Social and Cultural Determinants of the Conduct of Foreign Workers in the Federal Republic of Germany (Pretest: Germans and Foreigners)

Topics: The current study served as a pretest for the primary investigations described in ZA Study Nos. 1043 and 1044 (see description there). The major topics of these investigations are thus largely identical.

Besides the methodological screening of the research instruments the pretest additionally helped in the decision about the use of survey procedure (written or oral survey). For this reason the pretest questionnaire was designed such that it could be used both for written as well as for oral interviews. Demography: age; sex; marital status; number of children; religious denomination; school education; vocational training; occupation; income; income of spouse; city size; occupation of spouse; job opportunities in country of origin; nationality and place of residence of spouse; children in Germany and their training; educational level sought.