Class Being of Contemporary Yugoslav Society, 1987

The purpose of the research is to analyse the social structure of the 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, membership of the UK, political function, nationality, participation in the NB, work abroad are recorded. Some of these data are collected for the respondent himself, his partner, the eldest child, parents and grandparents by father’s side and best friend. There are statements that shape the scale of traditionalism and views on the role and importance of the nation. The following questions about schooling: completed school, way of schooling, or currently attending any school, employment status. For active schoolchildren, questions about the reasons for schooling, who financially allows them to live during schooling, what they intend to do after leaving school, and whether they believe that they will get a job after leaving school, assess the employment opportunities appropriate to their education. Others answer questions about additional education, would like to continue schooling, what kind of education they have and how they achieved it. Depending on employment status, further questions are divided into segments of respondents. Pensioners answer questions about pre-retirement employment; unemployed and housewives to questions about whether or not they have ever been employed and whether they still intend to do so; employees answer questions about their current and first job, workplace mobility, work strenuousness, work control, earnings, workplace relationships, disobedience expressions, decision-making, activities in the self-governing system; farmers answer questions about the quantity and ownership of arable land, agricultural problems, plans for the future and employment in addition to farming. The following are 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. Some of the questions include opinions on earnings and the criteria for determining how the level of income and social power influence the membership of the social class to which the respondent belongs, how the inequality between members of individual classes is manifested in society, the assessment of the possibilities for achieving a communist society, the position and possibilities of the working class. The following are questions about attitudes to work in general, what is meant by success, the surveyed evaluates autonomy at work, reliability of employment, suitability of work according to education against pay for work done. Questions about housing and the local environment include information such as the size and quality of the dwelling, ownership, how to acquire an apartment or funds for it, equipment with household and other appliances, proximity to the store of the school and other institutions, the organisation of the environment, and questions about knowledge of the operation and actual activities in the local community. In addition, the period of stay at the place, the place of immigration and the reasons, the size of the place and the type of settlement in which it resides and the means of spending leisure time are recorded: attend events, get in touch with people, engage in hobbies and spend your last vacation. Measuring social distance is the question of whether you 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 find questions about the respondent’s involvement in local political life, membership of the UK, opinions on the role and importance of the UK, assessment of the functioning of the UK. Respondents further assess the gravity of the economic crisis, which groups of people are most affected by the crisis and which groups are responsible for it, and which should contribute to resolution. There are also opinions on the role of state and self-governance. The questionnaire concludes with questions on habits: reading books and newspapers, listening to radio and watching television and religion. Among other data are recorded gender, age, size and type of settlement, income, household size, region.