Occupation and Career

Occupational history, current occupational situation and occupational
value orientation of West Germans.

Topics: determination of up to 10 jobs held; recording of beginning
and end of each job, as well as size of each company and whether the
job change entailed a change of company; occupational training;
occupational mobility; career patterns; occupational aims; job
satisfaction (scale); average working hours; leisure time available and
leisure activities; side jobs; satisfaction with income; general and
occupational value orientation; importance of areas of life; attitude
to change of job; points of view for choice of son´s occupation; social
origins.

Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; number of children;
religious denomination; school education; occupation; professional
position; income; state.

Interviewer rating: city size; economic area.