Courses of Life and Social Change: Courses of Life and Welfare Development (Life History Study LV-West I)

Detailed information and judgements on courses of life in the areas
family, education and employment. Topics: 1. Family origin of target
person: social origin; information on natural mother, natural father or
stepparents and foster parents as well as on siblings; information on
courses of life of siblings. 2. Residential history and places of stay:
residence description and reasons for change; supplemental questions on
household structure and mobility. 3. School and occupational training
biography: school and occupational training; political education. 4.
Employment history, occupation and work life: positions and activities
of employment life; times of no contribution to retirement program;
gaps in employment; side jobs; occupational further education; work
efforts; war service; occupational reintegration after the war;
honorary activity; hobbies; illness history. 5. Personal family:
marriage biography; partner situation; information on earlier spouse;
information on current spouse or companion through life; information on
children. 6. Economic situation: assets; income; pension situation. 7.
Politics and religion: biography of personal behavior at the polls;
behavior at the polls of parents; interest in politics in parental
home; religious upbringing, leaving the church and religious
affiliation. 8. Present activities, interests and needs. 9. Also
encoded were: number of contact attempts; number and length of presence
of other persons during interview; intervention of other persons in the
course of the interview; reliability of respondent answers; length of
interview; date of interview; identification of interviewer.