The Situation of Mothers in 1962 (Federal Republic, Non-Agricultural Intact Families)

The condition of health and the familial, psychological and social
situation of mothers.

Topics: Attitude to employment of women; type and extent of personal
employment; child care during absence from home; particularly perceived
burdens in household; household help; love of order; doing housework on
Sundays; satisfaction with occupation as housewife (scale) and assumed
concepts of spouse about the role of women; frequency of nervousness
and tenseness; ideas about improvement in the situation of mothers;
type of differences of opinion with spouse; discussion about
educational goals with spouse; importance of educational goals;
discussion points avoided in one´s family; satisfaction with marriage
and attitude to career orientation of husband; most important concerns;
leisure activities of the two spouses; decision structure in one´s
family; daily newspapers read and particularly interesting reports;
reading women magazines, fashion magazines, film magazines and other
picture magazines; listening to radio broadcasts and preferred
broadcasts; preferred television broadcasts; going to the movies;
frequency of contact with friends and acquaintances; topics of
conversation; last visit to the doctor; personal opinion allegiance;
determination of address of opinion leader mentioned; participation in
further education measures; training in home economics; membership in
clubs and organizations; religiousness; housing conditions;
satisfaction with income; savings goals; judgement on one´s own
economic situation; last vacation; use of cosmetics.

Demography: age (classified); religious denomination; school
education; vocational training; occupation; employment; income;
household income; size of household; composition of household; social
origins; state; possession of durable economic goods; media usage.

Interviewer rating: social class and willingness of respondent to
cooperate; city size; condition of residence; type and situation of
residence; assessment of satisfaction of respondent.