Young People (Panel: 1st Wave 1977)

Scales to record attitude and personality characteristics. Topics: judgement on the general reputation of military service and community service (scale); attitude of family and friends to community service or military service; conversations about military service and alternative service with reference persons; discussion with representatives of the Federal German Armed Forces in school and contacts with a military service adviser; receipt of advertising materials; visits of friends in a barracks; interest in special training in the Federal German Armed Forces; importance of studies or apprenticeship; satisfaction with school degree; occupation prospects and times of personal unemployment; benefit of military service for personal occupation; important personal event in the recent past; possession of motorcycle or car; use of alcohol and experience with drugs; membership in clubs, youth organizations, student council and citizen initiatives; party preference and eligibility of parties left of the SPD as well as right of the CDU/CSU; judgement on economic conditions; military service of father; social origins; religiousness; work satisfaction.

Scales: dominance; aggressiveness; extroversion; social desirability; achievement motivation; unpolitical stand; military affinity; occupation expectations; Federal German Armed Forces activity; Federal German Armed Forces superior and motivation to volunteer. Demography: age; school education; degree of urbanization; state. Also encoded were: sex of interviewer and willingness of respondent to cooperate.