Social and Cultural Determinants of the Conduct of Foreign workers in the Federal Republic of Germany (Primary Investigation: Foreigners)

Perception of one´s own countrymen and third-party image of the Germans. Perceived reasons for integration difficulties.

Topics: The survey of foreign workers was conducted with questions identical to ZA Study No. 1043. Besides the identical part of the survey the following additional questions were posed: country of origin; training in country of origin; reasons for moving to Germany and information about working and living conditions before moving to the FRG; planned length of stay before moving to the FRG; correspondence of concepts and facts about the FRG; satisfaction with housing situation and living conditions after arrival; description of characteristics of first occupational activity in the FRG (scale); satisfaction with this activity; development of contacts with countrymen in the FRG; planned length of stay; reasons for current stay in the FRG; ethnic infrastructure facilities in residential area; interest in acquisition of German citizenship; judgement on one´s own knowledge of German; feeling of national identity.