Seniors 1992

Topics: Hopes and fears; importance of selected areas of life such as education, democracy, children, occupation, friends, social security, hobbies, family, environment, peace, health, residence, work, religion, politics; general contentment with life; satisfaction with selected areas of life; knowledge about availability of social services office, the health insurance company, the housing office, the branch of the pension insurer, the housing company; facilities that can be asked for help with problems with calculating one's pension; earlier and current employment; desire for employment; preferred leisure activities (scale); changes of living conditions since the "turning point"; contacts with children/grandchildren; residential status; rent; place of residence of children; preferred manner of living together with the children; intent to move; desired furnishing of a new residence; lacks of current residence; preferred form of housing in old age; household furnishings; yard/weekend property; condition of health; physical activity; psychological condition; health-conscious habits; frequency of medical treatment; relationship with doctor; house visits; confinement to bed in the last year; participation in a lunch program; need of help with jobs in household, trips to government offices, do-it-yourself activities; helpers; extent to which informed about charity organizations; existence of social services such as household help, nursing, meal service, driving service; willingness to live in an old people's and nursing home given need for care; preferred institutions that should do more for older citizens; participation in cultural events; areas of life causing serious concern (scale); fear of the future; earlier membership in organizations, clubs and parties; readiness for neighborhood aid for older persons; amount and composition of pension income; regularity of pension payment; relationship of work performance and amount of pension; supplement income; possibilities of satisfying needs; judgement on length of questionnaire and interest in further surveys.