Life East Germany 1993

Social change in Eastern Germany
during the political and economic transformation.
Topics:
Hopes and fears;
importance of selected areas of life such as work, partnership, education,
social security, health, residence, religion;
general contentment with life;
materialism and postmaterialism;
subjective classification of social class;
extent to which informed about the system of social security,
culture and leisure offerings, problems with children,
qualification and education opportunities, healthful way of life, work law,
partner relations, work, environmental protection,
establishment of wages and prices, housing market;
attitude to foreigners (scale);
views about structuring life;
building loan contract, life insurance or loans;
satisfaction with selected sides of life (scale);
change of satisfaction in individual areas of life (scale);
characteristics of employment;
assessment of primary causes for unemployment;
fear of personal unemployment;
acceptance of conditions in order not to become unemployed;
preferred leisure activities (scale);
party membership or party sympathies;
membership in clubs, trade unions, citizen initiatives;
willingness to help in various organizations;
nursing care insurance;
trust in institutions;
interest in politics;
expectations of family and friends in conduct;
assessment of personal economic situation;
activities to improve personal situation in life;
duration of income equalization East-West;
disadvantaged groups in society;
expected social changes in the next few years;
desire for children;
occupational changes in the last year and their evaluation;
time worked each week;
shift work or flextime;
the route to work;
current qualification;
management activity;
change of work demands;
future occupation situation;
religious community;
sources of income (scale);
number of children in household;
financial opportunities to satisfy needs;
tenancy;
existing restoration claims;
intended move next year;
current amount of rent as well as that before the turning point;
acquisitions since currency union and planned expenditures;
residential furnishings;
self-assessment of condition of health;
significance of various social problems in Eastern Germany.