Nutrition Habits among Children of Guest Workers

General shopping habits and questions on baby food.

Topics: 1. General shopping habits: the one responsible in one´s
family for purchase of groceries as well as durable economic goods;
type of business in which selected goods of daily need are purchased;
type and frequency of visits or use of selected shopping places and
mail-order firms; preference for fresh produce, canned food or frozen
food; type of meal preparation.

2. Questions on baby supplies: age of baby; use of cloth diapers or
throwaway diapers and brand used; duration of style; frequency of
preparation of one´s own baby food as well as type and frequency of use
of ready-to-serve baby foods; type of sterilization technology for baby
bottles; detailed determination of preferred type of businesses for
purchase of baby products; brand name of preferred baby care products;
use of German products on vacation trips to native country; companies
of greatest trust in the area of baby food and baby care products; type
of remedies and medication purchased in pharmacies.

3. The following additional questions were posed given larger children
in the family: dental hygiene products used for the child; preferred
products for snacks for children; products used to increase capability
of children; monthly expenditures of child for candy and monthly budget
for children´s clothing; annual expenditures for children´s toys;
favorite drinks of children and adults in the family.

Miscellaneous: television habits and paying attention to commercial
television broadcasts; listening habits and paying attention to radio
advertising; understanding of advertising broadcasts; possession of
videorecorder and preference for German or Turkish films; reading
habits; self-assessment of German and Turkish language proficiency;
immigration year and desired length of stay in the Federal Republic;
car possession and frequency of use of the Federal Railway.

Interviewer rating: assessment of knowledge of German of respondent;
presence of other persons; influence of other persons on responding;
degree of relationship of these persons to respondent; recognizable new
pregnancy; city size and willingness of respondent to cooperate; ZIP
(postal) code.