Citizen Survey Halle 2001

Quality of life, housing situation and urban image of Halle.

Topics: Satisfaction with the home and the living environment; owner and building type of the inhabited property; number of residential spaces; number of square meters of the apartment; housing equipment; monthly rent or cost; modernisation levy; ancillary costs included; year of construction of the building; duration of residence in this apartment; wish to relocate in the next two years; preferred place of residence as moving destination; possible reasons for relocation or move out of Halle; preferred status of the new apartment; preferred nature of the new apartment; solidarity with the city and the district; image and specific characteristics of the city of Halle; future direction of the city image; importance of civic participation and satisfaction with the opportunities for civic participation; awareness and use of these opportunities (district conference, citizens´ meeting); most important municipal tasks; sources of information on urban redevelopment; satisfaction with the information about the urban redevelopment and personal interest in urban redevelopment; advantages and annoyances of the residential area; frequency of visits to the city centre; preferred means of transport for the route to the city centre; satisfaction with selected structural institutions; political interests in general and in municipalities; Interest in party activity; intention to vote; party preference (Sunday question); assessment of the current and future economic situation as well as the economic situation in the East German federal states and in the city of Halle; worries about the future by: increased cost of living, ruthlessness, violent crime, fraud, possible apartment loss, Pollution, immigration of foreigners, right-wing radicalism, left-wing radicalism, illness, and unemployment (scale); importance of selected living conditions, communal institutions and municipal services (scale); satisfaction with these municipal facilities and services; importance of selected life goals, principles of life and value orientation (scale); current work area and at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall; assessment of one´s own job security; place of work; duration of the commuting time; means of transport used to get to work; number of children; life satisfaction; assessment of personal future. Unemployed people were also asked: duration of unemployment; sources of livelihoods; plans for the future professional activity.

Demography: duration of residence in Halle; sex; age (year of birth), grouped); marital status; flatmate; school-leaving certificate; professional qualification; professional activity; current occupational status; household size; household composition: number of children under the age of 6, from 6 to 9 and from 10 to 18 years; handicapped persons or persons in need of care in the household and their degree of kinship; household net income; sources of household income.

Additionally coded was: participation in the 1993 citizens´ surveys, 1994, 1995, 1997 and 1999; respondent commented on the survey; municipality; household type; weighting factors.