The Situation of Students in the Federal Republic

Studies and situation in life as well as political and college policy
attitudes of students at scientific colleges in the FRG.

Topics: Learning conditions; assessment of restricted admission;
criticism of study conditions and examination regulations; assessment
of personal occupation prospects; criteria for occupational success;
expectations of the economic development of the FRG; attitudes to
politics; political interest; criticism of the political system of the
FRG; most important problems of the FRG and issue ability of the party;
judgement on the political leadership elite; judgement on equal
opportunities in the FRG and designation of underprivileged groups;
attitudes to various forms of political protest; personal participation
in protest actions; assessment of the success of political actions;
attitudes to unconventional political conduct; party identification and
party ties; behavior at the polls in the Federal Parliament election
1972 and party preference; scale for agreement of one´s own opinion
with opinion of top politicians of the Federal Parliament, the
opposition, certain parties, the Jusos {Young Socialists}, the Young
Democrats and the Young Union; attitudes to college politics; interest,
information level and participation in college politics; assessment of
college political problems and political college groups; membership in
a college group; year of high school graduation and type of school
attended; participation in community service or military service;
source of income and sum of money available monthly; interest of
parents in politics, party preference of father; self-assessment and
assessment of parents on a left-right continuum.

Demography: year of high school graduation and type of school
attended; religiousness; housing situation; amount of rent; age; sex;
marital status; number of children; religious denomination;
religiousness; school education; interest in politics; social origins;
military service.

Interviewer rating: length of interview.