Summary information

Study title

Schoolchildren Interval Study IS II (Older Cohort) 1979-1985, 1st Wave

Creator

Zentralinstitut für Jugendforschung (ZIJ), Leipzig

Study number / PID

ZA6161, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.6161 (DOI)

Data access

Information not available

Series

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Abstract

Typical forms and courses of personality development and social behavior as well as professional training and work habits of young people and young adults depending on social factors and social conditions. Topics: General personal orientations: introversion, extroversion; general contentment with life; satisfaction with certain areas of life; life planning, goals in life; life style orientation; social responsibility (self-respect, sense of community, striving for equity, partner faithfulness, readiness for action); religiousness. Politics / society: political interest; identification with Marxism-Leninism; identification with communists; evaluation of future ability of the socialist social system; relationship with the socialist state; relationship with the GDR and the socialist social system; relationship with the FRG and the capitalist social system; relationship with the class enemy; relationship with the enemies of the socialist order; influence of opinion of parents; attitude to religion; membership and participation in social and political organizations (FDJ, DTSB, DRK, GST etc.); individual significance of social-political work and social-political activities; general understanding of law; attitude to social property; political information; connection between media usage (FRG/GDR television, FRG/GDR radio) and political orientations. Leisure time/culture: leisure behavior; leisure interests; leisure activities (belonging to and participation in organized and unorganized leisure groups; cultural activities); furnishing with and possession of leisure consumer goods; media usage and media habits (radio, TV, daily press); living conditions in residential surroundings; monthly expenditures for selected goods, leisure activities and services. School: learning motivation; teacher-schoolchild relationship; schoolchild-schoolchild relationship. Occupational training: conduct in choice of occupation; retrospective...
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Methodology

Data collection period

1979 - 1980

Country

Time dimension

Cross-section

Analysis unit

Not available

Universe

Not available

Sampling procedure

Probability: Cluster
Cluster sample

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper
Content coding
Written survey in group association, document analysis (school grades)

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

1980

Terms of data access

A - Data and documents are released for academic research and teaching.

Related publications

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