Goals in life: Potentials and Trends of Alternative Conduct

Situation in life, goals in life and social-political consciousness of
West Germans. Attitude to ´alternative life´ and ´alternative demands´.

Topics: judgement on one´s own economic situation and the economic
situation of the Federal Republic; most important problem of the FRG;
social goals; attitude and ways to change society as well as personal
location in society; importance of areas of life; general contentment
with life; qualities of life currently and sought in the next few
years; extent of changes sought in various areas of life; attitude to
´alternative life´ (scale) and attitude to ´alternative demands´ such
as e.g. environmental protection, recycling and new nutrition recipes;
relative willingness to spend money and readiness for restriction in
various areas of life; self-assessment of personal temperament;
measures to save energy in household and in use of motor vehicle;
number of cars in houshold; attitude to leisure time (scale); leisure
activities and hobbies; attitude to vacation and travel frequency;
attitude to work and judgement on current general work morale of the
Germans; housing situation; housing conditions and residential
surroundings; housing desires; having a yard and desire for a yard;
media usage; consumer habits and inclination to save; most important
areas of interest; number of communication partners; experienced
acceptance as conversation partner; circle of friends; judgement on
parental love and style of child-raising in one´s own childhood; party
preference.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; number of children; age and
number of siblings; school education; occupational training;
occupation; employment; income; household income; household size;
respondent is head of household; characteristics of head of household.

Interviewer rating: length of hair and beard for men; city size;
degree of urbanization.

Also encoded was: district code.