Summary information

Study title

Politics and Democracy in the Federal Republic of Germany (Students, January 1968)

Creator

Kaase, Max (Lehrstuhl für politische Wissenschaft, Universität Mannheim )
Wildenmann, Rudolf (Lehrstuhl für politische Wissenschaft, Universität Mannheim)

Study number / PID

ZA0326, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.0326 (DOI)

Data access

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Series

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Abstract

Attitude of students to democracy and university. Topics: satisfaction with studies; degree sought; influences on the choice of studies; occupational goal; contact to professors and lecturers; voting participation in general elections and in elections to the student parliament; membership in university groups, associations or a party; attitude to university reform; elite consciousness; image of society; rank order of perceived political problems; economic stability; interest in politics; political socialization; political education in school; participation in demonstrations and political events; knowledge about student leaders and initiators of demonstrations; judgement on the causes for student protests; attitude to the grand coalition, to the emergency laws, to the government´s policies on the East and on Vietnam, to the Oder-Neisse Line, to recognition of the GDR and to the EEC; democratic fundamental philosophy; attitude to sexuality, to abortion and to the death sentence; assumed attitude of father to National Socialism; interest of parents in politics; membership of father in associations and organizations; party preference of father; financial circumstances of parents; religiousness of parents and spouse; occupation of grandfather; self-assessment of social class; use of media; party preference; social ties; leisure time; occupational goal. Scales: fascism, dogmatism, materialism, national socialism, democratic attitude. Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; family composition; number of children; age und number of siblings; religious denomination; school education; occupation; employment; income; household income; housing situation; social origins; city size; place of birth; refugee status; military service.

Keywords

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Methodology

Data collection period

01/1968 - 02/1968

Country

Germany

Time dimension

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Analysis unit

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Universe

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Sampling procedure

Quota sample as well as multi-stage random sample

Kind of data

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Data collection mode

Oral interview with standardized questionnaire

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

1969

Terms of data access

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

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