Social and Cultural Determinants of the Conduct of Foreign Workers (Ecological Investigation)

Attitude to integration and contacts with countrymen or foreigners. Topics: The survey consists of a common part for foreigners and Germans and a supplemental part posed only to foreigners.

The common part contains the following questions: judgement on the proportion of countrymen or foreigners in the residential area; local residency and moving frequency within the city; utilization of ethnic facilities in the municipal area; description of housing situation; manner of arranging residence; length of residence; rent costs; proportion of countrymen and foreigners in residential building; length of residence and satisfaction with housing; interest and reasons for change of residence; attitude or assumed attitude to integration of guest workers and presumable reasons for the difficulties of foreigners in the FRG (scales); neighborhood contacts and desire for more contacts with countrymen or foreigners; general contentment with life; leisure activities; information on personal employment and that of spouse; weekly working hours; work satisfaction; desire for occupational mobility.