Residence Experience I, Cologne

Sociological investigation about living in a large city.

Topics: Detailed information on housing conditions, residence
furnishing and use of living space; equipment furnishing and financing
of the first residence; current residence furnishing; residence style
and dreams about residences in general; possession of durable consumer
goods; ties to current place of residence; personal life-style;
friendships and social relations; leisure activities and hobbies;
reading habits; decision structure in one´s family; earlier voting
decisions; sympathy scale for parties; party preference; membership in
associations and organizations; self-assessment of social class; class
index.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; number of children; ages of
children (classified); religious denomination; religiousness; school
education; vocational training; occupation; employment; income;
household income; size of household; composition of household; head of
household; housing situation; regional origins; possession of durable
economic goods; media usage.

Interviewer rating: length of interview; number of contact attempts;
presence of other persons; interview surroundings; sincerity, social
class and willingness of respondent to cooperate; type of building;
condition and furniture of residence.

Also encoded was: identification of interviewer.