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.