Women Study 1990

Social condition of women in Leipzig after the social turning point in the GDR.
Topics:
Optimism on the future;
stand on equal rights for man and woman regarding occupation, family, household;
attitude to retention of social-political measures;
attitude to the guarantee of the right to work in the constitution;
attitude to quota regulation for management functions in social areas;
criteria for personal happiness in life (scale);
goals in life (scale);
future expectations regarding personal life (scale);
threats experienced from environment, conflicts in family and partnership,
hostility to children, discrimination as a woman, unemployment,
price increases, crime, economic decline, violence against women,
prostitution, pornography, egoism;
stand on beauty contests, porno-shops, theaters and magazines, peepshows,
brothels;
stand on the question of retention of GDR regulations such as the right to work,
secured jobs for young people, adequate and all-day kindergartens,
rent subsidies, law allowing abortion in the first trimester, marriage credits,
paid household days, reduction in working hours for mothers, school meals,
school nurseries, day-nurseries;
trust in parties and movements (scale);
family planning;
current partner relation;
number of children;
desire for children and change in recent time;
desired child care in the day-nursery age, in kindergarten age and
in the first year of school (scale);
concepts of employment with and without children of different age levels;
evaluation of flexible arrangement of working hours;
characteristics of employment (scale);
full-time or part-time employment;
work in shift work;
time expended for the route to work and means of transport used;
average leisure time on a work day;
significance of various factors for employment such as earning money,
achievement, social contacts, recognition and respect;
experiences at work (scale);
satisfaction with living conditions;
current condition;
number of children living in household;
assessment of the necessity of an independent council area on equal rights
for women.