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Topics: I) Leisure time and social network: Composition of the social network of schoolmates; membership and frequency of activities in associations and other organizations; type and frequency of different leisure activities; playing a musical instrument; age at the beginning of learning the instrument. II) Personality: Impulsivity; Big-Five-Personality traits (neuroticism, extraversion, conscientiousness, openness, agreeableness); current and past exercise of: free tutoring, work as class representative or school representative, administrative bodies (e.g. in associations), activity as a coach, work in a side job, assistance for school magazine or school homepage. III) Family life and domestic situation: Cohabitation with biological parents, single parents, other relatives, foster parents or living in orphanage; owning a room; number of rooms in house or apartment; property status of the parents’ house or apartment; receipt of financial support of the government (e.g. student BAföG); receipt of social welfare or ALG II; age at following events: moving out from home, separation of biological parents, divorce of biological parents, death of the biological father, death of the biological mother, death of another important person, first time receiving private tutoring, repeating a grade; constant smoking of father/mother; visiting a museum, an art, an opera, a ballet, a classical concert, a theater in the last 12 months; owning classical literature; owning art; number of books in household; holiday stays of two weeks in the last three years; educational style of the parents until the age of twelve. IV) Schooling and occupation of parents: Highest graduation of parents; parents’ studies at a university or college; occupational status of parents (fulltime, halftime, mini-job, unemployed or others); ownership of an own car; number of cars of parents; occurrence of certain events within the family in the last 12 months: discussions about books/movies/TV-Shows,...