Summary information
Study title
Guest Workers in Germany 1984
Creator
MARPLAN, Offenbach
Study number / PID
ZA1629, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)
10.4232/1.1629 (DOI)
Data access
Information not available
Series
Not available
Abstract
The social and economic situation of foreign workers in the Federal
Republic.
Topics: current and intended further length of stay in the FRG;
frequency and length of trips to native country in the last few years;
planned visits to native country; means of transport used for visit to
native country; family members in the Federal Republic; time of moving
of the family members; number and ages of children from one´s own
family living in the Federal Republic; family size; number of working
family members; greatest concerns and difficulties in the Federal
Republic; assumed attitude of Germans to guest workers; judgement on
the effort of trade unions for Germans or foreign workers; most
important tasks of trade unions; job satisfaction; interest in German
citizenship; party preference.
Demography: age; sex; length of time in school; length of completed
vocational training; occupation; employment status this year and last
year; area of business of activity; monthly net income (classified);
housing conditions; satisfaction with housing; monthly rent; maximum
possible rent; comparison of bearable versus actual rent; car
possession and brand; new or used car.
Interviewer rating: disturbances of course of interview; assessment of
ability to communicate; willingness of respondent to cooperate;
assessment of knowledge of national language as well as the German
language; city size; state.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
03/1984 - 04/1984
Country
Germany
Time dimension
Not availableAnalysis unit
Not availableUniverse
Not availableSampling procedure
Quota sample according to sex, age, housing conditions, marital status, year of arrival and employment office district
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Oral survey with standardized questionnaire
Access
Publisher
GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences
Publication year
1988
Terms of data access
A - Data and documents are released for academic research and teaching.
Related publications
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