Study title

Attitude of young people to political and social questions. The personal and occupational situation of young people. Topics: fun at school, studies, training or occupation; occupational concepts and most important criteria for choice of occupation; perceived affection and personal membership in selected groups (written survey); most important concerns and problems; contact or reference person; assessment of future occupational chances; current situation in life and fear of the future; assessment of the respect selected social groups find; judgement on the economic situation of the FRG as well as economic prospects for the future; fear of personal unemployment and in one´s circle of friends; assessment of the possibilities to realize an occupation; attitude to the achievement principle; personal standard of living in comparison to that of parents; interest in political commitment (scale); most important political problems; satisfaction with democracy in the Federal Republic; positive and negative aspects of the political system; party preference (rank order procedure); judgement on the job of the parties (scale); self-assessment on a left-right continuum; most important sources of information for forming one´s own political opinion; frequency of political conversations and difference of opinion with others; personal opinion leadership in the political area; conversation partner with political topics; assumed party preference of friends; assessment of personal persuasiveness; political participation (scale); assessment of effectiveness of political actions; postmaterialism index; achievement orientation; attitude to technical progress; attitude to life in a group sharing a residence; attitude to the life-style of parents; psychological self-characterization; latent feelings of fear, feeling of self-worth and general feeling of life (scale); place visited most frequently in leisure time and preferred leisure partner. Demography: year of birth; sex; marital status;...