Culture Needs 1990

Reception habits in the entertaining arts, organization of leisure
time and expectations of structuring of the art market in the East of
Germany.
Topics: Hopes and fears; importance of selected areas of life such
as education, democracy, work, partnership, prosperity, children,
pay, legal security, environment, leisure time, culture, social
security, health, housing, services, contacts, personal economic
situation; change of economic situation in a year; degree of
employment; occupation characteristics; job security; possibilities
to find a new job; illicit work; change of job or occupation,
retraining, search for work in the last six months; evaluation of
changes of situation in life; effects on extent of leisure time;
extent of leisure time, working hours, housework hours, time for
sleep, vacation time and working life; extent of leisure time on a
working day; preferred leisure activities after work and on the
weekend; understanding of the term "entertainment art"; degree of
interest in various areas of culture and art; importance of preferred
art directions as well as frequency of attending events; degree of
interest in individual areas of entertainment art; understanding of
the term "dance music"; reasons for interest in selected areas of
entertainment art; agreement of wishes and selection of events;
television broadcasts versus attending events; importance of
entertainment, sport, news broadcasts as well as natural science,
political broadcasts; expectations of currency union; fulfillment of
election promises of the parties; opinion on the state contract;
change of supply with merchandise of daily needs since six months
ago; desired selection regarding dance and entertainment music;
preferred forms of event; understanding of the term "rock"; travel
times and financial expenditures to attend entertainment events;
media usage for dance and entertainment music; expansion of the
selection of various media; entertainment broadcasts of the Deutscher
Fernsehfunk {German Television Broadcast} worth preserving;
understanding of the term "pop"; preferred type of music; frequency
of listening to this type of music as well as reasons for this;
interest in text, rhythm and melody as well as reasons for this;
equipment with audio and video devices, distance to cultural
facilities.