Alcohol and Driving

Attitude to alcohol and driving under the influence of alcohol as well
as personal habits in use of alcohol.

Topics: general contentment with life (scale) and satisfaction with
condition of health; use of medication; use of tobacco and use of
alcohol; drinking habits; motives and occasions for use of alcohol;
frequency of alcohol excesses; detailed description of the situation
and occasion of the last use of alcohol; place of meeting and distance
from residence; means of transport used; intent to do without drinking
before begin of a meeting and success in the observance of the intent;
point in time of decision about the manner of return home; perceived
opportunities for use of alternative means of transport; involvement in
an accident or in a traffic check; attitude to traffic checks and
knowledge of places of traffic checks; attitude to the car (scale);
judgement on the effects of alcohol on driving behavior (scale);
frequency of driving under the influence of alcohol and reactions of
the environment to this; information on displacement, brand and year of
manufacture of motor vehicle; kilometers driven up to now; possible
reasons for doing without the motor vehicle; conduct in traffic and
pleasure in driving (scales); attitude to observance of traffic
regulations; knowledge of selected traffic regulations; appropriate
sentence for driving under the influence of alcohol; preferred
blood-alcohol limit; assessment of the limit of driving ability at
which amount of alcoholic drinks; frequency of violations against the
Road Traffic Act and involvement in accidents; punishments due to
alcohol at the wheel; loss of drivers license; time worked each week;
company size and changes of position in the last few years;
self-assessment of social class affiliation; type of health insurance;
media usage and leisure activities;

Demography (ZUMA standard demography): age (classified); sex; marital
status; number of children; religious denomination; school education;
occupational training; occupation; occupational position; employment;
area of business of company; company size; household income; sources of
income; household size; self-assessment of social class; number of
persons in household with non-German citizenship.

Interviewer rating: type of building; type of city; conduct of
respondent during the interview and interest in survey topic; presence
and intervention of other persons during the interview; length of
interview.