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Description of the housing situation and satisfaction with the apartment. Housing costs, living environment. Neighbourhood and integration. Topics: 1. Housing: Degree of urbanisation of the place of residence; living in the city centre or outside; residential location; duration of residence at the place of residence; satisfaction with the place of residence (scalometer); further apartments (multilocality); rhythm of dwelling and purpose of use of the other dwellings; year of moving in and duration of residence in the dwelling; residential status. 2. Housing costs: tenants were asked: rent costs; rent included heating and hot water; heating costs and hot water costs; period of payment for heating and hot water; amount of the heating and hot water costs during this period paid amount; amount of the annual amount for heating and hot water; service charges included in the rent; amount of the monthly lump sum for cold (apportionable) service charges; annual amount for service charges; amount of the modernisation levy and the costs for a car parking space; assessment of rental costs; receipt and amount of housing benefit. Owners were asked: type of acquisition of ownership (new building, inheritance); government aid (KfW, housing subsidies from the federal states, municipal subsidies, home ownership allowance). 3. Current dwelling and living environment: living space; number of living spaces; assessment of the size of the apartments; equipment corresponds to the needs; age of the building; type of house; structural condition of the house; satisfaction with the dwelling (scalometer); satisfaction with the neighborhood (scalometer); satisfaction with the immediate residential environment (scalometer); usage structure in the residential area; image of the residential area; relatives and friends in the residential area; neighbourly relationship; population groups and social structure in the residential area. 4. Neighbourhood and integration: the relationship between...