Courses of Employment of Male Working Persons

Occupation, sector, region and horizontal mobility among male working
persons. Topics: current activity; occupational position; company size
and area of business; activity main focus; materials used for work;
description of training requirements as well as extent of occupation
experience, minimum age and necessary training time for occupation
practiced; gender relevant to occupation; age limit for occupation;
characterization of activity regarding necessary muscle strength,
robustness, stress on nerves, skill in dealing with people,
problem-solving ability as well as ability of expression orally and in
writing; presence of access limitations or practice limitations due to
statutes, safety regulations or professional organizations;
occupational position. Course of employment: school education; year at
leaving the school providing all-round education; favorite subject;
school achievements in the subjects mathematics and German; subject
area of school vocational training and year of final examination; final
examination at occupational training school; year of final examination;
training or preparation time in civil service; number of started and
completed apprenticeships; assignment of the apprenticeship to an
occupation class and the training company to an area of business; year
of final examination or discontinuation of last apprenticeship;
duration of employment in training company at conclusion of
apprenticeship; reasons for leaving training company; change of
training company during apprenticeship; change of training occupation
during apprenticeship; start and completion of master training; year of
first employment; times of unemployment; winter unemployment; change of
occupation; usability of occupational knowledge and skills from an
earlier occupation for current activity; interruptions of employment;
retraining measure; reasons for change of occupation; move to Western
Germany after 1944; moving frequency; connection of move and taking
work at another location; degree of reduction in earning capacity;
occupational position of father; subjects at last school attended and
usability of the knowledge in current occupational activity;
participation in courses on occupational further education; employer or
employee as initiator of this further education participation; course
accompanying occupation or full-time; course length. The following
questions were posed to self-employed: begin of self-employment;
company founded oneself, inherited or leased. The following question
was posed to civil servants: year of first appointment. Depending on
the situation of the respondent, for 1955 or 1965 a determination was
made of employment, occupational position with information on company,
activity main focus as well as materials used for work and duration of
employment in the company.