Partnership Conflicts and Psychosomatic Gynecological Illnesses 1988/89 (Main Survey)

Health and illness, reproduction and fertility, work, housing,
partnership and family.
Topics: Questions on beginning and course of menstruation;
menstruation complaints and stress; methods of contraception in
various phases of life; frequency of health complaints, burdens from
this and necessary doctor consultations (scale); chronic illnesses;
occupational qualifications; qualification intents and occupational
position of respondents and their partners; characteristics and
requirements of employment (scale); full-time or part-time
employment; reasons for part-time employment; preference of full-time
employment; shift work; available leisure time on work days;
satisfaction with working conditions (scale); tenancy; number of
rooms; residential furnishings; satisfaction with housing situation;
frequency of contacts with partner; character of place of residence;
length of living together with partner; number and age of children
living in household; handicapped child in family; social functions;
frequency of illnesses of family members; importance of selected
areas of life (scale); preference for family or occupation;
expectations of the partnership (scale); relationship of man and
woman regarding amount of income, rights, sensitivity, qualification,
management functions; fulfillment of expectations of partnership
(scale); agreement with partner in selected areas of life (scale);
problems in the partnership; personal views on love and sexuality as
well as those of partner; discussing sexual questions with partner;
assessment of satisfaction of partner with sexuality in the
partnership; personal satisfaction with aspects of sexuality;
venereal diseases of respondents and partners; sexual intercourse
under influence of alcohol by respondents and partners; using
violence to force sexual interests by partner and personal stress
from this; rules for common organization of leisure time and
satisfaction with this; importance of selected leisure goals for
respondents and partners; common organization of leisure time and
satisfaction with this; responsibility for individual jobs in
household and satisfaction with this; assessment of children as
independent personalities; responsibility for individual areas of
raising children; division of responsibility in raising children and
satisfaction with this; type of instinctive stress from children;
temporal occupation with children on work days; support by others in
arranging occupational and private obligations (scale); views on
common friendships of spouses; common arrangement of financial
matters and satisfaction with this; current financial situation;
self-assessment of partnership regarding happiness; thoughts of
divorce or separation; trust in partner; conversations with partner
(scale); problems in the partnership regarding alcohol, force,
infidelity, dealing with money; orientation of goals and interests in
the partnership; dealing with differences of opinion in the
partnership; conduct of partner in the partnership (scale).