Reproductive Behavior of Women and Couples. Social-Economic and Psycho-Social Determinants 1990 (Clinic Survey)

Socio-epidemiological investigation on the situation of women in
various areas of life at the time of the social turning point in the GDR.
Topics: Having grown up in rural or urban area; reference persons in
childhood; number of siblings; today's relationship with parents;
marital status; composition of household; length of living together
with current partner; identification of current partner relation;
desire to grow old together; assessment of the partnership up to now
(scale); division of labor in household (scale); time available each
day for personal interests; desire for children of respondents and
partners under specific and under ideal circumstances; reasons
against another child (scale); number and ages of children; problems
after delivery; condition of health of the newborn babies; care of
the youngest child in first three years; preference for certain
persons for child care in the first three years of life from today's
view; satisfaction with child-raising and care in day-nursery;
preference for or against day-nursery in its current form; age at
first menstruation and first intimacy; regularity of gynecological
check-ups; stillbirths or miscarriages; previous pregnancies: their
course and their result; desire for pregnancy; special treatment to
promote pregnancy; attitude to contraception; method of contraception
practiced; reasons against contraception; level of information
regarding means and methods of contraception; current pregnancy and
attitude to it; reasons for or against the pill (scale); medical
advice on methods of contraception; frequency of intimacy; attitude
to the legal situation regarding abortions in the GDR;
self-assessment of condition of health; medical care; current
illnesses as well as regular use of medication; type of sex life in
the partner relation and satisfaction with it; further information by
respondents also about the partner regarding current school or
occupational training or further education, school degree or
vocational certificate, current employment and shift work; full-time
or part-time employment; management activity; classification of
social class; satisfaction with employment and its agreement with
occupational goal; preference for family or occupation; tenancy; size
and equipment of residence; number of members of household; property
relationship regarding residence; satisfaction with housing
conditions; number of persons living in the household; number of
members of household with their own income; amount of net household
income; self-assessment of financial situation and standard of living.