Household Panel 1982

Topics: detailed recording of possession, number, location, brand designation, main user and point in time of acquisition of television sets, stereo systems, home radio, portable radio, cassette tape recorder, reel-to-reel tape recorder, record player, radio and cassette equipment for the car. The following additional questions were posed regarding acquisition of the above-mentioned equipment as well as watches and video recorders in the last six months before the survey: brand and type designation of equipment; predominant location; exact purchase price; type of business; month of purchase; purchase or gift; purchased used; main user; year of acquisition, usability and use of previous equipment; possession of video camera; possession of film camera; use of video recorder; purchase decision and product information used; frequency of recording television broadcasts; use of pre-programability of video recorder; frequency of trips to video renters; number, characteristics and main borrower of video cassettes; preferred video films; frequency of use of video camera within and outside of the house.

Miscellaneous: attitude to new developments in television and record technology; number of main or extension telephones in the primary and second home; average monthly telephone charges; frequency of reading the magazine ´Bunte´. The following questions were posed only to women: self-classification as well as classification of spouse or friend in a fashion typology; purchase price of the last winter coat purchased for oneself or one´s partner.