Part-Time Working Men and Househusbands (2nd Wave)

Description of the company or domestic situation. Topics: move since first interview and reasons for move; change of partnership situation since first interview; pregnancy of partner or birth of child in the last year; desire for children; possession of household appliances; change of employer since last interview and reasons for this; changes of job situation since last interview and their connection with one´s own part-time work or return to full-time work; time worked each week; amount of overtime; work days during the week; desire for increased or reduced working hours; reasons for a possible increase in working hours or decrease in working hours; influence and attitude of partner to this change; time occupied by work per day; hours for work taken home; information on activities and occupations since last survey in monthly rotation; division of labor in the household; relation to partner (scale); self-assessment of care with which the housework is taken care of and possible improvements by partner; division of tasks in raising and caring for children; relationship to children; effects of reduced working hours on family life (scale); time perspective for a change of current situation; reasons for a desired increase in working hours or reduction; social moral orientation (scale); social trends from which one feels influence; experience with a group sharing a residence and length of residence in such a group; importance of areas of life; psychological self-characterization (scale); detailed information about the course of terms of employment of partner; employment in civil service; company size; receipt of public support; date of birth; possession of a telephone; contentment with life currently and a year ago; willingness to participate in a further interview.

The following question was also posed to respondents who in the meantime had quit part-time work: reasons for quitting. The following questions were additionally posed to househusbands who had returned to employment: current employment status; reasons for resumption of employment; attitude and influence of partner on termination of status as househusband; the same employer as before the time as househusband; comparison of current and earlier jobs; amount of freedom of decision at work.