Video Habits

Topics: main user of video recorder in one´s family; membership in a video club; information exchange with friends about video technology; number, brand and acquisition year of additional equipment for the video recorder; video recorder system; major reason for obtaining video recorder; knowledge of copyright; brand, play duration, type, content and owner of video cassettes to be found in the home as well as those rented outside the home; frequency of playing cassettes in the past week; detailed information on making personal video copies; manner of copying and technical realization; making personal copies of super-8 films; familiarity and satisfaction with copying; number, origin, type of program and frequency of use of the program cassettes purchased or rented in the last four weeks; information on manner of use and frequency of use of the video recorder; evaluation of copies made oneself, separated according to type of program and number of copies made altogether; most important prerequisites for increased purchase of videoprogram cassettes; interest in selected types of program; interest in purchase of a video disk device; parts of the ´Freiburg personality inventory´ (FPI 8 and FPI 9).

Demography: age; sex; religious denomination; school education; occupation; occupational position; employment; household income; household size; Interviewer rating: degree of urbanization; district code.