Herchen Study

Municipal sociological investigation in Herchen.

Topics: Neighborhood contacts; leisure activities; participation on
municipal life; local ties and local residency; preferred place to live
and work; employment before and after marriage; occupation of siblings,
father and siblings of spouse; change of occupation of respondent and
his father; attitude to work in a factory; point in time, length and
reasons for unemployment; assessment of job security; work
satisfaction; length of company employment; originally desired
occupation; occupation concepts for children; desired number of
children; educational goals; authority structure of family; marriage
age and age of spouse; concepts of an ideal spouse; manner of getting
to know of spouse; manner and intensity of contact with relatives;
understanding of sex roles and attitude to equal rights; political
interest; attitude to political questions; reasons for one´s own club
membership; significance of clubs and associations; evaluation of club
functionaries; shopping habits and growing one´s own food; attitude to
saving; assessment of relative social prestige of occupations; personal
election participation.

Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; religious
denomination; religiousness; school education; occupation; professional
position; employment; size of household; composition of household;
housing situation; regional origins; refugee status; possession of
assets;

Interviewer rating: willingness of respondent to cooperate; length of
interview; presence of other persons.