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.