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The Saxonian longitudinal study is a social science longitudinal study. It was begun in 1987 and examines the change in political attitudes of young adults in the new federal states of the former East Germany. Since the 16th wave (2002), the topic of unemployment and health has been intensively studied. Another new focus is on questions of partnership and personality. The present study was conducted in 2019 and represents the 31st wave.The Saxonian longitudinal study is a longitudinal study in the social sciences. It was begun in 1987 and surveys the change in political attitudes of young adults in the new federal states of the former East Germany over the unification of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and the Federal Republic of Germany. Since the 16th wave (2002), the subject of unemployment and health has been intensively surveyed. Another new focus is on questions of partnership and personality. Topics: 1. Political attitudes, life in the GDR: satisfaction with the current living situation; opinion on the unification of GDR and FRG; more separations vs. more similarities between East and West Germans; estimated number of years until East and West Germans are aligned, until East and West Germans have grown together to form a real community, until the own income is 100% of the income in the West; feeling of being threatened by possible (renewed) own unemployment or of the partner), personal distress, increasing cost of living, deterioration in health, poverty in old age, increasing immigration of foreigners, expansion of international terrorism, military actions by the USA, spread of left-wing and right-wing radicalism, increase in crime, military actions by Russia, consequences of climate change, increase in Islamist terror in Germany and increase in aggressiveness and violence; satisfaction with the political system in the Federal Republic of Germany; satisfaction with the current economic system; satisfaction with democracy; confidence in the future...