Children Survey

Children and their parents were interviewed. Topics: 1.

The children questionnaire: number, age and sex of siblings in household; comparison of personal situation with that of siblings; employment of parents; place of stay after school; pet possession or desire for pet possession; feelings of loneliness; reference person; characterization of residential surroundings; noise pollution; satisfaction with housing situation and change recommendations for the residence; personal room; comparison of personal residence with that of friends; preferred type of residential building; residential area suitable for children and improvement recommendations; characterization of negative and positive sides of adults; feeling when together with adults; evaluation of the situation of children in contrast to adults; greatest problems; means of transport used and person accompanying on the way to school; length of distance to school; interest in attending school; ease of learning; satisfaction with school and improvement recommendations; attending kindergarten before time in school; length and reasons for longer absence from family; fear situations; types of positive and negative sanctions by parents; good and bad sides of one´s own family; general judgement on the style of upbringing of parents; areas of personal decision-making responsibilities; general well-being in one´s family; permission to bring friends home; adequate time to play; favorite places to play; place to play during rain; type and frequency of games with parents; boredom; pleasure at play and favorite games; prohibited places of play; number of friends and desire for further friends; feeling when together with friends; general comparison of personal situation with that of friends; general contentment with life; greatest fears and greatest desire; general feeling in answering the questionnaire. 2.