Study title

Social change in Eastern Germany during political and economic transformation. Topics: Hopes and fears; importance of selected areas of life such as work, partnership, education, social security, health, housing situation; general contentment with life; satisfaction with environmental situation and environmental conduct (Skalen); extent to which informed about the system of social security, cultural and leisure offering, qualification and education opportunities, healthful way of life, rights, partner relations, work, environmental protection, establishment of wages and prices, housing market, product selection; stand on the new legal system; trust with legal problems in trade union, organizations, lawyer, court; persons to whom one can turn for financial support; satisfaction with selected side of life (scale); expectations of family and friends of one's conduct; preferred leisure activities (scale); changes in organization of leisure time and its evaluation; party membership or party sympathies; attitude to political participation; activities to improve personal situation in life; expected social changes in the next few years; self-assessment of condition of health; activities to promote health; desire for children - earlier and under influence of the social turning point; occupational changes in the last year and their evaluation; assessment of the primary causes for unemployment; management activity; time worked each week; shift work or flextime; occupation characteristics; current occupational qualification; number of marriages; satisfaction with selected sides of the partnership (scale); changes in family climate in the last year; number of children born and years of birth; financial possibility of satisfying needs; number of children in household; price and quality comparisons in shopping; preferred dealing with money; acquisitions since currency union and planned expenditures; religiousness; source of income (scale); tenancy;...