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The Welfare Survey's Question-Programme
The question-programme for the several waves of the Welfare Survey follow
a common blueprint, which is mainly structured by a sequence of questions
on several life domains. If structural differences between questionnaires
exist, they result from specific topic areas covered in a certain year or
from the addition of new concepts of welfare measurement to the programme.
The following table includes general information on the questionnaire
programme for all welfare surveys since 1978. In addition a German version
of the 1993 and 1998 questionnaires are included along with an English
translation of the latter.
The fixed part of the questionnaires includes among others
questions on:
- Objective and subjective indicators for the several life domains (e.g.
Housing, Income, Employment, Education, Health, Marriage and the
Family, Social Networks, Participation or the Environment).
- Global measures of subjective well-being (e.g. general live
satisfaction, anomie, anxiety or responsibility).
- Welfare-relevant attitudes and values (as for example subjective
importance of life domains, subjective perception of conflicts, (post)-material
value orientations).
- Standard demographic variables (e.g. age, sex etc.).
Welfare Survey 1978 (ZA-Study-No.
1141)
Sample Population: German resident population 18 years and older,
West
Survey Method: PAPI
Sample Size: 2 012; Response Rate 67.1%
Fieldwork: June 2nd - June 30th1978 Besides the fixed
part described above, the questionnaire of the Welfare Survey 1978
includes (among others) questions on the following topic areas:
Welfare Survey 1980 (ZA-Study-No.
1142)
Sample Population: German resident population 18 years and older,
West
Survey Method: PAPI
Sample Size: 2 427; Response Rate 64.2%
Fieldwork: May 13th - June 18th 1980
Besides the fixed part described above, the questionnaire
of the Welfare Survey 1980 includes (among others) questions on the following
topic areas:
- Alternative measures of subjective well-being
- Household-production and assistance in personal networks
- Occupational Placement
- Realised and abandoned projects
Welfare Survey 1984 (ZA-Study-No. 1339)
Sample Population: German resident population 18 years and older,
West
Survey Method: PAPI
Sample Size: 2 067; Response Rate 59.1%
Fieldwork: May 15th - July 31st 1984
Besides the fixed part described above, the questionnaire
of the Welfare Survey 1984 includes (among others) questions on the following
topic areas:
- Household production (replication), possession and usage of
technical equipment
- Public and private spending (infrastructure, labour market, health,
media, role models)
- Life cycle events, realised and abandoned projects (replication)
Welfare Survey 1988 (ZA-Study-No. 1839)
Sample Population: German resident population 18 years and older,
West
Survey Method: PAPI
Sample Size: 2 144; Response Rate 62.1%
Fieldwork: April 15th - June 08th 1988
Besides the fixed part described above, the questionnaire
of the Welfare Survey 1988 includes (among others) questions on the following
topic areas:
- Value Concepts
- Access chances (e.g. to the labour market, continuing education,
housing conditions)
- Public and private spending
- Life cycle events, realised and abandoned projects (replication)
Welfare Survey 1990 (ZA-Study-No.
2121)
Sample Population: German resident population 18 years and older,
East
Survey Method: PAPI
Sample Size: 735; Response Rate 71.7%
Fieldwork: October 29th - December 12th1990
Besides the fixed part described above, the questionnaire
of the Welfare Survey 1990 includes (among others) questions on the following
topic areas:
- GDR-specific questions: assessment of the situation before
unification
Welfare Survey 1993 (ZA-Study-No.
2792)
Sample Population: German resident population 18 years and older,
East and West
Survey Method: PAPI
Sample Size: 3 062 (West: 2 046, East: 1 016); Response Rate
63.4%
Fieldwork: February 18th - April 14th 1993
Besides the fixed part described above, the questionnaire
of the Welfare Survey 1993 includes (among others) questions on the following
topic areas:
- Claims and expectations
- Life-styles
- Problems of transformation and unification
Welfare Survey 1998
Sample Population: German and foreign resident population 18
years and older, East and West
Survey Method: CAPI
Sample Size: 3 042 (West: 2 007, East: 1 035); Response Rate
56.1%
Fieldwork: October 21st - December 15th 1998
Besides the fixed part described above, the questionnaire
of the Welfare Survey 1998 includes (among others) questions on the following
topic areas:
- Perceived risks of exclusion
- Expectations to a society worth living in
- Perception and assessment of society
- Access chances (e.g. to the labour market, continuing education,
housing conditions) (replication)
© GESIS Heinz-Herbert
Noll
11/12/07
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