Constance Mobility Study

Social level and career mobility.

Topics: regional and social origins; time of leaving parental home;
characterization of current housing situation and that of a few years
ago; perception of social classes and groups in the FRG;
self-assessment of social class; self-image (semantic differential);
most important personal changes in the last 20 years; satisfaction with
current standard of living in comparison over time; desires that cannot
be fulfilled due to lack of money; importance of areas of life;
attitude to occupation; course of education and career; criteria for
occupational success; motives for choice of occupation and influence of
other persons on choice of occupation; participation in measures for
further education; information on personal income development in the
years past; detailed information on change of occupation and change of
position since conclusion of school or vocational training; information
on time in the Federal German Armed Forces; assessment of the effects
of the time in the Federal German Armed Forces on occupational
advancement; evaluation of occupational position up to now and
characterization of current position and work; authority to issue
directives; perceived possibilities for occupational advancement;
company loyalty; attitude to change of occupation; mobility
expectations; satisfaction with position achieved and one´s own
economic situation; income expectations; interest in occupational
self-employment and, if appropriate, obstacles to realizing such plans;
detailed determination of satisfaction with one´s own marriage in the
last few years; expectations of the wife of occupational advancement of
the husband; ideal number of children; desired school education for
children; leisure activities and use of additional leisure time; types
of sport conducted; friendships; social status of friends in one´s own
adolescence; membership in clubs; functions accepted earlier and now;
contacts with neighborhood and occupations of neighbors; contacts with
siblings; social status of siblings; religiousness earlier and now;
concert and theater attendance; attendance at social events;
characteristics and amount of financial investment; costs of residence
furnishings; planned acquisitions.

Demography: age; marital status; number of children; ages of children
(classified); age and number of siblings; position in sibling sequence;
religious denomination; frequency of church attendance; school
education; occupational training; income.

Interviewer rating: length of interview; presence of other persons and
degree of relationship of these persons.