Integration of Women in Working Life (Panel: 1st Wave 1977)

Concepts of young married couples on integration of women in working
life.

Topics: Housing situation and satisfaction with residence; residence
furnishing and desired furnishings for the next year; decision
structure within the family; attitude to children; desired number of
children; family planing and resultant plans for occupational life of
the wife; child care; position in company and characterization of work;
most important demands of work; a woman as superior; personal
satisfaction with occupation and satisfaction of spouse with his
occupation; discrimination of women in society; objective in
occupation; willingness to make sacrifices for the occupation; attitude
of spouse to this; occupation or family; work orientation of women;
frequency of agreement of spouses in various areas of experience;
characterization of a good wife and a good husband; attitude to
sex-specific raising of children; pre-marital relations;
characterization of current marital situation; importance of areas of
life; living together before marriage; relationship with in-laws;
social origins; number of siblings; employment of mother; distance to
parents and frequency of contact; contact with difficulties in the
marriage; year of marriage; naming circle of friends and acquaintances;
characterization of ideal wife or ideal husband; designation of
characteristics the spouse doesn´t have; perceived changes in
respondent and spouse since marriage ceremony; disappointed
expectations in marriage; sensitivity of spouse to mutual emotional
life; most important reasons for marriage conflicts; strategies to
manage conflict; possible reasons for divorce; priority for
occupational further development for oneself or spouse; fatalistic
attitude to life; distribution of tasks in household; satisfaction with
division of labor in household; perceived deficits from employment of
both spouses; club membership and interest in organizing; priority for
leisure time or occupation; difference of opinions with spouse;
favorite topics of conversation of spouse; interest of spouse in topics
of conversation of the other; significance of religion in parental home
and in one´s own family; wife´s disposition over her own bank account
and funds; arrangement of financial matters in the marriage; financial
disputes.

Demography: year of birth; sex; religious denomination; school
education; vocational training; income; income of partner; city size;
occupational position; occupational position of husband.

Interviewer rating: completeness of interview, place of interview;
willingness of respondent to cooperate; length of interview; particular
difficulties during interview.