Seniors 86

Situation in life of older citizens in the Federal Republic.

Topics: contacts with selected groups of persons outside of the
residence; satisfaction with frequency of contact; conversation
partner; number of rooms; interest in moving into a residence for older
people, an old people´s home or nursing home; reasons for remaining in
personal residence; possession of a telephone or possibilities of
access to a telephone; frequency of telephone contacts; judgement on
local measures for older fellow-citizens and improvement suggestions;
presence of someone to help; self-assessment of desire for contacts;
feeling of loneliness; frequency of selected leisure activities;
satisfaction with personal financial situation; extent of employment;
getting by with current income; conducting an unpaid activity similar
to employment; types of personal income and level of monthly income;
spending habits; hobby desired and not yet realized; cooking habits;
knowledge about the institution ´meals on wheels´; interest in
utilization of a daily meal service; shopping habits regarding product
selection and shopping place; judgement on one´s own manner of
nutrition; diet; time of last stay at a health resort and last vacation
trip; reasons for not taking vacation; destinations; trip duration;
sources of information; frequency of use of drug store; judgement on
personal condition of health; personal illnesses; perceived
possibilities to maintain health and prevent illnesses; judgement on
one´s own activities to maintain health; use of medication and pills;
self-treatment or doctor´s prescription; trips to the doctor; diabetic;
distance to one´s own children; living together with children or
reasons for living separately.

Also encoded was: ZIP (postal) code; interviewer identity; residential
area.

Demography: sex; marital status; school education; size of household;
respondent is person managing household; respondent is head of
household; characteristics of head of household.