Time Budget of Non-Employed Wives

The course of the day as well as the situation in household and family
of non-employed housewives in the Federal Republic.

Satisfaction with occupation as housewife and relationship with spouse.

Topics: Course of the day of respondent and husband; activities in
household and time used by these activities; help of husband and
children in housework; time used by children and persons in need of
care; positively and negatively valued activities in household;
technical features of household; training in housekeeping and child
care; attitude to childminders; education and development status of the
children; child care during absence or illness; style of child-raising;
financial conditions and decision structure within the family;
assessment of the marriage and general judgement on the roles of man
and woman; reasons for disputes with spouse; general contentment with
life; conversations with spouse; assumed regard of husband for
housewives occupation; assumed abilities of husband in housekeeping and
raising children; assessment of personal ability to exercise an
occupation with status equivalent to that of husband; conduct in case
of divorce or death of spouse; interest in taking up personal
employment and perceived possibilities for placing the children;
vocational training and reasons for giving up employment; attitude to
half-day work by husband and wife (job-sharing); satisfaction with
housewives occupation and attitude to housework; recommendations on
improvement in the situation of housewives; social security and
completed insurance policies; illnesses or other complaints; hospital
stays and contact with doctors; regular athletic activities; the role
of television in family life; reading daily newspaper and picture
magazines; participation in further education events; carrying out
trips to government offices; assistance in the professional work of
husband; income from side jobs; marriage duration; desired number of
children; satisfaction with residential area; housing conditions and
evaluation of housing situation; personal election participation in the
last Federal Parliament election and behavior at the polls;
organization of leisure time and preferred leisure activities; size of
household; number of children.

Demography: membership in clubs, parties and other organizations; size
of household; number of children; age (classified); ages of children
(classified); religious denomination; school education; occupation;
employment; professional career; income; social origins; city size;
state; possession of durable economic goods.