The 23-Year-Olds of 1964 in Hamburg

Topics: Political extent to which informed; perceived obligation regarding government; relationship between citizen and government; feelings of uncertainty and feelings of fear; judgement on the political influence of the individual citizen; perceived responsibility in occupation, in one´s family, for friends, as a German and as a European; illnesses during time in school; military service; identity of exercised and desired occupation; age at decision for occupation; criteria in choice of occupation; evaluation of training and professional history; currently desired occupation; interest in occupational independence; perceived prospects of promotion; discussing occupational questions with spouse; mutual interest in occupation; reasons for employment of women after marriage; reasons for employment of one´s own mother; occupation orientation of mother; attitude to women in leading positions; assessment of personal learning difficulties in school; existence of models during time in school; group affiliation and friends during time in school; best age for marriage for men and women; marriage desire or personal age of marriage; consent of parents with choice of partner; place and time of getting to know partner; length of acquaintance with partner; attitude to church wedding; number of desired children; agreement with partner; position in sibling sequence; longer absence of father or mother from family; age and marital status of parents; war fate and emergency shelter; ability distribution and role distribution in one´s family; role distribution in child-raising; help of children; upbringing style and acceptance of upbringing practice from one´s parental home; sanction conduct; assessment of knowledge or lack of knowledge in child-raising questions; interest in child-raising courses or child-raising advice centers; judgement on the preparation for life by parents and school; perceived hinderance to becoming self-employed through the family; time of feeling adult; person to confide in earlier and later in childhood as well as at the time of survey; contacts with parents and friends; origins of friends; judgement on father and mother in a semantic differential; leisure activities; savings habits; sociability; general contentment with life; nutrition habits; attitude to sexuality; perceived social differences in society; class model; self-assessment of social class; social mobility; will to advance in parental home; housing situation in various phases of life; size of residence; financing residence and furnishing; amount of rent; regional origins and city constancy; newspapers read; party preference.

Demography: age; marital status; religious denomination; school education; vocational training; employment; income; interest in politics; party membership; place of birth; refugee status; membership. Interviewer rating: length of interview; presence of other persons; attitude of respondent; with some questions direct reactions of respondent were recorded.