Video Habits

Use of recorders and video cassettes.

Topics: main user of video recorder in one´s family; membership in a
video club; information exchange with friends about video technology;
number, brand and acquisition year of additional equipment for the
video recorder; video recorder system; major reason for obtaining video
recorder; knowledge of copyright; brand, play duration, type, content
and owner of video cassettes to be found in the home as well as those
rented outside the home; frequency of playing cassettes in the past
week; detailed information on making personal video copies; manner of
copying and technical realization; making personal copies of super-8
films; familiarity and satisfaction with copying; number, origin, type
of program and frequency of use of the program cassettes purchased or
rented in the last four weeks; information on manner of use and
frequency of use of the video recorder; evaluation of copies made
oneself, separated according to type of program and number of copies
made altogether; most important prerequisites for increased purchase of
videoprogram cassettes; interest in selected types of program; interest
in purchase of a video disk device; parts of the ´Freiburg personality
inventory´ (FPI 8 and FPI 9).

Demography: age; sex; religious denomination; school education;
occupation; occupational position; employment; household income;
household size;

Interviewer rating: degree of urbanization; district code.