Situation in Life in Early Retirement (Leipzig)

Earlier ideas of retirement and evaluation of the situation in early
retirement by early retirees in Leipzig. Topics: Time period of receipt
of interim retirement payment; already thinking of retirement at GDR
times; most important positive or negative expectations of retirement;
ideas at the time about the ideal time of retirement; priority of
occupation or family at the time of one´s own employment; difficulties
in leaving employment life; particularly perceived deficits after
leaving work; happy expectation of retirement; positive and negative
sides of early retirement; satisfaction with amount of interim
retirement payment; general synopsis evaluation of changes since giving
up employment; attitudes to retirement (scale); desires of politics and
business to improve personal situation in life in early retirement;
stating changes in leisure behavior from transfer into retirement; once
again taking up leisure activities; further employment plans at GDR
times for retirement age; planned duration of this further employment;
current side jobs and reasons for this; change of social contacts since
start of retirement; future plans; plans for return to professional
life; self-assessment of condition of health; health disturbances from
earlier employment; change of health status since giving up employment;
self-classification on a young-old scale; employment status of spouse;
children in household; residential status; restriction of standard of
living after retirement; satisfaction with current situation in life.
Judgement on length of questionnaire; interest in results of this
investigation; interest in a deeper conversation as well as a follow-up
survey after a year; survey date and statement of duration of filling
out the questionnaire.