Study title

Social situation of women and social change in the state of Brandenburg during political and economic transformation. Topics: Hopes and fears; importance of selected areas of life such as work, partnership, education, social security, health, housing situation; general contentment with life; satisfaction with environmental situation and environmental conduct (Skalen); extent to which informed about the system of social security, cultural and leisure time selection, problems with children, qualification and education opportunities, healthful way of life, rights, partner relations, work, environmental protection, establishment of wages and prices, housing market, product selection; stand on changed legal system; trust in trade union, organizations, lawyer, court in legal problems; persons one can turn to for financial aid; satisfaction with selected areas of life (scale); expectations of family and friends of one's conduct; preferred leisure activities (scale); changes in organization of leisure time and its evaluation; prerequisites for organization of leisure time and evaluation; party membership or party sympathies; attitude to political participation; activities to improve personal situation in life; self-assessment of condition of health; activities to promote health; desire for children - earlier and today under influence of the political turning point; occupational changes in the last year and their evaluation; assessment of primary causes for unemployment; management activity; time worked each week; shift work or flextime; occupation characteristics; current occupational qualification; number of marriages; satisfaction with individual aspects of the partnership (scale); changes in family climate in the last year; number of births and years of birth; financial opportunity of satisfying needs; number of children in household; price and quality comparisons in shopping; preferred dealing with money; acquisitions since currency union...