Study title

Apartment and residential status. Housing costs. Settlement structures and the socio-structural context of the dwelling and its evaluation. Economic background. Neighbourhood and integration. Mobility. Topics: 1. Housing: town size; living in the city centre or outside; location; duration of residence at the place of residence; satisfaction with the place of residence (scalometer); duration of residence in the current dwelling; residential status. 2. Housing costs: tenants were asked: tenancy agreement at hand; amount of the monthly total amount for rent and ancillary expenses; amount of the basic rent (net cold rent); amount of the monthly flat rate for cold rent (apportionable) service charges; rent including heating and hot water; amount of the monthly costs for heating and hot water; assessment of the rental costs; receipt of housing benefit and unemployment benefit II; owner were asked: type of property acquisition (old stock, new building, inheritance); claiming of governmental subsidies (KfW, housing subsidies of the federal states, municipal funding, home ownership allowance). 3. Current dwelling and living environment: living space; number of residential premises; assessment of the size of the dwelling; equipment of the dwelling; equipment corresponds to needs; construction period; type of house; structural condition of the house; satisfaction with the dwelling, the immediate residential environment and the environmental conditions in the living environment (scalometer). 4. Residential area and social structure: description of the residential environment and of the residential area; structure of the residential area (old buildings, newer houses, etc.) or pure new development area); one- or two-family houses or larger apartment blocks; subjectively perceived composition of the population in the residential area. 5. Neighbourhood and integration: the relationship between Germans and foreigners in the residential environment; attitude towards the...