale);
experiences described by others performing military service;
stand of partner on military service;
final grades in POS/EOS and over-all grade;
training occupation;
achievement assessment in vocational training;
apprentice year;
qualification and activity of father and mother;
activity of father in NVA or other armed organs;
presence of relatives or acquaintances in the FRG/West Berlin;
membership in social organizations;
possession of sports certificate of the GDR.
Questionnaire I:
work motivation (scale);
assessment of the danger of war and reasons for the world political situation;
interest in pre-military career training and selected form of training;
valuation of different forms of training;
participation in athletic competitions (scale);
knowledge about pre-military training;
participation in GST paramilitary and reasons for this (scale);
knowledge of political, military, historical events and personalities;
frequency of reading selected magazines (scale);
reasons for reading the "Armeerundschau" (scale).
Questionnaire II:
goals in life (scale);
personal ability in political argumentation (scale);
attitude to recognition of GDR citizenship by the FRG;
orientation on the opinion of others with factual questions (scale);
presence of differences of opinion and agreement
on political topics with father;
evaluation of relationship with father and mother;
valuation of specified films (scale);
frequency of attending cultural events (scale);
assessment of the danger of war and reasons for world political situation;
participation in GST member meetings;
expectations of military service;
future in training occupation;
preferred place of residence and work;
migration intents;
acceptance of a personal task in the battle program of the FDJ;
opinion on maximum age for membership in FDJ;
honorary functions of parents;
personal effects of military service (scale).