Unemployed in East Berlin 1993

Current social situation of the unemployed. Topics: Length and reasons for unemployment; activity exercised, branch of the economy and place of work before 1989; change of job and activity exercised after 1989; type of terms of employment before unemployment; frequency and length of unemployment after 1989; number of unemployed in household; job chances; preferred work area and occupation; number of applications; sources of information; number of current applications; importance of occupation characteristics in search for work; participation in retraining measures; reasons for non-participation; employment in a job creation measure; length and area of this measure; work values (scale); unexpected lottery winning; reasons to go to work; significance of work (scale); partner giving up personal career; giving up career for partner; job chances; readiness to move for a steady job; maximum travel distance; economic situation at beginning of unemployment; composition of household income.