The Situation of Fathers in 1964 (Federal Republic, Agricultural Intact Families)

The situation of fathers employed in agriculture in occupation and
family. Educational goals and views about the situation of mothers in
agricultural companies.

Topics: Judgement on the future of agriculture; professional image of
the farmer; daily working hours; division of workload between spouses;
manner of neighborhood help; attitude to specialization in agriculture;
work satisfaction; educational goals; judgement on one´s own raising
children; division of child-raising tasks between husband and wife;
contacts with teachers; conduct with differences of opinion in one´s
family; daily concerns as family father; satisfaction with marriage;
significance of the work of wife for a good life together; interest in
conversations with wife; decision structure in one´s family; concepts
of the role of women (scale); assumed strongest demands on wife; ideas
about improvement in the situation of mothers in farming families;
household help; personal help in household; help of children in
household; attitude to a mothers recuperation vacation for one´s wife;
judgement on health of wife; attitude to maternity leave for a farming
woman; frequency of nervousness; priority of investments: household or
agricultural company; judgement on debt burden; judgement on household
furnishings; general dreams; love of order; monthly income from milk
deliveries to dairies; other sources of income; satisfaction with
income; judgement on economic situation; company land and possession of
tractor; membership in clubs and organizations; information about club
leadership; belonging to a group meeting regularly in the evening;
religiousness; leisure activity; reading daily newspapers and
particularly interesting topics; preferred radio and television
broadcasts.

Demography: age (classified); religious denomination; school
education; vocational training; income; housing situation; state;
possession of durable economic goods.

Interviewer rating: judgement on satisfaction of respondent,
willingness of respondent to cooperate; city size; condition of
residential building; type of building and stables.