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The Mikrozensus survey in September 1984 is on the topics shopping habits and job seeking shopping habits: The question program consists of the following topics: - local supply, especially important for elderly people and in rural areas - time needed for shopping, often a problem for working persons - planning of expenses: Of interest is the consumer behaviour and the planning of the household expenses. - planned purchases: This questions is of special interest in connection with the information gathered in the survey from June (Mikrozensus MZ8402) on the households’ achieved level of equipment with durable consumer goods. job seeking On the topic of job seeking the last study had been conducted in September 1982 (Mikrozensus MZ8203). The survey was conducted to complement the monthly statistic on persons who filed for unemployment at an unemployment office. It gives additional information on people searching for a job who did not file for unemployment at any unemployment office and who are therefore not include in the monthly statistics. This includes all unemployed people (those who lost a job as well as housewives, students, etc.) who might be looking for job as well as those who want to change their workplace because they are dissatisfied with their current job. Apart from providing possibilities for comparing with and complementing the monthly unemployment statistics of the labour market administration, this special survey provides additional information that cannot be found in an administration statistic.