The Situation of Students in the Federal Republic

Topics: Learning conditions; assessment of restricted admission; criticism of study conditions and examination regulations; assessment of personal occupation prospects; criteria for occupational success; expectations of the economic development of the FRG; attitudes to politics; political interest; criticism of the political system of the FRG; most important problems of the FRG and issue ability of the party; judgement on the political leadership elite; judgement on equal opportunities in the FRG and designation of underprivileged groups; attitudes to various forms of political protest; personal participation in protest actions; assessment of the success of political actions; attitudes to unconventional political conduct; party identification and party ties; behavior at the polls in the Federal Parliament election 1972 and party preference; scale for agreement of one´s own opinion with opinion of top politicians of the Federal Parliament, the opposition, certain parties, the Jusos {Young Socialists}, the Young Democrats and the Young Union; attitudes to college politics; interest, information level and participation in college politics; assessment of college political problems and political college groups; membership in a college group; year of high school graduation and type of school attended; participation in community service or military service; source of income and sum of money available monthly; interest of parents in politics, party preference of father; self-assessment and assessment of parents on a left-right continuum.

Demography: year of high school graduation and type of school attended; religiousness; housing situation; amount of rent; age; sex; marital status; number of children; religious denomination; religiousness; school education; interest in politics; social origins; military service. Interviewer rating: length of interview.