Orientation on Place of Residence and Mobility Readiness of Employees

Concepts of place of residence and mobility readiness of workers and
employees in the Federal Republic.

Topics: Satisfaction with housing; preferred size of place of
residence; preferred form of countryside, region and state or foreign
country; interest in residing in a large city; inclination to move and
readiness to move away; available and preferred infrastructure
facilities in residential surroundings; leisure activity and
neighborhood relationship; membership in clubs, trade unions or
employee representations; regional mobility and length of local
residency; satisfaction with change of residence or city and influence
of spouse on decision to move; reasons for last move; satisfaction with
earlier job; distance to work and interest in a place of residence in
the vicinity of work; means of transport used on the way to work and
evaluation of time expended for the drive; work satisfaction; company
size and preferred company size; judgement on one´s own prospects of
promotion; duration of employment and company ties; criteria for choice
of job; judgement on local education facilities; minimum demands of a
city to which one would move; residential property or apartment;
possession of several cars; judgement on the economic development and
one´s own income development.

Demography: sex; marital status; number of children; ages of children
(classified); religious denomination; religiousness; occupation;
employment; income; household income; size of household; social
origins; city size; place of birth; regional origins; refugee status.

Also encoded were some regional data such as gross domestic product of
place of residence and tax base of the district.