Concepts of Existence of the West German Population

Attitudes and moral concepts of the German population in the public,
occupational and private area. Questions on socialization.

Topics: importance of areas of life and educational goals; interest in
university activities and college studies; attitude to academics and
image of academics (scales); comparison of academics and non-academics;
self-image (scale); satisfaction with personal education and
occupational training (scale); attitude to work and work satisfaction;
most important aspects of work; perceived work demands; work during
leisure time; actual and ideal criteria of upward social mobility;
perceived change of prospects of promotion in the FRG; identification
of privileged population groups; perception of group differences as
well as of social classes; class model; attitude to social differences
(scale) as well as judgement on the level and development of inequality
in the FRG; self-assessment of social class on a scale and satisfaction
with personal social position; self-assessment of personal social
standing based on income, occupation as well as influence in society;
image of society and achievement orientation (scale); understanding of
sex roles as well as assessment of the suitability of men and women for
certain occupations; political interest and political participation
(scale); importance of political goals; satisfaction with income.

Demography: age; marital status; religious denomination; school
education; further education; occupational position; company size;
sources of income; respondent is head of household; residential status;
membership in a union, party or an organization; party preference.

Interviewer rating: type of building; residence and business building;
type of city; presence of other persons and their intervention in
interview; willingness to cooperate and reliability of respondent;
length of interview; number and time of contact attempts; city size;
district code.