Change and Development of Ways of Family Life (Panel 1988-1994)

Current life situation and ways of life. Social relations and courses of life.
Topics:
1. Children:
number of siblings;
position in sibling sequence;
sex of siblings;
growing up with both parents or with single-parent;
divorce or other reasons for separation of parents;
social origins;
child-raising goals;
desired number of children.
2. Partner biography:
living together with a partner;
living separately;
year of separation;
right to support;
regularity of payments deposited;
firm partnership;
difficulties in partnership;
thoughts of divorce;
talks with friends or partner as well as a lawyer about a possible divorce.
3. Questions on social net:
person to confide in;
persons with whom one regularly has meals and to whom emotional relations exist;
person from whom financial support is received or to whom provided;
leisure partner;
sex, type of relation, distance to residence and
frequency of contact with persons of one's social surroundings;
closeness and relation with other people and friends (scale);
number of living grandparents.
4. School, training and employment:
year of starting school;
year of completion of school;
time of first taking up occupational activity and
complete information on professional career;
current employment status;
looking for work;
hours worked each week;
temporary work;
work orientation (scale);
most important criteria for choice of occupation (scale);
child-raising and employment;
information on number of siblings, number of grandchildren,
number of grandparents, employment, occupational position and
hours worked each week of spouse;
division of tasks in the partnership and distribution of decision-making power;
attitude to marriage (scale);
characterization of partner relation (scale);
estimated weekly effort for activities for family and household;
attitude to children (scale);
religiousness;
postmaterialism;
residential status;
inheritance or purchase of real estate;
gift received to purchase real estate;
monthly rent or housing costs;
floor space;
number of rooms;
number of children's rooms;
age at leaving parental home;
duration of residence;
state of parental home;
information on infrastructure available in one's residential area and
use of these facilities;
presence and use of facilities for children
in the immediate vicinity of one's residence;
members of the household as recipients of governmental transfer payments
such as unemployment benefit, housing benefit or child benefit;
household income;
regular savings amount;
annual construction savings amount;
having debt and amount;
right to support for children;
regularity of payments for the child;
utilization of social aid and counseling measures;
looking after persons in need of care in the household;
family relation with these persons and number of hours expended weekly for this;
support in the care from social services or further persons;
care activities along with housekeeping and employment;
self-assessment of condition of health;
frequency of leisure activities;
desire for children.
Demography:
sex;
multi-generation family;
family cycle;
household size;
composition of household;
employment situation of man and woman;
steady partnership and living together with a partner;
second residence;
number of hours each week;
working time arrangement;
flex-time;
work according to instructions or independently;
income sources;
household net income;
expenditure areas in which soonest restrictions would be possible;
family events that have occurred and
problems and intensity of stress perceived from them;
use of means of contraception;
reasons for non-use;
person deciding about use of means of contraception;
year of birth;
month of birth;
district code;
state.