Academics in Afghanistan

Topics: job satisfaction; chances for promotion; activities preferred; long-range professional goal; professional activity appropriate to education; evaluation of profession; jobs held since finishing education; decision process in choice of profession; social origins; language proficiency; attendance at schools abroad or in Afghanistan; reasons for university studies; beginning of studies; changes in field of study; preference for other fields; professional further education; studies with foreign teachers; origins of wife; degree of kinship with wife; stays abroad; contacts or professional cooperation with foreigners; knowledge of development projects in which foreigners take part; evaluation of the foreigners´ work; support of Afghanistan by other countries; country with model character for Afghanistan; evaluation of professions according to their importance for the development of the country; most important social changes necessary in the country.

Demography: age; marital status; family composition; number of children; school education; vocational training; place of birth; regional origins. Interviewer rating: place of interview; length of interview; willingness of respondent to cooperate.