Study title

Living conditions and attitudes to family and children among young non-marital long-term relationships. Topics: 1. General: training; occupation; length and extent of employment; temporary employment; shift work; commuting times to work; unemployment. 2. Childhood and parental home: growing up with natural parents or grandparents; death of parents during childhood; divorce during childhood; size of place of residence during childhood; social origins; employment of mother; number of siblings; over-all assessment of childhood as happy or unhappy; family life of parents as model; financial situation of parents during childhood of respondent; decision structure in one´s family; religiousness of parents; role of women in one´s family; judgement on family life; relationship with father and mother (scales); age at leaving parental home; age of parents; spatial distance to parents; frequency of telephone contacts and visits with parents; assessment of current relationship with father as well as mother; support received from parents, grandparents or relatives in view of living together with partner; anticipated financial, every-day and child care help in case of child. 3. Partnership and marriage: length of living together; previous steady relations and partnerships; if appropriate reasons for separation; earlier marriage; reasons for current non-marriage; difficulties from social surroundings or authorities due to living together unmarried; characterization of current relation; marriage intent; desire for church wedding; planned point in time of marriage; motives for marriage; conflicts with partner regarding the topic marriage; reactions of social surroundings to possible marriage; reasons for moving in together; initiative for this from man or woman; planned moving together; agreements in the area finances, acquisitions, relations to others, work in household, use of residence and separation preparations; agreement arrangements found later; owner of...