Young GDR Refugees

Topics: Time of fleeing to West Germany; major reasons for fleeing; first accomodation in West Germany; judgement on treatment in the refugee camp and general care in West Germany; recommendations for improvement and intensivization in the area of integration help; integration problems; friendships and persons to confide in; apprenticeship or occupational training in the GDR or in West Germany; change of workplace in West Germany and reasons for this; judgement on the support of young people in West Germany; desire to return to the GDR; general judgement on life in the FRG (scale); discrepancy between expectation and reality; characteristics of parental family; attitudes to communism and democracy; party preference; media usage; memberships.

Demography: age; marital status; religious denomination; religiousness; school education; vocational training; occupation; professional career; income; size of household; composition of household; interest in politics; self-assessment of social class; social origins; regional origins. Interviewer rating: willingness to cooperate; number of contact attempts.