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1) The article is concentrated on assessments given by respondents in different age groups to positive and negative properties of the young working people. It comes out that the public interviewed rather highly estimates the business-related qualities of young workers, their abilities of running independent business, their initiative and persistence in achieving the objects. At the same time, they give a low estimate to the qualities characterising the working moral, professionalism, cultural level of young people; twothirds of respondents mentioned alcoholic addiction of young people. All these assessments are stable over time, which is proved by comparing them on the basis of two surveys conducted within a year's interval. 2) Although young people ranked the social utility of work and its correspondence to knowledge and abilities among the factors of successful working life less often than elder people did, and more often spoke about high earning, professional prestige, and high position, nevertheless 52 per cent of young respondents connect success in working life with the availability of professional work adequate to personal abilities and skills. 3) Working young people consider their present professional careers successful somewhat more often than elder people do. However, negative assessments of professional success were given by more than half of respondents in all age groups. Young people think that the main obstacles to success in work are insufficient knowledge and low qualification, as well as lack of dodging and insolence. 4) While comparing the lives of nowadays' young people with the life of young people 10 or 20 years ago, more than 40 per cent of respondents older than 30 years think that it has become worse, and 23 per cent consider it better. Young people are more positive: 33 per cent of respondents younger than 30 years think that life has become worse and 32 per cent believe it has become better. 5) Respondents in all age groups see the main advantages of present-day youths in expanded opportunities for higher earning and greater choice of goods and services. In addition, young people also mention such achievements of our times as greater choice of ways of spending leisure time and vacations and, in general greater than before, freedom of choosing the life career. 6) As to the benefits lost during the last 10 or 20 years, the respondents rank first the guaranteed employment (62 per cent) and second the reduction of opportunities for free education (46 per cent). Respondents in all age groups see an advantage of young people's life 10-20 years ago in the public provision with housing facilities. 31 per cent of respondents older than 30 think that the advantage of their young years was the certainty in choosing life careers although with limited opportunities of choice. Among young respondents this advantage is acknowledged by 25 per cent. 7) Two-thirds of elderly respondents and a half of those in the age from 30 to 49 years think that young people are in general better secured with governmental support even at the expense of loss of independence and freedom of choice. Less than half of young respondents agree with this opinion, and in this group there are 3.2 times more those who believe freedom of choice and complete independence are better for the young people. ; 1) The article is concentrated on assessments given by respondents in different age groups to positive and negative properties of the young working people. It comes out that the public interviewed rather highly estimates the business-related qualities of young workers, their abilities of running independent business, their initiative and persistence in achieving the objects. At the same time, they give a low estimate to the qualities characterising the working moral, professionalism, cultural level of young people; twothirds of respondents mentioned alcoholic addiction of young people. All these assessments are stable over time, which is proved by comparing them on the basis of two surveys conducted within a year's interval. 2) Although young people ranked the social utility of work and its correspondence to knowledge and abilities among the factors of successful working life less often than elder people did, and more often spoke about high earning, professional prestige, and high position, nevertheless 52 per cent of young respondents connect success in working life with the availability of professional work adequate to personal abilities and skills. 3) Working young people consider their present professional careers successful somewhat more often than elder people do. However, negative assessments of professional success were given by more than half of respondents in all age groups. Young people think that the main obstacles to success in work are insufficient knowledge and low qualification, as well as lack of dodging and insolence. 4) While comparing the lives of nowadays' young people with the life of young people 10 or 20 years ago, more than 40 per cent of respondents older than 30 years think that it has become worse, and 23 per cent consider it better. Young people are more positive: 33 per cent of respondents younger than 30 years think that life has become worse and 32 per cent believe it has become better. 5) Respondents in all age groups see the main advantages of present-day youths in expanded opportunities for higher earning and greater choice of goods and services. In addition, young people also mention such achievements of our times as greater choice of ways of spending leisure time and vacations and, in general greater than before, freedom of choosing the life career. 6) As to the benefits lost during the last 10 or 20 years, the respondents rank first the guaranteed employment (62 per cent) and second the reduction of opportunities for free education (46 per cent). Respondents in all age groups see an advantage of young people's life 10-20 years ago in the public provision with housing facilities. 31 per cent of respondents older than 30 think that the advantage of their young years was the certainty in choosing life careers although with limited opportunities of choice. Among young respondents this advantage is acknowledged by 25 per cent. 7) Two-thirds of elderly respondents and a half of those in the age from 30 to 49 years think that young people are in general better secured with governmental support even at the expense of loss of independence and freedom of choice. Less than half of young respondents agree with this opinion, and in this group there are 3.2 times more those who believe freedom of choice and complete independence are better for the young people.