DDS – Die Deutsche Schule: Issue Level, Development, and Determinants of Political Knowledge in the 5th and 6th Grades

This study examines the factors influencing political knowledge among students in grades 5 and 6 using a two-wave primary survey. The results reveal significant differences in political knowledge, indicating that more resources and a stronger political interest are associated with higher levels of political knowledge at both survey points. These differences do not diminish during the first year of secondary education; instead, they tend to intensify, as an additional effect of the educational track emerges by the second measurement.

Keywords
political socialization, political knowledge, political awareness, empirical research