Youth Study (1962)

Topics: Leisure behavior; boredom; club membership; characterization of parents (index); judgement on parental upbringing; authority structure of family; occupation plans; satisfaction with work and place of work; work orientation; atmosphere at work; company size; change of place of work and occupation; achievement-based pay; judgement on the fairness of the instructors; attitudes to community school, grades and political education in school; satisfaction with government and society in the FRG; attitude to trade unions as well as communists, Jews and National Socialists; political interest; party preference; intent to become a party member; assumed party preference and party membership of father; attitudes of friends and parents as well as personal attitude to sex conduct; media usage according to frequency and preferred articles/programs; pocket-money; expected economic development; religious ties.

Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; family composition; number of children; age and number of siblings; religious denomination; school education; vocational training; occupation; professional career; type of company; income; size of household; composition of household; social origins; city size; state; regional origins. Interviewer rating: willingness of respondent to cooperate; presence of other persons.