Structures and Determinants of Employment Participation of Women and Men in the Territory of the Former GDR

Life and work situation of the people in Eastern Germany. Topics:Assessment of the development of the situation in the job market in thenext few months; employment; work in a job creation organization or jobpromotion company; importance of characteristics of occupational workand the occupation; highest school degree; type and time of vocationaldegrees; reasons for further vocational training (scale); statement ofoccupation at the time or last practiced or activity exercised.Questions on first, previous and current employment: area of businessaffiliation; company size; difficulties in search for work; length ofcompany employment; occupational position; interruptions of occupation;length, point in time as well as major reason of interruption ofemployment. Frequency of change of company after first job; change tothe current or last company before or after the turning point; reasonfor interruption of employment before the last change of company;comparison of current income with previous; tie of the last change ofcompany with a change of occupation; extent of knowledge and skillsused from the last occupation; improvement through last change ofcompany; ways to search for work (scale); preference for full-time workor part-time work and reasons for this; number of hours per week;actual number of working hours; temporary current employment andlength; assessment of gender-specificness of the occupation; place ofactivity in old states; existence of the company since November 1989 intoday´s legal form; personal unemployment since November 1989; urgencyof rapid re-employment; frequency of direct applications beforere-employment; change of occupation characteristics since the turningpoint (scale); dependence of employment on the necessity of earningmoney; current search for work, urgency and frequency of directapplications; application in old or new states; registeringunemployment with the employment office; length of registration aslooking for work; reasons for the employment of women (scale); maximumexpenditure of a sum of money for child care and household help inorder be able to continue one´s employment; attitude of husband orpartner on employment of wife or partner; preferred temporal employmentform in the partnership; opinions on employment of women (scale);acceptance of mobility requirements and job requirements in the searchfor work (scale); importance of areas of life (scale); preferred childcare opportunity; evaluation of change of care opportunities for babiesoutside of home since the turning point; care person for the youngestchild; existence of all-day child care in residential area.