Study title

Job satisfaction and working conditions of employees in central Hesse. Topics: Horizontal and vertical occupational mobility; work satisfaction (scale); satisfaction with choice of occupation; attitude to work, place of work, colleagues, superiors and the four-day week; degree of familiarity and judgement on company image of regional businesses; reasons for selection of current employer and standpoint with a future choice of job; knowledge of retraining opportunities; interest in a change of job; receipt of voluntary company social services and privileges; time worked each week and overtime; interest in more overtime; shift work, wage system and amount of hourly wage; time expended on the way to work and means of transport used; company size; newspapers read; occupation of father. Demography: age; marital status; number of children in household; religious denomination; school education; vocational training; occupation; professional position; professional career; household income; size of household; head of household. Interviewer rating: spontaneity in stating income.