Foreign Workers in the Federal Republic (1971)

Topics: Length of stay in Germany; frequency of travel home and means of transport used for this; place of changing money and amount of money taken along on the trip home; amount of financial transfers home; assumed attitude of countrymen to Germans; particular difficulties in the FRG; learning the German language; side job; average working hours per week and overtime; satisfaction with housing; rent costs.

Demography: age (classified); sex; nationality; marital status; number of children; school education; vocational training; occupation; professional position; income; size of household; housing situation; state; possession of durable economic goods. Interviewer rating: judgement on language proficiency and possible communication difficulties; willingness of respondent to cooperate; presence of other persons; city size.