Acquisition and Application of Occupational Qualification in the New States 1990

Topics: Hopes and fears; short time work; working hours; occupation exercised; professional position; number of employees of the company; economic area of the company; satisfaction with occupational activity; satisfaction with and importance of individual occupation characteristics; lay-offs in recent time; job security; possibility to obtain a position of equal value; necessary qualification for activity exercised; types of activity exercised; training apprentices; gender-dependency of activity; knowledge necessary for the activity; necessity of further education; working conditions; work with equipment, machines, means of transport and vehicles; path of education and training; training occupation; year of completion of apprenticeship; knowledge from the apprenticeship for current activity; economic area and number of employees of company doing the training; remaining in company doing the training; other education and study courses; year of completion of studies; type of studies; study duration; desired occupation; interruption of employment and reasons for this; length of employment in the company; length of employment; difficulty to find current job; income in comparison to previous job; application of knowledge and capabilities with change of company; connection of change of occupation and company; changes from change of company, length of activity in previous companies; change of professional position, area of business, company size and working hours; number of employers since 1980; attending further education events in the last 5 years; occupational further education; extent, purpose and conclusion of courses attended; change of occupation; employment before last change of occupation; reasons for change of occupation; move due to change of job; intent to take up work in West Germany; willingness to move to West Germany; reduction in earning capacity; number and ages of children; evaluation of length of interview; willingness to participate in a survey again; place of residence; district; residential area.