The Class Being of Contemporary Yugoslav Society, 1987

Description

The purpose of the research is to analyse the social structure of Yugoslav society. The questionnaire contains questions about the facts and the actual social situation of the respondent, as well as views and ideological orientations. Education, activities, type of work, religion, UK membership, political function, nationality, participation in the National Liberation War, work abroad are recorded. Some of this data is collected for the respondent himself/herself, his/her partner, eldest child, parents and paternal grandfather and best friend. It contains statements that form a scale of traditionalism and views on the role and importance of the nation. Here are the questions about schooling: finished school, way of schooling, whether he is currently attending any school, employment status. For active schoolchildren, there are also questions about the reasons for their schooling, who makes it financially possible for them to attend school, where they live during schooling, what they plan to do after leaving school, and whether they believe that they will get a job after leaving school, an assessment of employment opportunities appropriate to their education. Others answer questions about additional education, would like to continue their education, what kind of education they have and how they have achieved it. Depending on the employment status, further questions are divided into segments of respondents. Pensioners answer pre-retirement employment questions; the unemployed and housewives to ask whether they have ever been (already) employed and whether they still intend to do so; employees answer questions about their current and first work and workplace, mobility at work, strenuousness of work, control of work, earnings, relationships at work, expressions of disobedience, decision-making, activities in the self-governing system; farmers answer questions about the amount and ownership of arable land, agricultural problems, future plans and employment in addition to farming. This is followed by questions at the household level: the number and working position of members, the economic situation of the household, the ownership of material goods and real estate. Part of the questions include opinions on earnings and criteria for determining how the level of income and social power affect belonging to the social class to which the respondent belongs, how inequality among members of individual classes is manifested in society, an assessment of the possibilities for achieving a communist society, the position and possibilities of the working class. This is followed by questions about the attitude towards work in general, what success means, the surveyed evaluates autonomy at work, reliability of employment, the suitability of work in relation to education against remuneration for work performed. Questions about the apartment and the local environment include data such as the size and quality of the apartment, ownership, the method of acquiring the apartment or funds for it, the equipment with household and other devices, the proximity of the store of the school and other institutions, the tidiness of the environment, and questions about knowledge of operations and actual activities in the local community. In addition, the time spent in the place, the place of immigration and the reasons, the size of the place and the type of settlement in which they live and the ways in which they spend their free time are recorded: attending events, interacting with people, engaging in hobbies and spending your last vacation. The measurement of social distance is aimed at the question of whether he would be willing to marry people according to their profession, nationality, religion. In particular, respondents assess the reputation of certain professions. Just before the end, we also find questions about the respondent's involvement in local political life, UK membership, opinions about the role and importance of the UK, an assessment of the functioning of the UK. Respondents also assess the severity of the economic crisis, which groups of people are most affected by the crisis and which groups are responsible for it, and which groups should contribute to its resolution. This is followed by opinions on the role of the state and self-governance. The questionnaire ends with questions about habits: reading books and newspapers, listening to radio and watching television and religion. In addition to other data, gender, age, size and type of settlement, income, household size, region are recorded.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 https://www.adp.fdv.uni-lj.si/uporabi/kako
21 https://www.adp.fdv.uni-lj.si/opisi/kb87
0 http://www.adp.fdv.uni-lj.si/podatki/kb/kb87.por

Tags

Topics

Categories