Dealing with Money

Study from the area of money theory. Individual habits of maintaining a
budget, chronological sequence of income acquisition and income
expenditure as well as payment customs, as expressed in dealing with
cash and deposit money.

Topics: Arriving at savings and purchase decisions; knowledge of
credit terms; readiness to go into debt; saving regularly;
consciousness of monetary value and trust in monetary value; money
illusion; common or individual disposal over income; goals of domestic
economy; manifestation of dealing with money; liquidity preference;
maintaining budget and bank account; payment habits; money assets
investments; influence of level of interest on choice of type of
investment; individual level of standards regarding standard of living;
short and long-term intents to purchase; installment purchases;
residential furnishings with durable consumer goods; possession of
vehicle and telephone; attitude to salary payments into a bank account
and paying in stores without cash; cost of living; vacation trips and
vacation expenditures; consumption level; determination of
psychological shopper typology; possession of post office savings
account and post office checking account; possession of stocks and
shares; attitude to shares and special ´Volksaktien´; interest in house
purchase or purchase of a condominium; detailed information on
completed building loan contracts; land and house ownership as assets
investment; rent costs; mortgages; collecting trading stamps; keeping a
housekeeping book; shopping habits; health insurance and life
insurance; financial support from children; employment of household
help; income from side jobs; inheritances received; means of transport
used; nutrition habits; participation in games of chance; smoking
habits; judgement on personal condition of health; sensitive to changes
in the weather; duration of sleep; attitude to pocket-money for
children.

Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; number of children;
religious denomination; school education; vocational training;
occupation; employment; income; household income; size of household;
composition of household; head of household; city size; state; refugee
status.

Interviewer rating: judgement on housing situation and residence
furnishing; impression of household; judgement on intelligence of
respondent; interest of respondent in interview; social class and
willingness of respondent to cooperate.