Desire for Children 1987 - Objective and Subjective Factors of Birth Development

Compatibility of occupation, family and household, reasons for and
against children, character of partner relation, evaluation of
social-political measures, housing conditions.
Topics: Assessment by respondent and partner of ideal number of
children under favorable circumstances; reasons for or against life
with one, two or three children (scale); significance of growing up
with siblings for desire for children; number of siblings; ideal
number of children per family in the GDR; significance of various
areas of life (scale); number and ages of children in household;
possible changes of circumstances with a further child (scale);
significance of selected characteristics of employment (scale);
effects of changes of work in the framework of scientific-technical
progress on fulfillment of the desire for children; doing without
occupational development for a short time for the sake of the child;
attitudes to employment of women in the context of upbringing and
care of children, housework, further education, acceptance of
management functions; attitudes to living together with children and
to long-term relationship (scale); care of parents in need of care or
parents-in-law; life in social security; judgement on
social-political measures in their influence on birth and life with
children in one's family (scale); judgement on social-political
measures to support birth and motherhood; personal significance of
social-political measures; living together with partner; desire to
grow old with partner; significance of selected sides of living
together in partnership; type of tenancy; size of residence;
satisfaction with residence; number of members of household; housing
situation at birth of children; length of residence at place of
residence; qualification and self-classification in shift work of
respondents and partners; full-time or part-time employment; type of
shift work; social functions, government management functions and
management level.
Supplemental form for women: number of children by birth; age at
birth of first child; ideal age at birth of first child or for
fulfillment of desire for children and reasons for this (scale);
desire for children of respondent and of partner; personal
significance of social-political measures regarding desire for
children; further desire for children and reasons for or against a
further child (scale).
Supplemental form for men: number of natural children; age at birth
of first child; ideal age of the woman at birth of the first child or
for fulfillment of the desire for children and reasons for this
(scale); desire for children of respondent and partner; personal
significance of social political measures regarding desire for
children; reasons for or against a further child (scale).