The Self-Image of Women Academics in Occupation and Family

Topics: Social origins and financing of college; attitude of parents to taking up studies; employment before start of course of studies; length and reasons for an interruption of studies; degree and examination year; examination subjects; number of semesters and change of major; occupational status at the college; intent to obtain post-doctoral qualification as university lecturer; reasons for and against this; chance of receiving a university chair; advantages and disadvantages of women in occupation and at the university; assumed reasons for the small number of female instructors; preferred activities in instruction or research; employment outside the university; requirements of the profession as college instructor; existence of typically female characteristics; position of husband; marriage length; point in time and place of getting to know husband; assumed reasons for the frequency of divorce among academics; perceived jeopardy to marriage with large differences in education; particular difficulties among academic marriages; effects of the profession on raising children and care for one´s own children during employment; difficulties founding a family with long training time; assessment of the differences of prospects of promotion among men and women.

Demography: age, number and training of siblings; marital status; number of children; ages of children (classified); religious denomination; occupation; professional position; social origins; regional origins.