Constance Mobility Study

Social level and career mobility. Topics: regional and social origins; time of leaving parental home; characterization of current housing situation and that of a few years ago; perception of social classes and groups in the FRG; self-assessment of social class; self-image (semantic differential); most important personal changes in the last 20 years; satisfaction with current standard of living in comparison over time; desires that cannot be fulfilled due to lack of money; importance of areas of life; attitude to occupation; course of education and career; criteria for occupational success; motives for choice of occupation and influence of other persons on choice of occupation; participation in measures for further education; information on personal income development in the years past; detailed information on change of occupation and change of position since conclusion of school or vocational training; information on time in the Federal German Armed Forces; assessment of the effects of the time in the Federal German Armed Forces on occupational advancement; evaluation of occupational position up to now and characterization of current position and work; authority to issue directives; perceived possibilities for occupational advancement; company loyalty; attitude to change of occupation; mobility expectations; satisfaction with position achieved and one´s own economic situation; income expectations; interest in occupational self-employment and, if appropriate, obstacles to realizing such plans; detailed determination of satisfaction with one´s own marriage in the last few years; expectations of the wife of occupational advancement of the husband; ideal number of children; desired school education for children; leisure activities and use of additional leisure time; types of sport conducted; friendships; social status of friends in one´s own adolescence; membership in clubs; functions accepted earlier and now; contacts with neighborhood and occupations of neighbors; contacts with siblings; social status of siblings; religiousness earlier and now; concert and theater attendance; attendance at social events; characteristics and amount of financial investment; costs of residence furnishings; planned acquisitions. Demography: age; marital status; number of children; ages of children (classified); age and number of siblings; position in sibling sequence; religious denomination; frequency of church attendance; school education; occupational training; income. Interviewer rating: length of interview; presence of other persons and degree of relationship of these persons.