Summary information
Study title
Life Styles (Men)
Creator
MARPLAN, Offenbach
Study number / PID
ZA1334, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)
10.4232/1.1334 (DOI)
Data access
Information not available
Series
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Abstract
Life orientation and consumer habits of men.
Topics: 1. Life orientation and life style: The topics of the first
part of the survey were all obtained by means of scales which in part
were structured very extensively. Importance of areas of life;
satisfaction with selected areas of life; importance of selected
behaviors for a successful and happy marriage; importance of selected
marriage motives for men; attitude to money and health; attitude to
selected behaviors in leisure time; most important personal leisure
activities; frequency of conducting these leisure activities;
indicators for a successful person; vacation motives and preferred
behaviors on vacation; psychological self-characterization as a man;
political attitudes; satisfaction with studies or work; most important
demands of occupation; attitudes to sex; attitude to marriage and the
relation of partners through life; attitude to body care and use of
cosmetic products.
2. Purchase of articles of clothing: purchase month and purchase price
of the articles of clothing purchased in the last 12 months; purchase
at regular price or in end-of-season sale; description of articles of
clothing purchased or received as gift; the material out of which the
article of clothing was made; type and name of business; occasion on
which the article of clothing is worn; satisfaction with current
clothing offering; most important criteria for the selection of things
to wear (scale); frequency of use of selected articles of clothing;
description of personal clothing style by means of a scale; brand
reputation of men´s clothing stores and manufacturers of menswear;
demands on optimum clothing (scale).
3. Miscellaneous consumer habits: number, type and engine displacement
of cars in household; use of brand service stations as well as
full-service or self-service service stations; preferred brand of fuel;
personally conducting maintenance of the motor vehicle and place of
purchase of motor oil; type of shaver preferred;...
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Methodology
Data collection period
05/1982 - 06/1982
Country
Germany
Time dimension
Not availableAnalysis unit
Not availableUniverse
Not availableSampling procedure
Multi-stage stratified random sample (Random-Route)
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Oral survey with standardized questionnaire
Access
Publisher
GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences
Publication year
1984
Terms of data access
A - Data and documents are released for academic research and teaching.
Related publications
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