Youth '97

Moral concepts, interests, desires and social understanding of young people. Topics: Major problems of young people; identification as young people or adults and desire for rapidly becoming adult; fear of the future; identification with social groups and initiatives; judgement on the future of society; expected future developments and future problems of society as well as of the economy; models and idols; vegetarian food or meat as preferred form of nutrition; interest in technology; trust in selected social groups, governmental institutions and organizations; judgement on statements about politics, privatization, difference of the generations, anomy, conformity and self-assertion (scales); interest in politics; media usage for information about political events and judgement on credibility of the media; self-assessment of political knowledge; participation at the last election and party preference; general judgement on selected values and expected existence of these values in the future; preferred leisure activities; memberships in clubs and organizations; most important criteria for involvement in clubs and organizations; assessment of the significance of political issues; expected disturbance of one´s own development from political problems; judgement on selected forms of political involvement and personal participation in such political actions; characterization of selected persons and group representatives through a semantic differential: (Viva moderator, young party member, animal protector, Rave party organizer, youth representative in the trade union, demonstration organizer); essential components of a democracy; knowledge of the parties currently represented in the Federal Parliament as well as knowledge of the name of the foreign minister and the prime minister of one´s state as knowledge test about political facts. Also encoded were: length of interview; place of interview; polite or familiar form of address; sex of interviewer.