East German Residential Milieu in Change

Planning in the residential area: interest in the local part of the newspaper; political involvement in the residential area before the turning point; changes in this involvement since the turning point; preferred sources of information in city planning; possible forms of personal political involvement; attitude to renovation measures in the residential area (scale). City: local ties; most important demands of an ideal city and satisfaction with these demands at place of residence; favorite place in the city; unpleasant parts of town; frequency of trips downtown; desired changes in the city.

Work: employment of respondent and partner; place of work in vicinity of residence; opportunities for second occupation in the residential area; personal secondary occupation; current employment situation in household as well as before the turning point; assumed reasons for increased employment of women in the GDR; importance of areas of life; shifting of this importance since the turning point. Leisure time: having a yard; preferred place of leisure time; change of leisure behavior since the turning point; preferred place of leisure time for the children; memberships.

Traffic: possession of car, bicycle or moped before currency union and at time of survey; possession of garage; means of transport used for the drive to work, in leisure time and for larger purchases; change in use of various means of transport since the turning point; most important reasons for this; preferred measures to improve the traffic situation in the residential area; judgement on the parking situation; acceptable distance and monthly rent for the nearest garage.

Demography. Also encoded was: readiness of respondent for a further interview; interview in residence of respondent; interest of respondent in survey; assessment of productivity of a possible intensive interview; residential building size and number of floors; length of interview; identification of interviewer.