Dealing with Money

Individual habits of maintaining a budget, chronological sequence of income acquisition and income expenditure as well as payment customs, as expressed in dealing with cash and deposit money. Topics: Arriving at savings and purchase decisions; knowledge of credit terms; readiness to go into debt; saving regularly; consciousness of monetary value and trust in monetary value; money illusion; common or individual disposal over income; goals of domestic economy; manifestation of dealing with money; liquidity preference; maintaining budget and bank account; payment habits; money assets investments; influence of level of interest on choice of type of investment; individual level of standards regarding standard of living; short and long-term intents to purchase; installment purchases; residential furnishings with durable consumer goods; possession of vehicle and telephone; attitude to salary payments into a bank account and paying in stores without cash; cost of living; vacation trips and vacation expenditures; consumption level; determination of psychological shopper typology; possession of post office savings account and post office checking account; possession of stocks and shares; attitude to shares and special ´Volksaktien´; interest in house purchase or purchase of a condominium; detailed information on completed building loan contracts; land and house ownership as assets investment; rent costs; mortgages; collecting trading stamps; keeping a housekeeping book; shopping habits; health insurance and life insurance; financial support from children; employment of household help; income from side jobs; inheritances received; means of transport used; nutrition habits; participation in games of chance; smoking habits; judgement on personal condition of health; sensitive to changes in the weather; duration of sleep; attitude to pocket-money for children.

Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; number of children; religious denomination; school education; vocational training; occupation; employment; income; household income; size of household; composition of household; head of household; city size; state; refugee status. Interviewer rating: judgement on housing situation and residence furnishing; impression of household; judgement on intelligence of respondent; interest of respondent in interview; social class and willingness of respondent to cooperate.