Integration of Women in Working Life (Panel 1977-1980, Strategies to Reduce Interrole Conflicts among Working Wives)

Concepts of young married couples on integration of women in working
life.

Topics: The study contains the survey data of the three-wave panel
survey. The content of the three surveys was the same questionnaire.
This is described under ZA Study No. 1559. Housing situation and
satisfaction with residence; residential furnishings and equipment
desires for the next year; decision structure within the family;
attitude to children; desired number of children; family planning and
resulting plans for professional life of wife; child care; statement on
company and characterization of work; most important demands of work; a
woman superior; personal occupational satisfaction and satisfaction of
spouse with his occupation; disadvantage of women in society; objective
in occupation; readiness to make sacrifices for occupation; attitude of
spouse to this; occupation or family; work orientation of wife;
frequency of agreement of spouses in various areas of experience;
characterization of a good wife and a good husband; attitude to
sex-specific child-raising; pre-marital relations; characterization of
current marital situation; importance of areas of life; living together
before marriage; relationship with parents-in-law; social origins;
number of siblings; employment of mother; distance to parents and
frequency of contact; contact with difficulties in the marriage; year
of marriage; naming of circle of friends and acquaintances;
characterization of ideal wife or ideal husband; designation of
characteristics the spouse doesn´t have; changes perceived in
respondent and spouse since marriage; disappointed expectations in the
marriage; sensitivity of spouse for mutual emotional life; most
important reasons for marriage conflicts; strategies to cope with
conflict; possible reasons for divorce; priority for occupational
further development for oneself or spouse; fatalistic attitude to life;
distribution of tasks in household; satisfaction with division of labor
in household; perceived deficits from employment of both spouses; club
membership and interest in organizing; priority for leisure time or
occupation; differences of opinion with spouse; favorite topics of
conversation of spouse; interest of spouse in topics of conversation of
the other; significance of religion in parental home and in one´s own
family; wife´s right of disposal over a personal bank account and
money; arrangement of financial matters in marriage; financial
quarrels.

Demography: sex; year of birth; vocational training; income; income of
partner; city size.

Interviewer rating: completeness of interview; willingness of
respondent to cooperate; length of interview.