Relative Deprivation and Social Justice

The significance of the reference group for social-political attitudes
and expectations of the standard of living.

Topics: Assessment of the development of personal standard of living
in comparison over time; perception of the standard of living of other
groups or classes and judgement on the justification of differences;
attitude to the welfare state and satisfaction with public care;
attitude to unemployment benefits and health insurance; career chances
and satisfaction with occupational position as well as with income;
occupational and regional origins; self-assessment of social class;
judgement on government care for the group to which one feels one
belongs; desire for more training; preference of manual or non-manual
employment for one´s children; class understanding; constancy of
personal party preference and characterization of supporters of the
most important parties; characterization of the life styles of
different groups; possession of assets and residential furnishings;
memberships and participation in events.

Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; number of children;
ages of children (classified); religious denomination; religiousness;
employment; income; size of household; composition of household; head
of household; party preference; political orientation; social origins;
possession of durable economic goods.