Transfer Survey

Information on employment, income structure, taxes or fees paid and
support received by persons living in the household.

Topics: The complete data set is subdivided in three parts:

A.Information about every individual person in the household

B. Information about the household as a whole and

C. Information about the sample points.

A. For every person in the household the following data were
collected:

1. demographic information.

2. information on employment: hours worked each week; status in
profession; side jobs and information on full-time employment.

3. savings plan: monthly savings amount according to the 624-DM law;
form of savings; employee savings bonus.

4. refugee, exile, resettler: type of identification; year of
arrival.

5. reductions in employment: degree and reasons for reduction in
earning capacity.

6. training: type and begin of further education and retraining
supported by the employment office.

7. income and taxes: type and level of monthly income; special
payments received; level of monthly wage and income tax paid; social
security contributions; church tax; type of health insurance and
monthly premium.

8. social services received: child allowance; student aid;
earnings-related unemployment benefit; unemployment benefit; short time
work or bad-weather pay; allowances and support aid from the employment
office; payments from support advances; support payments for members of
the military or those performing community service in lieu of the
military; payments for support by the Federal German Armed Forces
subsequent to a voluntary period of service; payments for those
persecuted by the Nazi regime; burden-sharing for war damages; payments
of divorced to spouse and children; receipt of voluntary support
payments by relatives outside of the home.

9. pensions: type of anticipated retirement income based on rights
earned; detailed information on pensions derived from compulsory
retirement insurance, pensions from life insurance policies as well as
rights to a pension outside the compulsory retirement insurance.

B. The following data was collected for the entire household:

1. aggregate information on characteristics of the household regarding
transfer payments charged for the individual persons and characteristics.

2. housing situation and house construction: ZIP (postal) code of main
place of residence; age of residential building; form of housing;
amount of rent or rental value of one´s own residence; monthly amount
of interest for residential property; repayment rates; taking advantage
of private or public loans; living space and furnishings; additional
costs.

3. taxes: information on income tax return; utilization of diverse tax
law possibilities to reduce taxable income and level of the amount;
costs in connection with the acquisition of tax deduction property;
level of wealth tax and property tax paid.

4. social services: information on receipt and level of housing
benefit or welfare as well as reasons for not filing a corresponding
application.

5. finances: household income; inheritances; possession of residential
property; current market value of one´s own home; structure and current
market value of household assets.

6. health area: number of visits to the doctor, general practitioner
and specialist; stays in a health resort; inability to work due to
illness; hospital stays; frequency of continued payment of wages
received.

C. Information on sampling point: state; administrative district; size
of municipality class; ZIP (postal) code; residential population of the
municipality; male population of the residential community; proportion
of Germans or foreigners in the population; number of households in
municipality.

Demography: occupation according to ISCO; current or last occupational
position; social origins; professional position of father when
respondent was 15 years old; religious affiliation; party preference
(Sunday question).