The Sexual Conduct of Women in the Federal Republic of Germany

The sexual conduct of women. Judgement on the social situation of
women.

Topics: 1. On the social situation (oral survey): preferred size of
place of residence; psychological self-characterization;
self-assessment of condition of health; use of medication; weight and
height; smoking habits; drinking habits; attitude to political and
social questions; leisure time budget and leisure behavior; employment
of women (scale); characterization of child-raising style by parents;
dominating parent in child-raising; most important socialization
authority in parental home or foster home; father or mother as
reference person; dominating parent in one´s family; television habits;
attitude to fashion; length of marriage; judgement on the marriage in
the course of time; judgement on one´s own marriage and number of
marriages; importance of areas of life; size of circle of friends;
satisfaction with size of circle of friends.

2. Sexual conduct (written survey): satisfaction with role as woman;
most significant experiences in one´s memory; position in sibling
sequence; conversation partner for sexual questions during developing
years; judgement on one´s own sex education; openness of conversation
in parental home; observing the sex life of parents; sex education
authorities and age at the time; number, age and sex of one´s own
extra-marital or pre-marital children; type of contraception practised
currently; age at sexual maturity; irregularities in menstruation;
number, age, status and time of getting to know first steady partner(s)
with whom respondent had sexual intercourse; time interval between
meeting and first sexual intercourse; significance of sexuality for
respondent; personal age and age of partner at first sexual
intercourse; age of second intimate partner; total number of intimate
partners; length of first intimate relation; marriage with first
intimate partner; characterization of first intimate partner; actual
and desired frequency of sexual intercourse; situations that stimulate
intimacy; initiator of intimacy; stimulating situations; type and
extent of sexual practices; length of intimacy; secret sexual desires;
experiencing orgasm; masturbation; petting; frequency of reading
selected magazines; favorite name.

Demography: age (classified); marital status; number of children; ages
of children (classified); age and number of siblings; position in
sibling sequence; religious denomination; religiousness; school
education; occupational training; occupation; occupational position;
employment; income; household income; household size; respondent is
head of household; characteristics of head of household; local
residency; city size; degree of urbanization; state; regional origins.

Interviewer rating: day of interview.