Socio-Ecological Conditions of the Integration of Foreign Workers in the Ruhr Area (Foreigners in Duisburg)

The housing situation, job situation and situation in life of Turks in
the Federal Republic.

Topics: religiousness; nationality of spouse; living together with
spouse in Germany; number and ages of children; number of children
living in Germany; attendance of children at a Koran school; region of
origin in Turkey; size of place of residence in city of origin; social
origins; length of school attendance as well as type of school attended
and school degree in Turkey; occupational activity last practiced and
occupational position in Turkey; area of business of the company in
Turkey; reason for moving; intent to return when moving; planned length
of stay; year of arrival; age at moving; parents living in Germany when
moving oneself or at the current point in time; occupational position
of father in Germany when moving oneself; originally planned length of
stay of parents.

Detailed information on occupational situation and general situation
in life at three various points in time, namely at start of stay, at
mid-point of stay and in the current situation: employment and
occupational position as well as information on company and area of
business; satisfaction with occupational activity; number of German and
Turkish colleagues in personal work area; monthly income and family
income; monthly savings amount; information on use of savings;
residential status; manner of arranging for a residence; amount of
rent; residence equipment; possession of durable economic goods; size
of residence; number of persons living in residence; satisfaction with
housing situation; number of foreigners living in residential
surroundings or in building; contacts with Germans; reasons to be shy
of contacts with authorities; personal language ability; satisfaction
with living conditions in Germany.

The following questions were posed regarding the situation at the
half-way point in the stay: significant decisive point in life during
the stay in Germany; reasons for remaining in Germany; point in time of
decision to remain in Germany; school attendance or school degree in
Germany; vocational training in Germany.

The following questions were also posed regarding the current
situation: desired minimum furnishing of a residence; rent upper limit
for a better residence.

Importance of selected infrastructure facilities of the residential
surroundings as well as satisfaction with facilities actually present
(scale); length of living in the part of town; interest in change of
residence; reasons for change of residence or remaining in current
residence; desired quality of a better residence (scale); identity
assimilation; strength of ties to region, city, part of town and
immediate residential surroundings (scale); intent to return home;
satisfaction with living conditions; memberships; perception of
discrimination (scale); assumed attitude of Germans on integration of
foreign fellow-citizens and personal readiness for assimilation
(scales); desire to live together with Germans or Turks; interest in
participation in municipal elections; party preference; desired aid
measures for foreigners.

Demography: age; sex; marital status.

Also encoded was: building type; age of building; use of building;
closeness to near-by industry; damage and deficiencies in residence;
reason for moving from last residence and reasons for moving into new
residence; results of a short language test; aggregate regional data on
structure of total population as well as information on proportion of
foreigners and proportion of Turks in apartment house, street and part
of town.