How has the popularity of folk music on the radio among U.S. consumers changed throughout the years? Looking at the most recent data points there has been an increase from 2022 Q4 to 2023 Q4. The share of respondents grew from 11 percent to 13 percent during this time. This is a stable trend since 2021. Next time you listen to a radio station playing this genre you can assume what share of folk music listeners would enjoy tuning in as well. Single radio stations associating themselves with a specific genre can be helpful for both sides. If you are wondering what content is the most popular currently check out the preferred radio content by genre in the U.S. next. The survey was conducted online among 1193 to 5310 respondents per quarter in the United States, between 2021 and 2023. Statista Consumer Insights offer you all results of our exclusive Statista surveys, based on more than 2,000,000 interviews.

Aim

I hope that by uploading some of the data previously shared by [SETI][1] onto Kaggle, more people will become aware of SETI’s work and become engaged in the application of machine learning to the data (amongst other things). Note, I am in no way affiliated with SETI, I just think this is interesting data and amazing science.

Finding ET

If you’re reading this, then I’m guessing you have an interest in data science. And if you have an interest in data science, you’ve probably got an interest in science in general.

Out of every scientific endeavour undertaken by humanity, from mapping the human genome to landing a man on the moon, it seems to me that the Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has the greatest chance to fundamentally change how we think about our place in the Universe.

Just imagine if a signal was detected. Not natural. Not human. On the one hand it would be a Copernican-like demotion of mankind’s central place in the Cosmos, and on the other an awe-inspiring revelation that somewhere out there, at least once, extra-terrestrial intelligence emerged.

SETI

Over the past few years, SETI have launched a few initiatives to engage the public and ‘citizen scientists’ to help with their search. Below is a summary of their work to date (from what I can tell).

In January 2016, the Berkeley SETI Research Center at the University of Berkley started a program called Breakthrough Listen, described as “*the most comprehensive search for alien communications to date*”. Radio data is being currently been collected by the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia and the Parkes Observatory in New South Wales, with optical data being collected by the Automated Planet finder in California. Note that (for now at least), the rest of this description focusses on the radio data.

The basic technique for finding a signal is this; point the telescope at a candidate object and listen for 5 minutes. If any sort of signal is detected, point slightly away and listen again. If the signal drops away, then it’s probably not terrestrial. Go back to the candidate and listen again. Is the signal still there? Now point to a second, slightly different position. How about now? The most interesting finding is, as you might expect, SIGNAL - NO SIGNAL – SIGNAL - NO SIGNAL – SIGNAL.

The Breakthrough Listen project has just about everything covered. The hardware and software to collect signals, the time, the money, and the experts to run the project. The only sticking point is the data. Even after compromising on the raw data’s time or frequency resolution, Breakthrough Listen is archiving 500GB and data every hour (!).

The resulting data are stored in something called a filterbank file, which are created at three different frequency resolutions. These are,

• High frequency resolution (~3 Hz frequency resolution, ~18 second sample time)
• High time resolution (~366 kHz frequency resolution, ~349 microsecond sample time)
• Medium resolution (~3 kHz frequency resolution, ~1 second sample time)

To engage the public, Breakthrough listen’s primary method is something called SETI@Home, where a program can be downloaded and installed, and your PC used when idle to download packets of data and run various analysis routines on them.

Beyond this, they have shared a number of starter scripts and some data. To find out more, a general landing page can be found [here][2]. The scripts can be found on GitHub [here]3, and a data archive can be found [here]4. Note that the optical data from the Automated Planet Finder is also in a different format called a FITS file.

Entering the Cloud

The second initiative by SETI to engage the public was the SETI@IBMCloud project launched in September 2016. This provided the public with access to an enormous amount of data via the IBM Cloud platform. This initiative, too, came with an excellent collection of starter scripts which can still be found on GitHub [here][5]. Unfortunately, at the time of writing, this project is on hold and the data cannot be accessed.

SETI & Machine Learning

There are a few other sources of data online from SETI, one of which is the basis for this dataset.

In the summer of 2017, SETI hosted a machine learning challenge where simulated datasets of various sizes were provided to participants along with a blinded test set. The winning team achieved a classification accuracy of 94.67% using a convolution neural network. The aim of this challenge was to attempt a novel approach to signal detection, namely to go beyond traditional signal analysis approaches and to turn the problem into an image classification task, after converting the signals into spectrograms.

The primary traini...

FM Radios Market size was valued at USD 325.03 Billion in 2024 and is projected to reach USD 528.1 Billion by 2031, growing at a CAGR of 6.90% from 2024 to 2031.Global FM Radios Market DriversDigital Enhancements: RDS (Radio Data System), which shows information like the station name and song title, is one of the new features that FM radios have because to the incorporation of digital technology like digital signal processing. Other improvements include better sound quality and reception.Smart gadgets: The availability and use of FM radio have expanded with the integration of FM radio receivers into smartphones, tablets, and other smart gadgets. On their mobile devices, many people choose to listen to FM radio without using up data.Internet radio integration: Hybrid devices that enable both local and worldwide station access and combine the features of standard FM radio with internet radio capabilities are designed to accommodate a wide range of consumer preferences.

How has the popularity of classical music on the radio among U.S. consumers changed throughout the years? Looking at the most recent data points there has been an increase from 2022 Q4 to 2023 Q4. The share of respondents grew from 21 percent to 25 percent during this time. This is a stable trend since 2019. Next time you listen to a radio station playing this genre you can assume what share of classical music listeners would enjoy tuning in as well. Single radio stations associating themselves with a specific genre can be helpful for both sides. If you are wondering what content is the most popular currently check out the preferred radio content by genre in the U.S. next. The survey was conducted online among 2692 to 5310 respondents per quarter in the United States, between 2019 and 2023. Statista Consumer Insights offer you all results of our exclusive Statista surveys, based on more than 2,000,000 interviews.

Radio 2, a radio station belonging to the Flemish Radio and Television Group (VRT), dominated Dutch-language radio in Belgium in 2023, with an audience market share of over ** percent. This meant the radio channel was first in total of listening time. Radio 2 also reached over *********** people on a daily basis. Note, however, that the market share is for Dutch-language radio only! Belgium separates its radio data into Dutch-only and French-only (Belgian Dutch and French are the two main languages in the country) and does not provide a national overview. No numbers exist on German radio stations in Belgium. Listen to the radio? The source does not mention whether the numbers mentioned here are on live radio or web radio. Online radio is common in Belgium, with over ** percent of the Belgian population listening to it in 2018. This might have to do with the devices that are being used to listen to radio broadcasting. In 2018, Digital TVs, computers, smartphones and Digital Audio Broadcasting or DAB(+) sets were popular choices among respondents from Flanders (the northern, Belgian Dutch-speaking part of Belgium). How about music streaming in Belgium? User data on how many people use or subscribe to platforms like Spotify or YouTube is generally difficult to find for smaller countries, outside of big European markets like the United Kingdom or Germany. Belgium’s domestic structure (i.e. languages, governmental structure) makes it even more difficult to find national numbers on streaming services. According to a survey held only in Flanders (which means this same data does not exist for French-speaking Wallonia or the country as a whole!), roughly ** percent of Flemish respondents had used Spotify at least once in 2018. App tracker data suggests that Spotify was the most downloaded music app through the (national) Belgian Apple App Store in late 2019.

PURPOSE:to investigate the presence of complaint and hearing loss in a group of active older people and verify the relation between self-perceived hearing condition and audiologic findings.METHODS:55 older people, aged 60 or more, of both sexes, socially active, were evaluated. The analyzed variables were the answers to three questions: “Do you think that your hearing is good?”, “Do you listen to radio or television on high volume?” and “Do you have difficulty to comprehend when many people are talking at the same time?”, which were compared to the tritonal average of 500, 1,000 and 2,000 Hz frequencies (TA1) and of 3,000, 4,000 and 6,000 Hz frequencies (TA2), Speech Recognition Threshold (SRT) and Speech Recognition Percentage Index (SRPI).RESULTS:the individuals, who reported not listen well, had worst performance in the averages of all analyzed variables. The older people, who mentioned increasing the volume of the radio or television showed no statistically significant difference in the analysis of TA2 compared to those who do not, but there was this difference when analyzed TA1, SRT and SDT variables. The subjects who reported difficulty hearing, when many people talk at the same time, showed no statistically significant difference, but the averages of these individuals showed worst performance, when compared to those without this complaint.CONCLUSION:there was a relation between self-perceived hearing condition and the audiologic findings.

This statistic shows the share of consumers who listen to music on the radio in selected countries worldwide as of September 2018. The data shows that radio music consumption was highest in Poland and South Africa, with a reach of ** percent in both countries. Ranking third was Germany with a reach of ** percent.

What respondent experiences as most important in life / how many times respondent is watching tv, to which stations / motivations of respondent to watch and listen to tv and radio / watching alone or with other people / which kind of programs is respondent watching / if respondent using a video recorder / if respondent is member of a broadcasting corporation / how many radio's are used in house / how often respondent is listening to the radio, to which channels / r.'s attitude towards politics / if respondent is reading papers, and which papers about which subjects / how much time it takes to read a paper (for respondent) / which kind of books respondent reads / which kind of languages respondent speaks / which kind of subjects respondents interest, and how much / r.'s opinion about local news and local media / r.'s opinion about his-her financial situation, now and in future / r.'s opinion about living in this municipality / r.'s activities in free time / r.'s contacts with local people, family, neighbours and colleagues / r's makes time-table in quarters of an hour of exact activities.Background variables: basic characteristics/ residence/ housing situation/ household characteristics/ characteristics of parental family/household/ place of work/ occupation/employment/ income/capital assets/ education/ politics/ religion/ consumption of durables/ readership, mass media, and 'cultural' exposure/ organizational membership

Bürger und Staat: Eigenschaften eines guten Bürgers; Einstellung zur Versammlungsfreiheit für religiöse Extremisten, Revolutionäre und Ethnozentristen; soziale und politische Partizipation; Häufigkeit der Mediennutzung für politische Informationen; Anzahl direkter Kontaktpersonen an einem typischen Wochentag (gruppiert); aktive bzw. passive Mitgliedschaften in ausgewählten Gruppen oder Vereinigungen (politische Partei, Gewerkschaft, Kirche oder andere religiöse Organisation, Sportgruppe, Freizeitgruppe oder Kulturgruppe, andere freiwillige Vereinigung); Wichtigkeit verschiedener Bürgerrechte; Beeinflussbarkeit des politischen Systems und politische Informiertheit; Einschätzung von Einflussmöglichkeiten auf die nationale Politik bzw. Gesetzgebung (political efficacy); Politikinteresse; Links-Rechts-Selbsteinstufung; politisches Vertrauen: Vertrauen in Angehörige der Regierung und in Politiker; Häufigkeit des Gefühls der Übervorteilung und der fairen Behandlung durch Menschen; allgemeines Personenvertrauen; Häufigkeit politischer Diskussionen mit Freunden, Verwandten oder Kollegen; politische Meinungsführerschaft; Meinung zu politischen Parteien und Volksentscheid (politische Parteien ermutigen Menschen zu politischer Aktivität, politische Parteien bieten keine wirklichen Wahlmöglichkeiten, Volksentscheid als guter Weg bei wichtigen politischen Fragen); Bewertung der letzten nationalen Wahlen im Hinblick auf den Wahlprozess und die Möglichkeiten der Kandidaten und Parteien den Wahlkampf zu führen; Einschätzung der Bürgernähe des öffentlichen Dienstes im Land; Einschätzung der Verbreitung von Korruption im öffentlichen Dienst; Funktionieren der Demokratie im Land derzeit, vor zehn Jahren und zukünftig in 10 Jahren. Optional: Häufigkeit der Rezeption politischer Inhalte einer Tagesszeitung, politischer Nachrichten im Fernsehen und im Radio sowie der Internetnutzung für politische Informationen. Demographie: Geschlecht; Alter; Geburtsjahr; Jahre der Schulbildung; Bildung (länderspezifisch); höchster Abschluss; Erwerbsstatus; Wochenarbeitszeit; Arbeitsverhältnis; Zahl der Beschäftigten (Unternehmensgröße); Weisungsbefugnis; Anzahl der Mitarbeiter für die Weisungsbefugnis besteht; Art des Unternehmens: Profit vs. Non-Profit und öffentlich vs. privat; Beruf (ISCO-08); Hauptbeschäftigungsstatus; Zusammenleben mit einem Partner; Gewerkschaftsmitgliedschaft; Religionszugehörigkeit oder Konfession (länderspezifisch); Konfessionsgruppen; Kirchgangshäufigkeit; Oben-Unten-Selbsteinstufung; Wahlbeteiligung bei der letzten allgemeinen Wahl und gewählte länderspezifische Partei; Links-Rechts-Einstufung der gewählten Partei; Selbsteinschätzung der Zugehörigkeit zu einer ethnischen Gruppe 1 und 2 (länderspezifisch); Anzahl der Kinder; Anzahl der Kleinkinder; Haushaltsgröße; Einkommen des Befragten (länderspezifisch); Familieneinkommen (länderspezifisch); Geburtsland von Vater und Mutter; Familienstand; Urbanisierungsgrad; Region (länderspezifisch). Angaben zum Ehepartner bzw. Partner hinsichtlich: Erwerbsstatus; Wochenarbeitszeit; Arbeitsverhältnis; Weisungsbefugnis; Beruf (ISCO-08); Hauptbeschäftigungsstatus. Zusätzlich verkodet wurde: Interviewdatum; Case substitution flag; Erhebungsmethode; Gewicht; Gruppe (Mixed-Mode-Methoden der Datenerhebung). Citizen and state. Topics: Qualities of a good citizen; attitude towards the right of public meetings for religious extremists, people who want to overthrow the government by force, or people prejudiced against any racial or ethnic group; social and political participation; frequency of media use to get political news or information; number of people the respondent has contact with in a typical week day; active and passive memberships in different kinds of groups or associations (a political party, a trade union, business, or professional association, a church or other religious organization, a sports, leisure or cultural group); importance of different people´s rights in democracy (scale); suggestibility of the political system and personal level of information about politics; estimation of political influence possibilities (political efficacy): likeliness of counter-action against an unjust law and expected chance of serious attention to people´s demand; interest in politics; left-right self-placement; trust in politicians and people in government; estimation of people’s fairness; frequency of political discussions with friends; opinion leadership in politics; political parties encourage people to become active in politics; real policy choice between parties; attitude towards a referendum as a good way to decide important political questions; level of honesty and fairness in the last national election; commitment to serve people in public service; corruption in the public service; functioning of democracy in the country at present, in the past and in the future.Optional: frequencies of media use (read the political content of a newspaper, watch political news on television, listen to political news on the radio, use the Internet to get political news or information). Demography: Sex; age; year of birth; years in school; education (country specific); highest completed degree; work status; hours worked weekly; employment relationship; number of employees; supervision of employees; number of supervised employees; type of organization: for-profit vs. non profit and public vs. private; occupation (ISCO-08); main employment status; living in steady partnership; union membership; religious affiliation or denomination (country specific); groups of religious denominations; attendance of religious services; top-bottom self-placement; vote in last general election; country specific party voted in last general election; party voted (left-right); self-assessed affiliation of ethnic group 1 and 2 (country specific); number of children; number of toddlers; size of household; earnings of respondent (country specific); family income (country specific); father´s and mother´s country of birth; marital status; place of living: urban – rural; region (country specific). Information about spouse/partner on: Work status; hours worked weekly; employment relationship; supervises other employees; occupation (ISCO-08); main employment status. Additionally encoded: Date of interview; case substitution flag; weight; mode of data collection; group (participation in data collection mixed mode experiment).

This round of Eurobarometer surveys queried respondents on standard Eurobarometer measures, such as how satisfied they were with their present life, whether they attempted to persuade others close to them to share their views on subjects they held strong opinions about, whether they discussed political matters, and how they viewed the need for societal change. Additional questions focused on the respondents' knowledge of and opinions on the European Union (EU), including how well-informed they felt about the EU, what sources of information about the EU they used, whether their country had benefited from being an EU member, and the extent of their personal interest in EU matters. Respondents were asked how their present situation compared with five years ago, whether they thought it would improve over the next five years, and if in the last five years they themselves, a family member, or a close friend had been unemployed or if the company they worked for had "made people redundant," i.e., laid people off. Respondents were also asked about how much news they currently watched on TV, read about in newspapers, or listened to on the radio, how fair they felt the media coverage of the EU was, whether their image of the EU was positive or negative, and which groups or types of people (e.g., children, the elderly, politicians, teachers, lawyers, factory workers, farmers, etc.) had more and which had less advantages from their country's EU membership. Other questions focused on how satisfied respondents were with the way democracy worked in their country and in the EU, how important various European institutions were in the life of the EU and whether they trusted them, the amount of pride they had in their nationality, and if they were for or against EU features such as a single currency, an independent European Central Bank, a common foreign policy, a common defense and security policy, and a European Union that is responsible beyond national, regional, and local governments. Opinions were sought on possible EU social and political actions, which nonmember countries should become members, the role of the European Parliament, and whether the EU should have a constitution. Other topics of focus in the surveys included racism, general services, food labeling, and information and communication technologies. Several questions about people of different nationalities, religions, or cultures queried respondents as to whether they found these people disturbing, whether they themselves felt they were part of the majority or minority in their country, and if they had a parent or grandparent of a different nationality, race, religion, or culture. Respondents were asked to agree or disagree with a number of statements about issues involving minority groups and education, housing, social benefits, international sport, cultural life, religious practices, employment, and the economy. Additionally, respondent opinion was sought on the size of minority populations in their country, how relations with minorities could be improved, whether restrictions should be placed on minority workers from outside the EU, and the proper place in society for these minorities. A few questions also queried respondents about cultural and religious differences that immigrants (i.e., people who were not citizens of a member state of the EU) brought to the EU and how the EU should handle various situations involving this group of people. Questions regarding services of general interest, specifically mobile and fixed telephone services, electric, gas, and water supply services, postal services, transport services within towns/cities, and rail services between towns/cities, probed for respondent opinion on ease of access, price and contract fairness, quality of service, and clearness of service-provided information. For each service, respondents were asked whether in the last 12 months they had personally made a complaint about the service to any complaint-handling body and how they felt the situation was handled. Another section of the surveys queried respondents on how often they read food labels, if they thought there was too much or too little information on food labels, if they trusted and understood food labels, whether potential harm or benefit information should appear on the labels, who should be responsible for the information, and if food labels affected their inclination to purchase food products. A number of questions gauged respondent sentiment on genetically modified organisms in food by asking what, if any, information should be shown on labels, how clear, comprehensive, and reliable the information should be, and if the respondent would be more inclined to buy food products labeled as having no genetically modified organisms or less inclined to buy food products labeled as having genetically modified organisms. Questions about technology asked if respondents currently had at home a satellite dish, cable TV, a digital TV, a DVD player, a game console, a computer, a computer with a CD-ROM, an Internet connection, a fax without a computer, a mobile phone, or an ISDN line. They were asked which of these they used personally, which they were interested in but didn't use, which they planned to buy in the next six months, and, for those without an ISDN line, the reasons why. Those using the Internet were given a list of Internet activities and asked to identify which they had engaged in in the last three months, and if they had reduced time spent on non-Internet activities such as watching TV, reading, listening to the radio, interacting with family and friends, or playing sports. Internet users were also asked where else they had access, how satisfied they were with the speed of their Internet connection, if they had considered a faster Internet connection, if they felt a faster connection was affordable, which Internet services they would be interested in using, and for which of those services they would be willing to pay. Standard demographic information collected on respondents included left-right political self-placement, party they would vote for if an election were held tomorrow, marital status, age at completion of education, current age, sex, number of people in household, number of children in household, current occupation, previous occupation, household income, size of locality, region of residence, availability of telephone in household, and language of interview (select countries). (Source: downloaded from ICPSR 7/13/10)

Please Note: This dataset is part of the historical CISER Data Archive Collection and is also available at ICPSR -- https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03064.v5. We highly recommend using the ICPSR version as they made this dataset available in multiple data formats.

Context

At some point this dataset was a benchmark...

Content

This dataset consists in the original caltech 256 collection of images. It references 257 classes listed here below.

ak47, american-flag, backpack, baseball-bat, baseball-glove, basketball-hoop, bat, bathtub, bear, beer-mug, billiards, binoculars, birdbath, blimp, bonsai, boom-box, bowling-ball, bowling-pin, boxing-glove, brain, breadmaker, buddha, bulldozer, butterfly, cactus, cake, calculator, camel, cannon, canoe, car-tire, cartman, cd, centipede, cereal-box, chandelier, chess-board, chimp, chopsticks, cockroach, coffee-mug, coffin, coin, comet, computer-keyboard, computer-monitor, computer-mouse, conch, cormorant, covered-wagon, cowboy-hat, crab, desk-globe, diamond-ring, dice, dog, dolphin, doorknob, drinking-straw, duck, dumb-bell, eiffel-tower, electric-guitar, elephant, elk, ewer, eyeglasses, fern, fighter-jet, fire-extinguisher, fire-hydrant, fire-truck, fireworks, flashlight, floppy-disk, football-helmet, french-horn, fried-egg, frisbee, frog, frying-pan, galaxy, gas-pump, giraffe, goat, golden-gate-bridge, goldfish, golf-ball, goose, gorilla, grand-piano, grapes, grasshopper, guitar-pick, hamburger, hammock, harmonica, harp, harpsichord, hawksbill, head-phones, helicopter, hibiscus, homer-simpson, horse, horseshoe-crab, hot-air-balloon, hot-dog, hot-tub, hourglass, house-fly, human-skeleton, hummingbird, ibis, ice-cream-cone, iguana, ipod, iris, jesus-christ, joy-stick, kangaroo, kayak, ketch, killer-whale, knife, ladder, laptop, lathe, leopards, license-plate, lightbulb, light-house, lightning, llama, mailbox, mandolin, mars, mattress, megaphone, menorah, microscope, microwave, minaret, minotaur, motorbikes, mountain-bike, mushroom, mussels, necktie, octopus, ostrich, owl, palm-pilot, palm-tree, paperclip, paper-shredder, pci-card, penguin, people, pez-dispenser, photocopier, picnic-table, playing-card, porcupine, pram, praying-mantis, pyramid, raccoon, radio-telescope, rainbow, refrigerator, revolver, rifle, rotary-phone, roulette-wheel, saddle, saturn, school-bus, scorpion, screwdriver, segway, self-propelled-lawn-mower, sextant, sheet-music, skateboard, skunk, skyscraper, smokestack, snail, snake, sneaker, snowmobile, soccer-ball, socks, soda-can, spaghetti, speed-boat, spider, spoon, stained-glass, starfish, steering-wheel, stirrups, sunflower, superman, sushi, swan, swiss-army-knife, sword, syringe, tambourine, teapot, teddy-bear, teepee, telephone-box, tennis-ball, tennis-court, tennis-racket, theodolite, toaster, tomato, tombstone, top-hat, touring-bike, tower-pisa, traffic-light, treadmill, triceratops, tricycle, trilobite, tripod, t-shirt, tuning-fork, tweezer, umbrella, unicorn, vcr, video-projector, washing-machine, watch, waterfall, watermelon, welding-mask, wheelbarrow, windmill, wine-bottle, xylophone, yarmulke, yo-yo, zebra, airplanes, car-side, faces-easy, greyhound, tennis-shoes, toad, and clutter.

Acknowledgements

Please site as: Griffin, G. Holub, AD. Perona, P. The Caltech 256. Caltech Technical Report.
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Freizeitinteressen, Interesse für populäre Musik, Verfügbarkeitvon Heimelektronik und Mediennutzung, Besuch musikalischerVeranstaltungen. Themen: Teilnahme an wissenschaftlichen Umfragen;Musikinteresse; Häufigkeit des Besuchs von Tanzveranstaltungen imletzten Monat; präferierte Freizeittätigkeiten (Skala); eigenesMusizieren; Häufigkeit des Besuchs musikalischer Veranstaltungen(Skala); Zeitaufwand zum Erreichen kultureller Einrichtungen undVeranstaltungen (Skala); Gelegenheiten, bei denen feste sozialeKontakte entstanden; Personenkreis bei Besuch musikalischerVeranstaltungen; Nutzbarkeit von Heimelektronik (Skala); Dauerdes Hörens populärer Musik über verschiedene Medien (Skala);Lieblingstitel; Existenz eines Videoclips zum Lieblingstitel;Anzahl eigener Langspielplatten mit populärer Musik; Anzahleigener Kassetten bzw. Tonbänder mit populärer Musik; präferierteRundfunksender; Empfang von Jugendradio "DT 64"; Stammhörer von"DT 64"; Häufigkeit des Hörens konkreter Musiksendungen (Skala);Häufigkeit des Hörens konkreter Rundfunksendungen der DDR und derBRD (Skala); Anzahl besuchter Konzerte unterschiedlicher Spielart(Skala); Gründe für den Besuch von Konzerten bestimmter Gruppenund Interpreten (Skala); präferierter Musikstil bei Konzerten mitpopulärer Musik und Übereinstimmung mit dort vertretenenLebenshaltungen; Erwartungen an ein Konzert mit populärer Musik(Skala); Information zu Konzerten über verschiedene Quellen(Skala); Häufigkeit von Gesprächen zu Konzertbesuchen (Skala);Einstellung zu Jugendgruppen wie Punker, Skinheads, Grufties,Heavies, Popper, Rocker u. a.; Beschäftigung mit populärer Musik(Skala); Bewertung der Interpreten und Gruppen der DDR-Rock- undPopszene; Arbeit im Schichtsystem; Gründe gegen den Besuchkultureller Veranstaltungen; soziale Herkunft; präferierterVeranstaltungsort für Tanzveranstaltungen und Gründe dafür(Skala); Ort der besuchten Diskotheken und Tanzveranstaltungen;präferierte Art von Tanzveranstaltungen und Gründe dafür (Skala);präferierte Musikrichtungen bei Tanzveranstaltungen (Skala);Gründe für Besuch von Jugendtanzveranstaltungen und Diskotheken(Skala); Gründe für das Tanzen (Skala); Bedingungen fürhäufigeren Besuch von Tanzveranstaltungen (Skala);Gesprächspartner und Gesprächsthemen bei Tanzveranstaltungen(Skala); Erwartungen an die Arbeit eines Diskothekers (Skala);eigene Reaktionen der Zustimmung bzw. Ablehnung in Diskotheken(Skala); Art der Vorbereitung auf Tanzveranstaltungen (Skala);Wohnstatus. Leisure interests, interest in popular music, availability of home electronics and media usage, attending musical events. Topics: Participation in scientific surveys; music interest; frequency of attending dance events in the last month; preferred leisure activities (scale); personally playing music; frequency of attending musical events (scale); time expended to reach cultural facilities and events (scale); opportunities at which steady social contacts arose; group of persons in attending musical events; utility of home electronics (scale); length of listening to popular music via various media (scale); favorite titles; existence of a videoclip to favorite title; number of personal long-play records with popular music; number of personal cassettes or tapes with popular music; preferred radio station; receiving Jugendradio "DT 64"; regular listener to "DT 64"; frequency of listening to specific music broadcasts (scale); frequency of listening to specific radio broadcasts of GDR and FRG (scale); number of concerts attended of different types (scale); reasons for attending concerts of certain groups and artists (scale); preferred music style for concerts with popular music and agreement with attitudes to life represented there; expectations of a concert with popular music (scale); information on concerts from various sources (scale); frequency of conversations on concert attendance (scale); attitude to youth groups such as Punker, Skinheads, Grufties, Heavies, trend-follower, Rocker etc.; occupation with popular music (scale); evaluation of artists and groups of the GDR rock and pop scene; work in shift work; reasons against attending cultural events; social origins; preferred place for dance events and reasons for this (scale); place of discotheques and dance events visited; preferred type of dance events and reasons for this (scale); preferred musical styles at dance events (scale); reasons for attending youth dance events and discotheques (scale); reasons for dancing (scale); conditions for frequently attending dance events (scale); conversation partner and topics of conversation at dance events (scale); expectations of the job of a DJ (scale); personal reactions of agreement or rejection in discotheques (scale); manner of preparation for dance events (scale); residential status.

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