Study title

The company communication behavior and information desires of the self-employed. Attitude to the terminal text system. Topics: number of technical journals regularly received; expenditures for technical literature; frequency of use of telephone services; frequency of contact with authorities; difficulties in obtaining information; colleague taking care of the search for information; satisfaction with the efficiency of letter traffic as well as mail delivery times; number of letters received and sent as well as telegrams per week; number of telephones in the office and amount of last telephone bill; percent division of telephone calls in local and long-distance conversations; office equipped with electric and electronic devices; distance between residence and office; doing work at home; filing system used; degree of familiarity of the terminal text test in Duesseldorf; interest in the opportunities for use of terminal text; interest in installation of a terminal text device for private or professional use at an acceptable price; place of installation; ideas about possible information services via terminal text; personally a pioneer in consumer behavior; number of employees; annual business. Demography: age; sex; occupation; number of years self-employed.