Every-Day Technology and Technology Mentalities in Life Styles

Dealing with technology. Use of technical equipment and assessment of
personal technical competence. Life style and technology in daily life.

Topics: household structure; technology equipment according to
quality, quantity and structure in household and leisure area;
technology evaluation; interest in technology; environmental
consciousness in dealing with technology; technology competence in the
form of demands of one´s own work; technical knowledge, technical
abilities and skills; most important physical and psychological burdens
at work; most important changes at work in the last few years; ability
to repair and operate; technology practice; technology use according to
devices and areas; allocation problems; individual function of
technology and perceived technology function; technical work
experiences; acquisition of technologies; life style dimensions in the
form of behavior patterns in the areas residence, clothing, nutrition,
leisure time, cultural practice and media (in part obtained through
sample pictures); self-characterization of residential furnishings and
recording by interviewers; newspapers and magazines regularly read;
self-characterization of personal clothing style by means of sample
pictures; frequency of leisure activities; characterization of
nutrition habits; use of various means of transport; most important
decision criteria in purchase of technical equipment such as car,
television set and iron; technical knowledge test; preferred shopping
source for selected technical objects; available leisure time; adequate
leisure time; characterization of technical equipment of household in
different areas; memberships; frequency of guests in one´s home;
neighborhood relationship; loaning and borrowing devices in household;
number of rooms; size of residence; characterization of housing
situation; tenant status or owner; residential area; goal categories of
personal structuring of life; importance of areas of life and
satisfaction in these areas of life; self-image (scale);
internal/external control as general conviction of personal abilities
to cope with situations.