Employment, Job Situation and Excessive Use of Alcohol

Work satisfaction and description of job demands. Information on use of
alcohol and use of tobacco as well as social contacts.

Topics: work and occupational satisfaction; detailed information about
type and frequency of contacts with colleagues or suppliers and
customers in the course of work; work conditions, work description,
work demands and detailed description of work carried out; work under
pressure of time; piecework; satisfaction with social contacts during
work; arrangement of the assignment of work; work satisfaction (scale)
and judgement on recognition of achievement experienced; problems with
colleagues; leadership duties; self-determination of the course of
work; concentration demands at work; benefit of the activity for the
´public´; attitude to acceptance of responsibility; work orientation;
time worked each week including overtime; time expended for the way to
work; taking work home; flexible arrangement of working hours and
establishing of work breaks; possibility of injuries and damage to
material in the work; perceived work stress; adequate training for
current activity and perceived prospects of promotion in comparison
with colleagues; career orientation; relationship of wages and
achievement; satisfaction with wage income; difficulties to find a
comparable position; lay-offs in the company.

Assessment of personal condition of health; type and frequency of
leisure activities; visits to the doctor in the last year; impact of
accidents; sleep disturbances; general use of medication as well as use
of sleeping pills and tranquilizers and pain-killers; use of
stimulants; smoking habits; attempts to quit smoking; drinking habits
in a restaurant; use of alcohol in manner and extent in the course of
the last week; motive and place for use of alcohol; intensity of use of
alcohol (scale); age at begin of use of alcohol; use of alcohol by
parents, alcohol at meals; times of reduced and increased use of
alcohol; alcohol at work; occupational reasons (inviting customers) for
use of alcohol; use of alcohol with colleagues. Satisfaction with
occupation and job; most important reason to change place of work;
perceived job security; atmosphere at work; company size and company
employment; satisfaction with employer benefits; employment in the
evening and on the weekend; active participation in clubs; frequency of
contacts with friends as well as with colleagues outside of work;
satisfaction with housing; most important concerns; significant change
in work and in private life; attitude to political participation
(scale).

In the form of a written survey under supervision the manifest fear
scale (MAS) as well as a list of questions on physical and
psychological complaints was presented.

Demography: marital status; number of children; religious
denomination; frequency of church attendance; school education;
occupational position; household income; composition of household; year
of birth; size in cm; weight in kg; occupation of father; employment of
wife; growing up in the country or in the city; Swiss citizenship; year
of moving to Switzerland; growing up in a Swiss region; nationality.

Interviewer rating: reliability of respondent; length of interview;
date of interview; reaction of respondent to interview; address and
telephone number of respondent; name of interviewer.