Study title

Do-it-yourself practices of the West German population. Topics: do-it-yourself activities conducted and person carrying out these jobs; unpaid do-it-yourself activities outside of one´s own house; time expended for do-it-yourself activities; reasons for minor difficulties and causes of problems in conducting do-it-yourself activities; preferred source of information about do-it-yourself jobs and reading do-it-yourself or home magazines; knowledge and purchase of literature for do-it-yourselfers; interest in video information about do-it-yourself activities; amount of monthly expenditures for do-it-yourself information; conducting do-it-yourself jobs in connection with house construction, rebuilding, renovation or change of residence; possession or opportunities to borrow do-it-yourself equipment; purchase and place of purchase of do-it-yourself materials; considerations determining purchase; expenditures for do-it-yourself materials; purchase of wood for household and use of the wood. Demography: age; sex; marital status; family composition; ages of children (classified); religious denomination; school education; occupational position; employment; company size; income; household income; size of household; respondent is head of household; characteristics of head of household; housing situation; personal unemployment; choice between employment and family (only women); number of persons in the household with their own income; money freely available monthly (classified); questions on financial situation and spending habits; weekday of interview. Also encoded was: date of interview; sex of interviewer; city size; city code.