Youth Aid Investigation (District Offenbach)

Topics: Leisure contacts; proportion of leisure time on the individual weekdays; place of leisure activities; boredom; objects available for organization of leisure time; memberships and intensity of participation in club events; one´s own residence; one´s own room; housing situation and judgement on residential surroundings; judgement on family climate as well as personal upbringing received; members of household and intensity of contacts with family members; type and extent of activities together with parents; most important contentious issues between young people and parents; interest of parents in leisure contacts and knowledge about type and place of leisure activities; consent of parents with leisure activities; participation in leisure activities, only because it is expected by parents; detailed determination of frequency and partners for sport and leisure activities; desired partner for most important occupations; type of school attended; time expended for the route to school; interest in school; reason for the attitude to school; relationship with teachers and students; judgement on class climate; political knowledge and political interest; probability of personally joining a party; knowledge about home town; use of alcohol and cigarettes per day; size of circle of friends; most frequently being together with partner or in the group; group size; place of getting to know friends; type of conflict management among friends; presence and visit to youth facilities in residential area; judgement on these facilities; desired public leisure facilities; preferred financial provider and decision-maker for such facilities; number of siblings; employment of head of household and of mother; type of housing conditions; age of parents; main income source and average weekly expenditures of respondent.

Working young people were also asked: occupation exercised; work satisfaction and atmosphere at work; commuting time to work; last exercised occupation. Demography: age; sex; age and number of siblings; household size; characteristics of head of household; residential status. Interviewer rating: presence of parents during the interview; judgement on residential area.