Summary information

Study title

The Situation of Students in the Federal Republic

Creator

Kaase, Max (ZUMA, Mannheim)
Does, Karl-Josef (Sozialwissenschaftliches Forschungsinstitut der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Alfter/Bonn)
Kaltefleiter, Werner (Seminar für Wissenschaft und Geschichte der Politik, Universität Kiel )

Study number / PID

ZA0820, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.0820 (DOI)

Data access

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Series

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Abstract

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...
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Methodology

Data collection period

06/1975 - 07/1975

Country

Germany

Time dimension

Cross-section

Analysis unit

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Universe

Not available

Sampling procedure

Non-probability: Quota
Probability: Simple random
In part quota sample, in part simple random selection

Kind of data

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Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview
Oral survey with standardized questionnaire

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

1976

Terms of data access

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

Related publications

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