Alcohol and Driving

Topics: general contentment with life (scale) and satisfaction with condition of health; use of medication; use of tobacco and use of alcohol; drinking habits; motives and occasions for use of alcohol; frequency of alcohol excesses; detailed description of the situation and occasion of the last use of alcohol; place of meeting and distance from residence; means of transport used; intent to do without drinking before begin of a meeting and success in the observance of the intent; point in time of decision about the manner of return home; perceived opportunities for use of alternative means of transport; involvement in an accident or in a traffic check; attitude to traffic checks and knowledge of places of traffic checks; attitude to the car (scale); judgement on the effects of alcohol on driving behavior (scale); frequency of driving under the influence of alcohol and reactions of the environment to this; information on displacement, brand and year of manufacture of motor vehicle; kilometers driven up to now; possible reasons for doing without the motor vehicle; conduct in traffic and pleasure in driving (scales); attitude to observance of traffic regulations; knowledge of selected traffic regulations; appropriate sentence for driving under the influence of alcohol; preferred blood-alcohol limit; assessment of the limit of driving ability at which amount of alcoholic drinks; frequency of violations against the Road Traffic Act and involvement in accidents; punishments due to alcohol at the wheel; loss of drivers license; time worked each week; company size and changes of position in the last few years; self-assessment of social class affiliation; type of health insurance; media usage and leisure activities; Demography (ZUMA standard demography): age (classified); sex; marital status; number of children; religious denomination; school education; occupational training; occupation; occupational position; employment; area of business of company; company size; household income; sources of income; household size; self-assessment of social class; number of persons in household with non-German citizenship.

Interviewer rating: type of building; type of city; conduct of respondent during the interview and interest in survey topic; presence and intervention of other persons during the interview; length of interview.