Living Conditions of Social Assistance Recipients and Social Work 1996

The survey charted the living conditions, life experiences and client relationship of social assistance recipients and social work. First, the respondents were asked to assess their childhood and childhood home, for example, who had looked after them the most and whether there had been serious conflicts or drinking problems in the family. The respondents were asked how many times they had moved during their lifetime and why. They were also asked to state different illnesses that reduced their working capacity and ailments they had suffered from in the past twelve months. Household's use of different health services in the past six months was surveyed. The study also charted the respondents' accommodation (e.g. type, tenure, standard of equipment, number of rooms). Present main activity, length of and reason for unemployment were examined. Possession of consumer durables (e.g. mobile phone, video cassette recorder, washing machine, computer and newspaper subscription) was examined. The respondents were asked whether their financial circumstances regularly prevented them from using public transport and health services, buying convenience goods, nutritious food, etc. Their voting behaviour in the last parliamentary elections was also charted. The respondents rated their family ties and friendships and analysed events that had happened to them in the previous twelve months. They evaluated their standard of living and satisfaction with their situation in life at the time of the survey. Finally, the respondents' views on being social service clients were probed by asking, for example, what their first visit to social services office had been like, whether they wanted to discuss matters other than financial circumstances during their appointments and how social services could be improved. The respondents were presented with a set of attitudinal statements about, for example, over-indebtedness and income support. Social workers completed information about the client relationship: household's source of income, length and regularity of client relationship and measures taken at meetings (e.g. income calculation, discussion, counselling on child care and welfare or house call). They specified contributory factors in household's income difficulties. The social workers assessed how effective social welfare measures were in helping clients. Finally, they were asked whether the client was a returning migrant or a refugee. Background variables included respondent's gender, marital status, household type and structure, basic and vocational education, main activity, spouse's education and main activity.

本调查描绘了社会援助受助人及社会工作者的生活状况、生活经历与客户关系。首先，受访者被要求对其童年及童年居所进行评估，例如，谁是他们最亲密的照顾者，以及家庭中是否发生过严重的冲突或酗酒问题。受访者还被询问在其一生中搬迁的次数及其原因。他们还被要求陈述不同疾病对其工作能力的影响，以及过去十二个月中所遭受的疾病。在过去六个月内，对家庭使用不同健康服务的情况进行了调查。研究还记录了受访者的居住条件（例如，类型、租期、设备标准、房间数量）。主要活动、失业的时长及其原因也被进行了考察。对消费品（例如，移动电话、录像机、洗衣机、电脑和报纸订阅）的拥有情况进行了检查。受访者还被询问其财务状况是否经常阻止他们使用公共交通和健康服务，购买便利商品、营养食品等。他们的上次议会选举投票行为也被记录。受访者对其家庭关系和友谊进行了评价，并分析了过去十二个月中发生的事件。他们评估了其生活水平及其在调查时的生活状况满意度。最后，通过询问例如首次访问社会服务办公室的经历、是否希望在预约时讨论除财务状况以外的其他问题，以及如何改进社会服务等，对受访者作为社会服务客户的态度进行了调查。受访者被呈现了一系列关于过度负债和收入支持的态度陈述。社会工作者完成了关于客户关系的详细信息：家庭的收入来源、客户关系的时长及规律性，以及会议中采取的措施（例如，收入计算、讨论、关于儿童照顾和福利的咨询或家访）。他们指出了家庭收入困难的原因。社会工作者评估了社会福利措施在帮助客户方面的有效性。最后，他们被询问客户是否为返乡移民或难民。背景变量包括受访者的性别、婚姻状况、家庭类型和结构、基本教育和职业教育、主要活动、配偶的教育和主要活动。