Former Citizens of the GDR in the Federal Republic

Motives for leaving and modalities of moving to the FRG of citizens
of the GDR. Description of course of employment and housing situation
as well as regional mobility in the Federal Republic. Comparisons of
the situation in the Federal Republic with the earlier GDR. Judgement
on the entire change from moving.
Topics: Dates of entry to the FRG; departure route and processing
time of departure application; motives for leaving the GDR; time
differences in moving of family members; city size of place of
residence left in the GDR; training and employment data; course of
employment; sanctions after filing departure application; problems in
recognition of qualification or training degrees from the GDR; course
of training and employment up to now in the FRG; reasons for
unemployment and personal assessment of the reasons for unemployment;
urgency of wish for work; employment suitable for qualification;
acquisition of new knowledge and skills in the FRG; differences in
work climate in comparison of FRG and GDR; today's activity as
alternative to unemployment or desired work; satisfaction with
current occupational situation and planned change of activity;
current most important source of income; housing situation after
moving; length of residence in transit or refugee housing; regional
mobility in the Federal Republic and reasons for change of place of
residence; current residential status; size of residence; persons in
household and their degree of relationship to respondent; change of
residence sought and reasons for this; judgement on experience with
selected authorities; information on particularly bad experiences
with authorities; protest filed or suit against decisions of
authorities; C-identification applied for; larger acquisitions
already purchased or currently deferred; purchase mistakes; objects
one should bring along from the GDR; difficulties with installment
payments and repaying loans; doing without trips or acquisitions;
changes in leisure time behavior compared to earlier; participation
in public life and political activity; expected support from
relatives as well as friends in integration in the Federal Republic
and judgement on their support; contacts with West Germans and
experiences and problems there; membership in an organization for
former citizens of the GDR; efforts to travel to the GDR; visits to
the GDR; meeting relatives from the GDR in third countries;
identification as former citizen of the GDR; discrimination
experienced due to GDR origin; perceived typical differences between
people from the GDR and FRG; feeling at home at new place of
residence and duration of integration; satisfaction with personal
departure decision; thoughts of returning; moving to a foreign
country; fulfilled expectations in the FRG; importance of areas of
life; judgement on inequality of occupational chances for women in
the Federal Republic; change of attitude to employment of women since
moving to the Federal Republic; attitude to the equal rights
discussion in society; integration difficulties of the children;
occupational restrictions due to lack of child care; preference for
child or occupation; partner origin from the GDR or FRG; activity of
partner and possibly unemployment of partner after moving; personal
advice for future emigrants from East Germany.