Study title

Socio-epidemiological investigation on the situation of women in various areas of life at the time of the social turning point in the GDR. Topics: Having grown up in rural or urban area; reference persons in childhood; number of siblings; today's relationship with parents; marital status; composition of household; length of living together with current partner; identification of current partner relation; desire to grow old together; assessment of the partnership up to now (scale); division of labor in household (scale); time available each day for personal interests; desire for children of respondents and partners under specific and under ideal circumstances; reasons against another child (scale); number and ages of children; problems after delivery; condition of health of the newborn babies; care of the youngest child in first three years; preference for certain persons for child care in the first three years of life from today's view; satisfaction with child-raising and care in day-nursery; preference for or against day-nursery in its current form; age at first menstruation and first intimacy; regularity of gynecological check-ups; stillbirths or miscarriages; previous pregnancies: their course and their result; desire for pregnancy; special treatment to promote pregnancy; attitude to contraception; method of contraception practiced; reasons against contraception; level of information regarding means and methods of contraception; current pregnancy and attitude to it; reasons for or against the pill (scale); medical advice on methods of contraception; frequency of intimacy; attitude to the legal situation regarding abortions in the GDR; self-assessment of condition of health; medical care; current illnesses as well as regular use of medication; type of sex life in the partner relation and satisfaction with it; further information by respondents also about the partner regarding current school or occupational training or further...