Household Panel 1983

Mail-order purchases: degree of familiarity of mail-order firms or mail-order businesses; judgement on performance of known mail-order firms; possession of catalog; mail-order firms used up to now; customer of mail-order firm; judgement on offerings of selected mail-order firms; judgement on quality and value of individual mail-order firms regarding special product groups; memory of advertising statements of individual mail-order firms.

Miscellaneous: possession of video games; manufacturer and purchase price as well as number of video game cassettes; main user of the video games; interest in possession of a record player and video game device; changes in expenditure structure of selected consumer areas in comparison to previous year; number and destinations of planned vacation trips; certainty of personal travel decision; judgement on one´s own contentment with life as well as work orientation and attitude to economic problems and technical progress (scales); judgement on current or future personal economic situation; judgement on general development of unemployment; number, brand and engine displacement of cars available in household; self-classification in a fashion typology; purchase price of the winter coat last purchased; clothing size.

Demography: sex; year of birth; marital status; ages of children (classified); religious denomination; school education; vocational training; occupational position; employment; household income; respondent is head of household; characteristics of head of household; characteristics of person managing household; number of persons in household with their own income; readiness for a telephone interview; year of household founding.

Interviewer rating: city reference number; place of work; date of interview.