Guest Workers in Cologne

Topics: Earlier image of Germany; utilization of sources of information for guest workers; occupation learned; reasons for taking up work in the FRG; current occupation; extent to which informed about the occupation in the FRG before leaving native country; change of job; work satisfaction (scale); contact with colleagues and relationship with superiors; person to confide in at work; work accident; traffic accident and assignment of blame; difficulties in the FRG; length of stay in the FRG; regional and social origins; origins of wife; place of residence of children; monthly savings and sending money home; use of the money in the native country; contacts with the native country; number of trips home; participation in a German language course; course of the day during the week and on weekends; illnesses during the stay in Germany; contacts with German families; media usage; interest in broadcasts for guest workers; desired facilities for foreigners in the Federal Republic; topics of conversation in one´s circle of friends; housing conditions and co-residents; satisfaction with residence; contentment with life; future desires and fears of the future; membership in organizations, clubs or a party; contacts with the police and extent of commiting crimes.

Demography: age (classified); marital status; number of children; age and number of siblings; position in sibling sequence; religious denomination; school education; vocational training; household income; size of household; self-assessment of social class; possession of durable economic goods; social surroundings. Interviewer rating: physical handicaps of respondent; willingness of respondent to cooperate; understanding for the questions.