Social and Cultural Determinants of the Conduct of Foreign Workers (Ecological Investigation)

Living and housing situation of the German and the foreign population
in selected parts of town in Cologne. Attitude to integration and
contacts with countrymen or foreigners.

Topics: The survey consists of a common part for foreigners and
Germans and a supplemental part posed only to foreigners. The common
part contains the following questions: judgement on the proportion of
countrymen or foreigners in the residential area; local residency and
moving frequency within the city; utilization of ethnic facilities in
the municipal area; description of housing situation; manner of
arranging residence; length of residence; rent costs; proportion of
countrymen and foreigners in residential building; length of residence
and satisfaction with housing; interest and reasons for change of
residence; attitude or assumed attitude to integration of guest workers
and presumable reasons for the difficulties of foreigners in the FRG
(scales); neighborhood contacts and desire for more contacts with
countrymen or foreigners; general contentment with life; leisure
activities; information on personal employment and that of spouse;
weekly working hours; work satisfaction; desire for occupational
mobility.

Among foreigners the following additional questions were posed: size
of place of residence in country of origin; vocational training and
last occupational activity in native country; reasons for moving to the
FRG and planned length of stay; first occupational activity after
moving to the FRG; housing situation after moving; presence and use of
ethnic infrastructure facilities in residential area; interest in
acquisition of German citizenship; self-assessment of knowledge of
German and participation in German courses.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; number of children under 15
years; school education; vocational training; occupation; occupational
position; employment; income; income of spouse; size of household;
residential status; employment of spouse; occupation of spouse;
occupational position of spouse.