Darmstadt Study (Families)

Living conditions and living habits of families and internal family
structure in a bombed-out, German small town.

Topics: local residency; refugee; bombed out; social origins; detailed
information on occupation learned and occupation of both spouses; rent
and housing conditions; number of family members and subtenants;
condition of health of the family; physical handicaps in one´s family;
personal family doctor; possibility of visiting a doctor; short-term
goals and measures to reach them; greatest pleasures and concerns;
future expectations; organization of leisure time in one´s family;
vacation destination; sociability; decision structure within the family
regarding income and raising children; personal attitude as well as
attitude of spouse to physical punishment in raising children;
difficulties with the children; ideas about choice of occupation for
the children; attitude to interest of wife in occupation of husband as
well as his other interests; attitude to participation of husband in
household; circles of social contact; household income; shopping habits
and detailed break-down of expenditures in household; possessions; club
membership; union membership; number of politically interested family
members.

Demography: year of birth; sex; marital status; religious
denomination; school education; occupational position; size of
household; characteristics of head of household; housing situation;
position of respondent in one´s family; occupation learned; since when
in Darmstadt; residential status; number of rooms; room division.

Interviewer rating: residential furnishings; residence cleanliness;
type of residence; assessment of social class.

Also encoded was: police district; residential area.