Working and Living Conditions as Component of Way of Life 1980

Analysis of the connection of social structure, needs and social activity of production workers and research cadre in industry as well as of workmen. Topics: Characteristics of employment; working hours; shift work; changes at work; educational goals (scale); interest in qualification; additional qualification; current qualification and time expended for this; reasons for and against qualification; political further education; opportunities to improve readiness for further education; degree of political knowledge; agreement of qualification and work demands; awards in the last 10 years; length of belonging to work collective; climate in work collective; relationship between leader and collective; significance of readiness for action, conscientiousness, social activity in and outside of company and in work collective; membership in parties and mass organizations; honorary activities at work and in residential area; time expended for this; participation in the workers and farmers inspection, in the voluntary fire department, as People's Police helper, civil defense, battle group, FDJ supervisory position and time expended for this; reasons for participation in these organizations; degree of involvement with changes at work and in residential area as well as reasons for this; influence on work technology, work organization, management and planning, working and living conditions, qualification; education of colleagues, culture and education work; innovator recommendations; time expended for innovator activity; number and ages of children in household; activity of father and mother; additional income; employment and income of spouse; extent of leisure time; housework; preferred leisure activities; importance of selected areas of life such as social security, education, family, supply, traffic conditions, medical care, services, opportunities for local recreation, vacation, healthful nutrition, sport, friends; residential status; possession of leisure objects; satisfaction with residence; residency in residential area; activities to improve living conditions in residential area; reasons for non-participation in these activities; shift work of members of household; preferred areas for use of government price subsidies. Supplemental form: job description - physical demands, mental requirements, communication opportunities, materials for work; assessment of work activities. Supplemental form for workmen: contribution of private workmen to improve supply services.