Study title

Study of perceptions, attitudes and knowledge of Dutch high school students regarding Germany and some other countries. Respondent is interested in Dutch politics and international politics / scale of sympathy for the 12 member states of the European Community ( EC ) / free associations with the term "Germany" and the positive-negative orientation of these associations / interested in Great Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, number of visits paid to these countries / preferred countries for study tour / positive-negative orientation of several character traits and the occurrence of these traits in Dutch, English, French, German and Belgium people / positive-negative orientation of country characteristics and the occurrence of these in the Netherlands, England, France, Germany and Belgium/ score on democracy scale for these countries / choice of 11 EC countries to go to in case respondent was forced to emigrate / choice of people from 11 EC countries as neighbours / subjects at school / knowledge of Germany / German acquaintances or family / watch German television / sources of information about Germany / general opinion about Germany is positive-negative / respondent expects to be on good terms with Germans / like to get in touch with German youth / two most important problems in the Netherlands / troubled about some important and threatening international events ( environment, Bosnia-Hercegovina, ultra-right-wing boom in Belgium, rows around centres for people who seek asylum in Germany ). Background variables: basic characteristics/ residence/ occupation/employment/ education/ politics/ religion/ readership, mass media, and 'cultural' exposure