The Situation of Divorced Women in the Federal Republic of Germany

The situation of divorced and remarried women in the Federal Republic,
their experiences with divorce and remarriage as well as concepts of
the role of men and and women.

Topics: Understanding of the roles of men and women in society;
judgement on the marriage of one´s parents; decision structure within
one´s own marriage and in the marriage of one´s parents; distribution
of tasks in housework; cause and frequency of differences of opinion
before marriage and in marriage; length of living together with the
later partner before marriage; objections of family against the
marriage; place of first getting to know the husband; attitude to
formal marriage; housing situation and financial conditions at the
beginning of the marriage; pregnancy at marriage and children from the
first marriage; responsibility for financial matters, trips to
government offices and care of contacts with relatives; frequencies of
independent activities without husband; reasons for divorce; divorce
circumstances and divorce modalities; retaining a lawyer; circumstances
of separation and leaving common residence; time length between filing
for divorce and divorce decree; agreement of partners on consequences
of divorce; maintenance of the woman and children after the divorce;
observance of the agreements arranged and possibly further legal
rulings after the divorce; consequences of not observing the rulings;
judgement on the divorce result; taking sides by family members and
friends in the course of the divorce; economic situation after the
divorce; contacts with divorced husband and judgement on the current
relation; time of renewed marriage of husband and familiarity of a
steady girl friend even before the divorce; general judgement on the
reasons for the failure of the first marriage; attitude to making
divorce easier; personal sexual experiences before marriage; social
self-assessment; difficulties in the search for a partner after
divorce; not mentioning personal marital status on first contacts;
current circle of friends; steady friend; judgement on the conduct of
men regarding divorced women; marriage intents and marriage plans;
housing situation; care for children during absence; help in household.

Demography: religiousness; political interest; social und regional
origins; age; marital status; ages of children (classified); age and
number of siblings; religious denomination; school education;
vocational training; occupation; professional position; employment;
professional career; income; size of household; state.

Interviewer rating: willingness of respondent to cooperate; presence
of other persons; length of interview and city size.

Also encoded was: identification of interviewer.