Seniors in the Hanseatic City of Rostock 1992

Social situation and political attitudes of seniors.
Topics: Residential area; frequency of use of public transportation;
assessment of public transportation; change of mobility in the city
since the "turning point"; car possession; use of freedoms newly
obtained with the "turning point" (scale); change of frequency of
contact with closest family members, friends, acquaintances, a party,
church and former company; general contentment with life; condition
of health; need of care; satisfaction with health care; recognition
as handicapped; personal residence; housing situation; residence
partner; satisfaction with residence and housing situation; size of
residence; fear of loss of residence; property conditions of
residential building; rent; preferred form of housing for advanced
age; membership in a senior organization; number of senior meeting
places in the vicinity; dealing with new government offices and new
pension and insurance system; extent of counseling offered; memory of
the election regarding the Federal Parliament election 1990; Sunday
question; reasons for problems in Eastern Germany; possibilities for
political participation; stand on German-German unification;
advantages and disadvantages of unification; disappointment of the
people about unification; occupation characteristics; economic area;
number of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren; size of household.