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| E. Living conditions and social problems | 20 |
| 1. Diet, clothing, housing, and consumer goods | 21 |
| 2. Social insurance | 23 |
| 3. Social problems | 24 |
| F. Health | 25 |
| 1. Medical facilities | 25 |
| 2. Incidence of disease | 26 |
| 3. Pharmaceuticals | 27 |
| 4. Environment, diet, and sanitation | 27 |
| G. Religion | 28 |
| H. Education | 31 |
| 1. Organization | 32 |
| 2. University reform | 34 |
| 3. Language study | 35 |
| 4. Communist indoctrination | 35 |
| 5. Teachers | 35 |
| I. Artistic and cultural expression | 36 |
| J. Public information media | 40 |
| 1. The press | 40 |
| 2. Books and libraries | 42 |
| 3. Radio and television | 42 |
| 4. Cinema and theater | 44 |
| K. Selected bibliography | 44 |
| 1. General and historical | 44 |
| 2. Geography, demography, and sociology | 45 |
| 3. Religion, education, mass media, and culture | 46 |
| 4. Statistical and other reference documents | 46 |
| Glossary | 47 |
| Fig. 1 German dialects (map) | 4 |
| Fig. 2 Major mass organizations (table) | 6 |
| Fig. 3 Population density (map) | 9 |
| Fig. 4 Population data by Bezirk (table) | 10 |
| Fig. 5 Urban-rural distribution (chart) | 11 |
| Fig. 6 Urban renewal in Halle (photo) | 12 |
| Fig. 7 Vital statistics, East and West Germany (chart) | 13 |
| Fig. 8 Vital rates (table) | 13 |
| Fig. 9 Age-sex distribution, East Germany and the United States (chart) | 14 |
| Fig. 10 Age-sex distribution, East and West Germany (chart) | 14 |
| Fig. 11 Working-age population (chart) | 15 |
| Fig. 12 Distribution of labor (chart) | 16 |
| Fig. 13 Composition of labor force (chart) | 17 |
| Fig. 14 Ownership of selected consumer goods (table) | 21 |
| Fig. 15 Daily food consumption (table) | 21 |
| Fig. 16 Cost of consumer goods and services in work hours (table) | 22 |
| Fig. 17 Comparison in levels of living (chart) | 22 |
| Fig. 18 Leisure-time facilities (photo) | 23 |
| Fig. 19 Infant mortality rates and life expectancy (table) | 25 |
| Fig. 20 Medical facilities (photo) | 26 |
| Fig. 21 Availability of physicians and hospital beds (table) | 27 |
| Fig. 22 Religious affiliation (table) | 28 |
| Fig. 23 Regime exploitation of the church (photo) | 30 |
| Fig. 24 The educational system (chart) | 32 |
| Fig. 25 Educational data (table) | 32 |
| Fig. 26 Weekly program of a comprehensive polytechnic school (table) | 33 |
| Fig. 27 Leading East German universities (table) | 34 |
| Fig. 28 Regime exploitation of higher education (photo) | 36 |
| Fig. 29 Examples of postwar architecture (photos) | 37 |
| Fig. 30 Regime exploitation of the theater (photo) | 40 |
| Fig. 31 Major newspapers (table) | 41 |
| Fig. 32 View of East Berlin television tower (photo) | 43 |
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