The survey concentrates on many aspects of social background and educational attainment to get an indication of social mobility of people in Utrecht. first school type after primary education / doubled years at school / school results of primary education / employed, if not to which social group does respondent belong / employed in the past / name of employer (present and past) / several aspects of first job: name of employer, function, branch of economy, nr. of employees, nr. of working hours / partner, brother-sister aged 25 and older and his-her partner: education / employed, if not which social group / employed in the past/ name of employer / function / branch of economy / nr. of employees / nr. of working hours / nr. of brothers and sisters older than respondent / respondent in the age of 12-15 years: ownership of parental house / own (heated) room/ cultural activities of parents: concerts, musea, theatre, reading books / parents bought books for respondent or themselves / nr. of books parents possessed / holidays spent abroad with parents and place were family was staying during holidays: hotel, apartment, cottage, tent/ reading books / visits to theatre, concerts, musea / characteristics of own parental family / brother-sister and two acquaintances of respondent: cultural activities / education, profession / nr. of hours watching tv per week / opinion about several tv programs / visiting concerts, kinds of music, musea, theatre, arts expositions / playing music instrument / time spend on reading / membership of public library / nr. of holidays in 1985, destination and place to stay: hotel, apartment, cottage, tent / holidays for winter sports / important political topics and aims / personal level of welfare and of parents in the past / statements about cultural participation / duration of interview, (influence of) other people present during interview, cooperativeness, use of language of respondent / observation of elements of interior of respondent's house.

Background variables: basic characteristics / place of birth/ housing situation / household characteristics / characteristics of parental family/household / occupation / employment / income/capital assets / education / social class / politics / religion/ consumption of durables / readership, mass media, and 'cultural' exposure