Life in Old Age

Topics: information on course of the day; media usage and topics of editorial interests; travel activities; travel duration; destinations and motives for travel; organization of the trip and means of transport used; attitudes and conduct as consumer; acquisition plans for the residence; frequency of use of cosmetics and medications; attitude to use of nutrition and semi-luxury foods, tobacco and alcohol; shopping habits; generally preferred businesses; residential environment and housing situation; satisfaction with housing; local residency; social surroundings; presence and vicinity of reference persons; frequency of contacts with various reference persons and general integration; satisfaction with public services; criticism and demands of government and authorities; memberships and activities in clubs; frequently exercised activities; interest in various sports and types of games; attitude to facilities for adult education; self-assessment of personality traits; contentment with life and disengagement (scale); orientation in the future and wishes for the future; satisfaction with health; structure of household income and assets; cost of living and structure of expenditures; rent costs; savings habits and forms of investment.

Demography: sex; marital status; religious denomination; school education; household size; housing situation; local residency; memberships. Indices: social integration; consumer behavior; life feeling. Interviewer rating: disabilities of respondent; residential area; housing situation; type of home for the aged.