The Situation of German Youth 1975 (Young People between 13 and 24)

Topics: Occupational goal and willingness to make sacrifices to achieve it; obstacles in choice of occupation; career ideas; general contentment with life; work satisfaction; satisfaction with the economic order, the party system and form of government; demonstration inclination; attitude to system change; general moral orientation; attitude to political participation; assessment of the effectiveness of political and social participation as well as participation chances in the GDR; attitude to achievement orientation; assessment of the connection between school education and success in life; achievement pressure in school or at work; communication outside of school; friendships and leisure activities; stereotype self-image of young people; assessment of the vertical mobility of one´s own family; judgement on equal opportunities as well as education chances and their impairment by the position of parents; generation relationship; differences of opinion of parents; topics of conversation with friends and parents; concepts of child-raising; personal desire for children; ideas about groups sharing a residence; reference persons; general difficulties; greatest pleasure, greatest trouble; political sources of information; self-assessment of social class or class affiliation; amount of pocket-money; social origins; membership in clubs and youth organizations; party preference.

Demography: age; sex; family composition; number of children; religious denomination; school education; occupation; income; household income; self-assessment of social class. Interviewer rating: presence of other persons.