Life in Eastern Germany 1991

Social change in Eastern Germany during political and economic transformation. Topics: Hopes and fears; importance of selected areas of life such as work, partnership, education, social security, health, housing situation; general contentment with life; satisfaction with environmental situation and environmental conduct (Skalen); extent to which informed about the system of social security, cultural and leisure offering, qualification and education opportunities, healthful way of life, rights, partner relations, work, environmental protection, establishment of wages and prices, housing market, product selection; stand on the new legal system; trust with legal problems in trade union, organizations, lawyer, court; persons to whom one can turn for financial support; satisfaction with selected side of life (scale); expectations of family and friends of one's conduct; preferred leisure activities (scale); changes in organization of leisure time and its evaluation; party membership or party sympathies; attitude to political participation; activities to improve personal situation in life; expected social changes in the next few years; self-assessment of condition of health; activities to promote health; desire for children - earlier and under influence of the social turning point; occupational changes in the last year and their evaluation; assessment of the primary causes for unemployment; management activity; time worked each week; shift work or flextime; occupation characteristics; current occupational qualification; number of marriages; satisfaction with selected sides of the partnership (scale); changes in family climate in the last year; number of children born and years of birth; financial possibility of satisfying needs; number of children in household; price and quality comparisons in shopping; preferred dealing with money; acquisitions since currency union and planned expenditures; religiousness; source of income (scale); tenancy; amount of rent; desire for condominium or one's own house; residential furnishings.本数据集聚焦东德在政治与经济转型时期的社会变迁，涵盖如下研究主题：1. 个体的希望与忧虑；2. 工作、伴侣关系、教育、社会保障、健康、居住状况等特定生活领域的重要性认知；3. 总体生活满意度；4. 对环境状况与环保行为的满意度（斯科勒量表/Skalen）；5. 对社会保障体系、文化与休闲服务、资质与教育机会、健康生活方式、权利、伴侣关系、工作、环境保护、工资与定价机制、住房市场、商品选择的知晓程度；6. 对新法律体系的立场态度；7. 对工会、各类组织、律师、法院在法律纠纷相关事务中的信任度；8. 可寻求经济援助的对象；9. 对特定生活维度的满意度（量表）；10. 亲友对自身行为的期待；11. 偏好的休闲活动（量表）；12. 休闲时间安排的变化及其评价；13. 政党党员身份或党派倾向；14. 政治参与态度；15. 改善自身生活境况的行动；16. 对未来数年社会变迁的预期；17. 健康状况的自我评估；18. 健康促进相关活动；19. 生育意愿——受社会转型节点影响的既往生育意愿；20. 过去一年的职业变动及其评价；21. 对失业主要成因的评判；22. 管理类工作活动；23. 周工作时长；24. 轮班制或弹性工作制；25. 职业特征；26. 当前职业资质；27. 婚姻次数；28. 对伴侣关系特定维度的满意度（量表）；29. 过去一年家庭氛围的变化；30. 生育子女数量与生育年份；31. 满足生活需求的经济能力；32. 家庭在册子女数量；33. 购物时的价格与质量对比行为；34. 金钱管理偏好；35. 两德货币联盟实施以来的购置行为与计划支出；36. 宗教信仰程度；37. 收入来源（量表）；38. 房屋租赁情况；39. 租金金额；40. 对公寓或自有住房的需求；41. 居住家居配置情况。