Summary information

Study title

Promaterial and Postmaterial Life Styles

Creator

Gläser, Ariane (Institut für Haushalts- und Konsumökonomik, Lehrstuhl für Konsumtheorie und Verbraucherpolitik, Universität Hohenheim )
Scherhorn, Gerhard (Institut für Haushalts- und Konsumökonomik, Lehrstuhl für Konsumtheorie und Verbraucherpolitik, Universität Hohenheim)

Study number / PID

ZA2421, Version 2.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.12479 (DOI)

Data access

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Series

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Abstract

Life style and attitude to consumption. Topics: The following was surveyed in the form of scales: 1. Positionality: need to issue directives professionally; desire to drive prestige vehicle; desire for recognition; placing value on correct clothing; need to achieve; ambition; career orientation. 2. Ties to products: prestige-oriented consumption; importance of sophisticated atmosphere in shopping malls and shopping centers; significance of shopping experience; importance of beautiful, valuable things as well as rejection of used and unsightly objects; preference for obtaining replacement or new purchase; placing value on stylish furnishing; desire for more luxury; pioneering consumer behavior. 3. General self-value: general satisfaction; self-respect; feeling of uselessness. 4. Compatibility with nature: boycott of products harmful to the environment; purchase orientation on environmental compatibility of a product; attitude to leaving packaging at the store after purchase; attitude to returnable bottles; attitude to plastic bottles on trips and hikes; criticism of too large a selection of products harmful to the environment; attitude to canned food; use of plastic bags as shopping bags; deliberate purchase of environmentally compatible washing and cleansing agents; orientation on the environmental protection symbol of the Federal Environment Office. 5. Social compatibility: willingness to help; sympathy as intervention in the private sphere; expected effectiveness of personal assistance; commitment for social fringe groups; lack of time as obstacle for social commitment; leisure time as recuperation time; consideration and tolerance as education goal; willingness to help as important work content. 6. Self-acceptance: ability to accept compliments; positive or negative self-image; feelings of despondency; feelings of guilt; sensitivity to criticism; insecurity in group situations; opinion allegiance. 7. Causality orientation: autonomy orientation; control...
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Methodology

Data collection period

10/1991

Country

Germany

Time dimension

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Analysis unit

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Universe

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Sampling procedure

Multiply stratified random 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

2016

Terms of data access

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

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