Reiseanalyse (Travel Survey Germany) 1972

Vacation and travel habits of the West German population in 1972 as
well as vacation plans for the next season.

Topics: Main focus areas of the survey: second, third trip; travel
expectations and motives; trip decision and trip preparation; trip
length and short vacation trips; trip intents in the coming year. Trip
frequency and regularity of vacation trips; destinations at home and
abroad; preferred form of countryside; time of trip decision; trip
preparation and sources of information for trip planning; trip
organization; trip advice and use of travel agency; trip expenditures;
time of trip and trip length; means of transport used for the vacation
trip and distance to place of vacation; psychological demand of a
vacation; particular acquisition for the vacation trip; ftravel
companion; preferred type of accomodations; meal habits on vacation;
actual and desired leisure activities at place of vacation; vacation
satisfaction; means of transport for trips in the vicinity of place of
vacation; detailed information on short and second or third vacation
trips; travel intents and destination for a vacation in the coming
year; assessment of the general economic development; obstacles for a
vacation; things that can affect vacation satisfaction; visit to the
doctor before start of trip and medication taken along; needed
medications; condition of health before last trip; influence of the
Olympic Games on vacation planning; the significance of vacation
travels and other things for the prestige of a person; residential
status; car possession; possession of durable economic goods.

The following questions were posed to those not traveling:
satisfaction with vacation at home; future vacation plans or obstacles;
year, destination and place of booking as well as organization form of
last vacation trip; preferred leisure activities on the last vacation
trip conducted.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination; school
education; occupation; employment; household income; size of household;
composition of household; head of household.

Also encoded was: district code.