USICA Youth Study (Panel: 2nd Wave 1979)

Topics: strengths and weaknesses of the political system in the FRG and reformability of the weaknesses; greatest future dangers for the FRG; country with a preferred political system; self-image of Germans (scale); self-assessment of progressiveness; importance of political goals; political interest and attitude to political participation; approval of and personal participation in political actions and protests; attitude to demonstrations and judgement on the conduct of government and authorities regarding demonstrators; attitude to intervention in other countries given human rights violations; attitude to the NPD and communist parties in the FRG as well as to extremists in the civil service; judgement on the influence of the FRG in the world and attitude to a claim to leadership; attitude to selected countries; most important goals of a preferred foreign policy; desire for independence from the USA and cooperation with other countries; attitude to NATO as well as to military service or alternate service; attitude to military service for women; defense preparedness (scale); assessment of the development of communism in the FRG and Western Europe; self-assessment on a left-right continuum; party preference (ballot procedure;first and second votes) and party identification; behavior at the polls in the last Federal Parliament election.

Scales: political activity, democratic attitude, old and new political values, political repression, supranationalism, political and economic human rights. Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination; frequency of church attendance; school education; occupational training; occupational position; employment; income; sources of income; income of spouse; memberships; telefone. Interviewer rating: presence of other persons and their degree of relationship to respondent; reliability and willingness of respondent to cooperate; date of interview; number of contact attempts.