Typology of Desires 1980

Attitudes to consumption, media usage and possession of economic goods. 2. Quantitative recording of consumer habits.

Topics: 1. attitudes to consumption, media usage and possession of economic goods: personal demands on life; interest in product information for selected products (scale); personal opinion leadership; attitude to name-brand articles, money, advertising, quality and price (scale); frequency of vacation trips; destination area and vacation length; tour operator used; detailed recording of frequency of reading magazines and watching television (media usage); attitude to medications; self-treatment and use of medication for selected complaints; possession of real estate; size of residence and number of rooms; residential status; detailed determination of age and possession of selected household appliances; planned acquisitions of furniture and furnishing items; equipment of kitchen and bathroom; carrying out yard work; use of yard as vegetable garden or ornamental garden; yard size; do-it-yourself activities conducted; possession of drivers license and class of drivers license; number of kilometers driven annually; attitude to car driving (scale); number of vehicles available to household as well as year of manufacture and brand of car; opportunity to use a company car; planned new purchase of a car and specification of intended expenditure for it as well as preferred manufacturer; possession of bicycle; possession of building loan contracts; investment possibilities used; type of completed and planned insurance policies; height and weight; year of marriage.