Summary information

Study title

College Barometer (Survey of Students, Winter Semester 1973/74)

Creator

INFRATEST, München

Study number / PID

ZA0858, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.0858 (DOI)

Data access

Information not available

Series

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Abstract

Representative survey among students at scientific colleges and universities for applied science in the Federal Republic. The following topic complexes were dealt with: 1. General studies data, 2. Studies and college in the judgement of the students, 3. Attitudes to college policies and politics in general, 4. Financing studies and housing situation. Topics: 1. Type of personal entitlement to university admission; existence of a curriculum as well as an intermediate examination; hours per week per semester registered; degrees sought; reasons for lengthening one´s own study time; personal impact of restricted admission and change of original study desire; personal interim course of study and change of college; personal studies abroad; reasons for change of subject; help in deciding on the choice of subject. 2. Judgement on study advice; general judgement on the situation at the colleges and expectations of studies (scale); contact with instructors; weekly study time, organized according to courses, library work, study-groups, coach and homework. 3. Means of college political activities preferred, conducted or classed as effective; attitude to fixed mandate for students representative; general judgement on college political groups, parties and organs of the university; attitude to a college reform; participation in elections at the university; personal candidacy for the student parlament and membership in college committees or college groups; extent to which informed about the general outline of a law providing guidelines for universities; personal attitude to college reform (scale); attitude to radicals in the civil service; judgement on the educational goals and functions of the college; political interest; party preference; judgement on the job of the Federal Government and opposition (scale); desired image of the Federal Republic (semantic differential). 4. Sources of income and financial support for studies received (student aid); attitude to...
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Methodology

Data collection period

11/1973 - 01/1974

Country

Germany

Time dimension

Cross-section

Analysis unit

Not available

Universe

Not available

Sampling procedure

Non-probability: Quota
Quota sample (type of college, university city, areas of studies, sex and number of semesters)

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview: Paper-and-pencil (PAPI)
Oral survey with standardized questionnaire

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

1974

Terms of data access

C - Data and documents are only released for academic research and teaching after the data depositor's written authorization. For this purpose the Data Archive obtains a written permission with specification of the user and the analysis intention.

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