Summary information

Study title

Living Conditions and Way of Life of Older Citizens 1988

Creator

Institut für Soziologie und Sozialpolitik an der Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR, Berlin

Study number / PID

ZA6993, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.6993 (DOI)

Data access

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Series

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Abstract

Social conditions and relations in old age, social care services and need of care in old age. Topics: Employment during the last 20 years; occupation characteristics; earlier shift work and management function; current employment; reasons for non-employment; reasons for employment after reaching retirement age; activity in residential area; preferred leisure activities (scale); residential status; possession of a telephone; availability of a telephone; intents to move; preferred form of housing; local residency; length of residence in current residence; place of residence of children; number of children; living together with children; household furnishings; yard / property possession; care during illness; current medical treatment; doctor-patient relationship; condition of health; chronic illnesses; need of care; confinement to bed; potential contacts for assistance; help with personal physical hygiene and jobs in household; daily warm meal; interest in provision of lunch; persons providing help in household; interest in a place in a home; concerns in daily life; participation in and information about events for older citizens; reasons for non-participation in these events; travel on vacation and visits; earlier travel activity; leisure partner; importance of selected areas of life such as children, occupation, friends, family, social security, hobbies, environment, all-round education, partner relation, peace, information, health, residence, co-determination, work; income; additional income.

Topics

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Methodology

Data collection period

11/1988

Country

Time dimension

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Analysis unit

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Universe

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Sampling procedure

Specific sample

Kind of data

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Data collection mode

Oral survey with standardized questionnaire

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

1988

Terms of data access

A - Data and documents are released for academic research and teaching.

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