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The Study examines the views and values of what will shortly become the majority professional segment, analyzing differences and similarities in six European countries with regard to their academic experience, way of life and future prospects. It also offers a detailed picture of students’ differences and similarities according to their branch of study; from health sciences to humanities by way of engineering, experimental sciences, economics and business, and the social sciences.
Students responded to these and other questions sounding their views on the world situation and academic life, their study habits and how they see the future. Among the many topics broached are religion (membership or otherwise and degree of religiosity), new forms of family or affective relations (living as a couple without being married, single parenthood, same-sex marriage) and their feelings about issues like abortion and euthanasia, and behaviors affecting intellectual property in the IT age (e.g., downloading music form the Internet without paying).
The results show them to be deeply concerned about the state of the world and their respective countries but upbeat regarding their present and future wellbeing, a disparity that may be explained by the structures of the welfare state and family support networks.
Universe: students who have completed at least two years of higher education studies belonging to ISCED category 5A (UNESCO) .
Sample size and distribution: 3,000 face-to-face interviews in each of the following six countries: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom ((around 18,000 interviewees in all).
Method: administered face-to-face survey in study centers