Study title
Social and Cultural Determinants of the Conduct of Foreign Workers in the Federal Republic of Germany (Primary Investigation: Germans)
Creator
Esser, Hartmut (Institut für Arbeitssoziologie und Arbeitspolitik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum )
Study number / PID
ZA1043, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)
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Abstract
Description of one´s own working and living conditions. Perception of
one´s own countrymen and third-party image of guest workers in the FRG.
Attitude to integration of foreigners.
Topics: detailed description of housing situation; foreign
co-residents in building; satisfaction with housing situation;
importance of areas of life; characterization of actual situation in
life; general contentment with life; self-image of the Germans and
third-party image of foreign workers; length of company employment;
contacts with colleagues of different nationalities; number of
colleagues of the same nationality at work; characterization of working
conditions and occupational prospects of advancement; self-assessment
of occupational mobility in the last 5 years; most important aspects of
an ideal occupation and general work satisfaction (scales); weekly
working hours; social distance to foreign workers (scale adapted from
BOGARDUS); attitude to workers of foreign or other nationality (scale);
judgement on contacts with authorities; social contacts in the
neighborhood with Germans and foreign co-residents; desire for more
contacts with foreign workers; personal opinion leadership; concepts of
the future development of the FRG.
Demography: age; sex; marital status; number of children; school
education; vocational training; occupation; occupational position;
employment; income; occupational position of father; income of spouse;
size of household; residential status; local residency; nationality of
spouse; employment of spouse; occupation of spouse; occupational
position of spouse.