Goals in life: Potentials and Trends of Alternative Conduct

Attitude to ´alternative life´ and ´alternative demands´. Topics: judgement on one´s own economic situation and the economic situation of the Federal Republic; most important problem of the FRG; social goals; attitude and ways to change society as well as personal location in society; importance of areas of life; general contentment with life; qualities of life currently and sought in the next few years; extent of changes sought in various areas of life; attitude to ´alternative life´ (scale) and attitude to ´alternative demands´ such as e.g. environmental protection, recycling and new nutrition recipes; relative willingness to spend money and readiness for restriction in various areas of life; self-assessment of personal temperament; measures to save energy in household and in use of motor vehicle; number of cars in houshold; attitude to leisure time (scale); leisure activities and hobbies; attitude to vacation and travel frequency; attitude to work and judgement on current general work morale of the Germans; housing situation; housing conditions and residential surroundings; housing desires; having a yard and desire for a yard; media usage; consumer habits and inclination to save; most important areas of interest; number of communication partners; experienced acceptance as conversation partner; circle of friends; judgement on parental love and style of child-raising in one´s own childhood; party preference.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; number of children; age and number of siblings; school education; occupational training; occupation; employment; income; household income; household size; respondent is head of household; characteristics of head of household. Interviewer rating: length of hair and beard for men; city size; degree of urbanization. Also encoded was: district code.