Aspects of course of life
P1211A Language: languages and/or dialects respondent uses at present in contacts with parents, children, colleagues, neighbours and relatives / languages and/or dialects respondent uses for reading and writing, as well as at home as at work / to which languages/dialects respondent listens on radio, tv and VCR / in which language and /or dialect respondent learned to speak, read and write before his eighth birthday / in which language respondent got instructed at the elementary school
P1211B: Health and possessions: whether respondent suffered from physical disorders at present, and at the age of 15, 25, 35 and 45, for at least three months / respondent: during how many periods longer than two months in r.'s life, r. was unable to go to work or to school, as a result of being ill or an accident, and whether r. was hospitalized during those periods / visiting children, parents, other relatives, neighbours, colleagues and friends in hospital.
Possession of parents when r. was 12 years old: house, car(s), boat, caravan etc. / age respondent left parental home / possessions of r. at present: house, car(s), boat, caravan etc.
P1211C: Political preference: r'.s voting behaviour if there should be elections now, and at the elections in 1946, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1989, and 1994 / left-right scaling by respondent / number of changes in voting behaviour / political interest of r.'s parents when respondent was 15 years old, membership of parents of political party, political preference of parents, / religious affiliation / church membership in the past / age at which r. ended church membership / frequency of church attendance / church attendance at the age of 10-15, 16-20, 21-30, 31-50, 51 and older, church membership of parents when they were growing up / denomination of r'. school at the age of 15 / whether friends, relatives and neighbours of parents had the same religious convictions, when r. was 15 years old. / religion of class fellows at the age of 12 / frequency of reading newspapers and newsmagazines / frequency of watching 'NOS-Journaal' and 'NOVA' / frequency of political discussions / respondents opinion about euthanasia, income levelling, and environmental pollution, and whether r. knows about the attitude of political parties towards these problems at present and 10 years ago.
Background variables: basic characteristics/ housing situation/ household characteristics/ characteristics of parental family/household/ occupation/employment/ education/ politics/ religion/ consumption of durables/ readership, mass media, and 'cultural' exposure
