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Students Interval Study Achievement, SIL-EX 1984

GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6136 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.6136
Abstract: Reasons, factors and conditions of prematurely leaving GDR college studies depending on personality development of students prematurely discontinuing studies. Topics: Moral orientations; development of desire to study; selection of subject, application for admission to college; certainty of study success; extent to which informed about studies and occupation; motivation for studies; path of education to high school graduation, high school graduation grade; time period between high school graduation and start of studies; willingness to make an effort, occupation with technical problems ... more

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 1984
Date(s) of Data Collection: 1984, 1st half-year 1984
Geographic coverage: German Democratic Republic (1949-1990) (DDDE)
Universe: College drop-outs from the 1st year of studies at 15 universities and colleges (SIL-Population) who terminated their studies prematurely in the time period from 1 Sept. 1982 until 30 Nov. 1985.
Number of Units: 213
Sampling Procedure:
Temporal Research Design: Cross-section
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Self-administered questionnaire: Paper; Mail survey, document analysis
Data Collector: Zentralinstitut fuer Jugendforschung, Leipzig; Laboratorium fuer Studentenforschung an der Karl-Marx-Universitaet Leipzig
Analysis System(s): Codebuch, SPSS
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 352
Notes: Survey unit: adults; others### Investigation among college students who had prematurely terminated studies, and had previously participanted in the DDR representative Students Interval Study Achievement (SIL), which began in Fall 1982 as SIL A at 16 universities and colleges among 4380 beginning students and was further continued as Panel to 19 ... more

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: - Zentralinstitut für Jugendforschung (ZIJ), Leipzig | - Laboratorium für Studentenforschung an der Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig
Publication year: 1984
DOI: 10.4232/1.6136
Study number: ZA6136
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Publisher: GESIS Data Archive

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.6136
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Reference publications

Publications: Damm, E.: Vorzeitiger Abgang aus dem Hochschuldirektstudium. Problemaufriß. Leipzig Juli 1983. Karl-Marx-Universität (KMU). | Damm, E.: Faktoren des vorzeitigen Abgangs aus dem Hochschuldirektstudium im 1. Studienjahr. In: Bruhm-Schlegel, U.; Starke, U. (Hrsg.): Leistungsstreben von Studienanfängern. Material der gemeinsamen wissenschaftlichen Ar ... more
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Zentralinstitut für Jugendforschung (ZIJ), Leipzig, & Laboratorium für Studentenforschung an der Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig (1984). Students Interval Study Achievement, SIL-EX 1984. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6136 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.6136.

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