Summary information

Study title

The School as Reflected in Public Opinion (1979)

Creator

Arbeitsstelle für Schulentwicklungsforschung (AFS), Universität Dortmund

Study number / PID

ZA1272, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.1272 (DOI)

Data access

Information not available

Series

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Abstract

Attitude to school and school development. Topics: the following information was surveyed for the oldest school-age child: year of birth; sex of child; type of school attended; level of eductional aspiration; class size; judgement on the possibilities for pedagogical support with such a class size; judgement on cooperation with teachers; class year or school year; looking after children with homework; judgement on the interest of the child in school; burden on the family from homework; attitude to doing homework under pedagogical supervision at school; perceived relief from a full-time school. Judgement on the need for reform of the school situation; attitude to the integrated comprehensive school; giving grades to the various school types; judgement on school achievement demands; judgement on the efforts of the school in educating children to discipline and order as well as to supporting the children; neglected school objectives; attitude to an increased hiring of teachers and reasons for this decision; attitude to various items from the area of school development and school reform (scale); political interest; union membership; religiousness; residential status; presence of respondent in residence within the last few days; employment in the civil service; size of household; number of children under 14 years or between 14 and 17 as well as over 18 years; number of school-age children; size of municipality class. Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination; frequency of church attendance; school education; occupational position; employment; household income; household size; household composition; respondent is head of household; residential status; state; union membership.

Methodology

Data collection period

05/1979

Country

Germany

Time dimension

Longitudinal: Panel

Analysis unit

Not available

Universe

Not available

Sampling procedure

Probability: Multistage
Multi-stage stratified random sample

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview: Paper-and-pencil (PAPI)
Oral survey with standardized questionnaire

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

1983

Terms of data access

C - Data and documents are only released for academic research and teaching after the data depositor's written authorization. For this purpose the Data Archive obtains a written permission with specification of the user and the analysis intention.

Related publications

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