Welfare Survey 1998

Quality of life and satisfaction in selected areas of life.
Evaluation of financial, occupational and health situation.
Topics:
1. housing situation:
housing situation in primary residence;
number of rooms;
floor space in square meters;
furnishing characteristics of the residence;
residential status;
satisfaction with one's residence and residential area;
satisfaction with housing;
satisfaction with public safety and the fight against crime in the country
as well as sense of security in residential area (victimization probability);
satisfaction with environmental protection in the country (scale);
stress scale for noise, air pollution, lack of free nature,
destruction of countrside and quality of drinking water;
readiness for sacrifices in standard of living
for the sake of environmental protection;
openness to innovation;
attitude to aid to those wanting to die (scale).
2. society:
postmaterialism (Inglehart- scale);
perceived conflicts between selected social groups;
comparison of current personal living conditions with those
at the time of unification in 1990 and
the course of living conditions since 1990;
characterization of personal situation in life:
optimism/pessimism, work orientation, loneliness, fatalism;
satisfaction with training (scale);
self-classification of social class;
memberships;
current feeling of happiness;
available leisure time;
satisfaction with leisure time (scale);
state of birth;
length of living in Eastern Germany or in Western Germany.
3. household:
detailed information on size of household and persons living in it
(number of persons living in household;
persons under 18 years in household;
head of household);
satisfaction with family life (scale);
living together with a partner;
employment of partner;
reasons for partner's not being employed;
occupational position of partner;
marital satisfaction or satisfaction with partnership (scale).
4. social contacts:
contact opportunities;
possession and number of close friendships;
frequency of contacts with friends.
5. occupation:
detailed information on occupation
(type of employment;
weekly working hours;
reasons for not being employed);
satisfaction with role of housewife (scale);
reasons for the job as housewife;
difficulties in finding a suitable position;
desire for employment;
preference for a full-time position or part-time employment;
looking for work or training vacancy in the last 12 months;
year of last full-time employment;
occupation;
type of company;
work in occupation learned;
occupational position;
work satisfaction (scale);
importance of the areas of life occupation, leisure time and family (scale);
desire for termination of employment;
fear of unemployment or forced change of position;
financial security in case of unemployment;
expected difficulties in a hypothetical search for a new job;
occupation of father.
6. financial and health situation:
satisfaction with "net of social security" (scale);
satisfaction with household income, standard of living and health (scale);
things belonging to a desired standard of living and
personal possession such things;
availability of a specific sum of money for unexpected events and
perceived opportunities to obtain a loan;
self-assessment on a top-bottom scale;
personal disability or need of care;
regular use of medication;
change of occupation for health reasons;
psychological and physical health;
satisfaction with church (scale).
7. future expectations:
optimistic expectations of income development, development of job security,
development of the cost of living,
the environmental situation at place of residence,
the development of professional career and
the possibilities to exert political influence;
optimistic future expectation for personal surroundings;
assessment of the development of the standard of living;
interest in politics;
satisfaction with the opportunities of political activity and
the democratic institutions in the country (scale);
party inclination and party identification;
party preference;
assessment of the realization of democratic laws and
political concepts in the FRG (scale);
8. society:
trust in people;
perceived fairness of social differences in the country;
general satisfaction with life in the country;
importance of areas of life;
general contentment with life (scale);
assessment of the importance of selected characteristics for social ties;
general satisfaction with personal possibilities to take part in social life
(scale);
classification of current, future and past standard of living;
classification of fair amount of level of standard of living
claimed for the respondent as well as for the people in
residential area of respondent and for his circle of friends;
assessment of standard of living in the old as well as the new states
as well as in Poland, France, Italy, Spain, Holland Switzerland and in Hungary.
Demography:
age (year of birth);
sex;
marital status;
living together with a partner;
citizenship;
country of birth;
school education;
educational level;
employment of respondent and his partner;
occupation;
occupational position;
time worked each week;
reasons for not being employed;
income (gross and net);
residential furnishings;
religious denomination;
frequency of church attendance.
Interviewer rating:
time at end of interview;
type of building;
living in a high-rise;
type of city.

本数据集聚焦于选定生活领域的生活质量与满意度情况，涵盖财务、职业与健康状况的评估。
1. 居住状况：
主要居所的居住情况；房间数量；建筑面积（平方米）；居所的装修特征；居住身份；对个人居所及居住区的满意度；住房满意度；对本国公共安全与犯罪打击工作的满意度，以及居住区安全感（受害概率）；对本国环境保护工作的满意度（量表）；针对噪音、空气污染、缺乏自然休憩空间、乡村景观破坏及饮用水质量的压力量表；为环境保护自愿降低生活水准的意愿；创新开放性；对协助有自杀意愿者的态度（量表）。
2. 社会：
后物质主义（英格尔哈特量表）；感知到的特定社会群体间的冲突；将当前个人生活状况与1990年两德统一时的状况进行对比，以及1990年以来生活状况的变化历程；个人生活状况特征描述：乐观/悲观倾向、工作取向、孤独感、宿命论；对培训的满意度（量表）；社会阶层自我归类；成员身份；当前幸福感；可支配闲暇时间；对闲暇时间的满意度（量表）；出生所在联邦州；在东德或西德的居住时长。
3. 家庭：
关于家庭规模及家庭成员的详细信息（家庭居住人数；家庭中18岁以下成员数；户主）；对家庭生活的满意度（量表）；与伴侣共同居住情况；伴侣的就业状况；伴侣未就业的原因；伴侣的职业职位；婚姻满意度或伴侣关系满意度（量表）。
4. 社会交往：
社交机会；亲密友谊的拥有情况及数量；与朋友的接触频率。
5. 职业：
关于职业的详细信息（就业类型；周工作时长；未就业的原因）；对家庭主妇角色的满意度（量表）；选择成为家庭主妇的原因；寻找合适职位的困难程度；就业意愿；对全职岗位或兼职工作的偏好；过去12个月内是否寻找工作或培训岗位；上一次全职就业的年份；职业；公司类型；从事与所学专业相关的工作；职业职位；工作满意度（量表）；职业、闲暇时间与家庭这三大生活领域的重要性评分（量表）；终止雇佣关系的意愿；对失业或被迫换岗的担忧；失业时的财务保障；假设寻找新工作时预期会遇到的困难；父亲的职业。
6. 财务与健康状况：
对“扣除社会保障后收入”的满意度（量表）；对家庭收入、生活水准及健康状况的满意度（量表）；理想生活水准所需物品及个人持有此类物品的情况；能否为突发状况筹集特定金额资金，以及获取贷款的感知机会；自顶向下的自我社会地位评分；个人残疾或护理需求；定期用药情况；因健康原因更换职业；心理与身体健康状况；对宗教活动的满意度（量表）。
7. 未来预期：
对收入增长、工作保障提升、生活成本变化、居住地环境状况、职业发展以及施加政治影响力的可能性的乐观预期；对个人周边环境的乐观未来预期；对生活水准变化的评估；政治兴趣；对本国政治活动机会与民主制度的满意度（量表）；政党倾向与政党认同；政党偏好；对德意志联邦共和国（FRG）内民主法治与政治理念落实情况的评估（量表）。
8. 社会：
人际信任；对本国社会差异公平性的感知；对本国整体生活的满意度；生活领域的重要性评分；总体生活满意度（量表）；对社会联结所需特定特质重要性的评估；对个人参与社会生活机会的总体满意度（量表）；对当前、未来及过往生活水准的归类；对受访者自身、其居住区居民及朋友圈人群应享有的合理生活水准的界定；对新旧联邦州以及波兰、法国、意大利、西班牙、荷兰、瑞士与匈牙利的生活水准的评估。
人口统计学信息：
年龄（出生年份）；性别；婚姻状况；与伴侣共同居住情况；公民身份；出生国家；学校教育经历；教育水平；受访者及其伴侣的就业状况；职业；职业职位；周工作时长；未就业的原因；收入（总收入与税后净收入）；居住设施情况；宗教教派；教堂出席频率。
访员评分：
访谈结束时长；建筑类型；是否居住于高层建筑；城市类型。