The Young Citizens (Hamburg Cohort Analysis, Year of Birth 1941)

Topics: Detailed determinations of education and occupational training; evaluation of education and professional history; earlier and current occupation desired; reasons for change of occupation; attitude to employment of one´s wife; conversations with spouse about occupational questions; attitude to female superiors; judgement on occupation preparation by the schools; preferred marriage age and attitude to an age difference of partner; attitude to a church wedding; desired number of children; preferred educational goals and evaluation of child-raising style of parents; attendance of parents courses; personal attitude and attitude of one´s parents to authoritarian child-raising; characterization of punishments experienced oneself and upbringing in general; spouse´s understanding of one´s role; attitude to laws on abortion and extra-marital sexual intercourse; expected influence of status of parents on social chances of children; possibility and desirability of elimination of social differences; class assignment of certain occupations; self-assessment of social class and assessment of the social class of parents and neighbors; contacts with parents, relatives and friends; membership in clubs and organizations; time of personally feeling grown-up; perceived influence of special interest groups on society; effect of a dictatorship on one´s own way of life; satisfaction with government; attitude to the death penalty and intervention of the police regarding the APO; political interest and political extent to which informed; personal election participation and reasons for not voting; party preference; age of partner; length of living with parents and personal room in youth; reasons for moving from parental home; current housing situation; moving plans; amount of rent and additional costs.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; family composition; number of children; age und number of siblings; position in sibling sequence; religious denomination; school education; vocational training; further education; occupation; professional position; employment; professional career; income; social origins; regional origins; refugee status; possession of durable economic goods; military service.