Perception of Social Inequality among Workers and Employees

Job situation and perception of social inequality in working life and
society.

Topics: Work satisfaction; characterization of good and bad sides of
one´s own job; satisfaction with payment; evaluation of prospects of
promotion; attitude to income differences and general judgement on
income development in the FRG; interest in occupational independence;
attitude to performance-based pay; number of monthly overtime hours;
attitude to danger bonus versus improvement in safety at work; number
of monthly overtime hours; assessment of discrimination against women,
workers, and employees in occupational life; equal work and equal wage;
attitude to the amount of welfare payments and a better education
benefit for apprentices; occupation plans for one´s children;
assessment of prospects of advancement for one´s children; frequency of
personal unemployment and unemployment of father; judgement on one´s
own job security and fear of a new economic crisis; personal membership
and membership of father in a trade union; offices accepted; attitude
to the necessity of trade unions; personal willingness to strike; most
important tasks of the government; party soonest representing the
interests of workers; assignment of responsibility for price stability
and future increase in standard of living; attitude to house
occupations; satisfaction with democracy in the FRG; political
interest; party preferences; company size and city size; judgement on
one´s own economic situation and future development; satisfaction with
personal standard of living.

Demography: party preference; company size; self-assessment of
vertical mobility; consciousness of social stratification; housing
situation and rent costs; age (classified); sex; marital status; number
of children; school education; vocational training; occupation; income;
household income; size of household; interest in politics; social
origins; city size; state; present and past offices held.