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The demographic and socio-economic context as well as the moral orientations of children and parents of Greek and Italian as well as of children of Turkish origins. Topics: The following questions were posed to Greek and Italian parents: 1. Employment: year, month and region of first occupational activity; occupational position, area of business and average working hours at beginning of employment as well as in today´s employment; arrangement of working hours and number of jobs in Germany; for those not employed: status as reported unemployed with the employment office, frequency and length of unemployment; last occupational position in country of origin; year of first longer stay in Germany. 2. Social nets: discussing personally important things with a confidant; common meals; instinctive ties with confidant; leisure partner; passive and active help with school tasks or homework; living together; help with problems; sex and nationality of confidant; type of relation with confidant; spatial distance to place of residence of confidant; frequency of contact. 3. Affiliation and language ability: feeling of foreignness in country of origin; viewed as German by the people in country of origin; ethnic group affiliation; voting in Germany or country of origin; discrimination experiences; interest in German citizenship; approval of marriage of children with German partner; ethnic first names for grandchildren; interest in German citizenship for child; desire for the child to return home; ethnic or German cooking habits; language use with parents and siblings as well as at work; self-assessment of personal knowledge of German. 4. Ethnic concentration, media usage and cultural participation: foreigners in residential building; possession of books, reading of press and renting video films in language of origin and German; preferred language for entertainment and news broadcasts; attending concerts of artists of country of origin; visit to youth clubs and cafes of the...