Religiousness and Social Networks

Christian religiousness, social relations and networks.

Topics: 1. Contact protocol: recording of information on up to 12
contact attempts regarding contact mode, contact result, reaching
target person or another person as well as reason for refusal; time,
date and identification of interviewer; size of household; year of
birth, sex and degree of relationship with respondent.

2. Housing and satisfaction: date of moving in; residential status;
manner of arranging residence; length of residence; positive and
negative aspects of the residential area; satisfaction with housing
situation in the part of town; selected aspects of satisfaction with
housing in the part of town (scale); general contentment with life;
feeling of loneliness.

3. Social net: person to confide in; persons for whom the respondent
was a person to confide in; persons receiving and providing assistance;
contact persons in leisure time; specification of age, sex, religious
denomination, religiousness, marital status, type of household,
education level, employment status, professional position, degree of
relationship, place of meeting, frequency of telephone contact,
frequency of personal contact, living in the part of town and personal
closeness to persons of the social surroundings; judgement on the
relations of the persons named among each other.

4. Belief and religion: scales of religious belief, religious
experience, religious knowledge, religious practice and Christian
rituals; frequency of church attendance; partner in church attendance;
participation in Communion, Sacrament and church events; tie to church
parish; participation in elections; reading of parish letters; baptism
of children; reading the Bible; self-assessment of religiousness;
belief in God; frequency of prayer; desire for church funeral; church
wedding; religious affiliation; car possession; possession of a
telephone. Also encoded were: presence of third persons during
interview and their degree of relationship to the respondent;
intervention of other persons in the interview; disturbances or
interruptions of interview by radio, television or telephone;
willingness of respondent to cooperate; problems with certain
questions; peculiarities during the course of the interview;
identification of interviewer.