Study title

Determination of the economic and social situation of older people in Mettmann. Topics: Attitude to family, extended family and one´s own children; spatial distance and contact with the children; support by the children; economic situation; type and amount of income; rent and housing conditions; satisfaction with housing; social contacts; attitude to the old people´s home; self-assessment of condition of health; age complaints; contact with doctors; club membership and acceptance of offices; affiliation and attitude to selected age groups; self-image of older people; loneliness; need of help and mobility; nutrition habits; attitude to retirement and occupation in old age. Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; number of children; ages of children (classified); religious denomination; religiousness; occupation; professional position; employment; income; size of household; refugee status; health. Interviewer rating: location of residence and building; size of residence; condition of residence; willingness of respondent to cooperate.