Welfare Survey 1978

Topics: 1. Objective situation in areas of life: housing situation and residence furnishing; residence costs; house and residence possession; life with partner; type and number of friends; neighborhood aid; members of household and size of household; year of marriage; occupational position of spouse and father; vocational training and occupation career; employment and mobility; condition of health; visits to the doctor; hospital stays and use of medication; need of care and help in need of care; disabilities; event under which one particularly suffered and about which one is happy. 2.

Evaluations and perceived qualities of life: judgement on one´s own residence 5 years ago and current housing situation; satisfaction with housing as well as satisfaction with residential area and traffic conditions (scales); satisfaction with being alone or marital satisfaction; understanding between the partners; satisfaction with family life, the functioning of the household, leisure time, health, social security, standard of living,democratic institutions in the FRG, opportunities for political activity, public safety, environmental protection, one´s own education, working conditions, one´s occupation, the prospects of promotion, income, the church and with the status as housewife or pensioner (scale); general work satisfaction and contentment with life (scale); importance of areas of life; moral orientation; work orientation; most important political goals; attitude to abortion and treatment of the critically ill; attitude to a child benefit for mothers; perception of social differences and social conflict groups; groups with too much power. 3.