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SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Satisfaction with family life and leisure time activities
increases considerably with age and is lowest among
those with the smallest incomes. The latter also have the
weakest social network at their disposal and are least satisfied
with their social contacts. Political commitment
and political education are particularly low among unqualified
labourers, persons with compulsory education
only, as well as among those with the smallest incomes.
In summary, the biggest deficits concerning all of the
social resources examined were found among people of
the lowest educational level (compulsory education on-
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Priority Measures
Resources of and Pressure on Individuals
Individual resources are usually of a psychological nature.
They include aspects such as personal skills, selfconfidence,
control mechanisms, personal dispositions
and attitudes, as well as a person’s spiritual dimension.
All of these are acquired in the course of a person’s
socialisation, some during childhood, others later
on in life, the latter being referred to as personal resources.
The evaluation of individual resources showed that 32
percent of male interviewees– some less frequently than
others - had experienced physical violence in the home
ly), the lowest income level (the lowest 15 percent of
household incomes approximately), as well as among
foreigners. These groups are also most affected by their
housing situation, as well as by pressure at work.
Looking at age groups reveals a general trend towards
higher social resources (especially income, but not education)
with increasing age. The same is true for overall
satisfaction with all of the examined spheres of life. The
nature of the study did not allow for any conclusions as
to whether this had to do with a general age trend or was
partly due to a generation effect.
● Offer improved educational facilities for everyone
● Provide access to education, information and counselling, particularly for people in lower income
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● Facilitate access to information and knowledge, reduce obstacles
● Humanize working conditions
● Introduce fair salary/wage systems
● Provide equal access to external resources
● Establish equality for all social levels, with special emphasis on the lowest level as well as on foreigners
● Improve social support and establish/open up new and existing networks for (and with) the socially disadvantaged
● Improve material, physical, psychological and social living conditions for disadvantaged young people
● Improve women’s economic situation
● Fight poverty and need
● Offer targeted measures for specific groups (focus on: women, young people, families, people in gainful
employment with low qualifications)
● Reduce adverse housing conditions
● Lower the likelihood of psychovegetative diseases by reducing stress situations, e.g. emotional stress,
pressure to perform, and over-stimulation
● Raise social integration by establishing/expanding social networks
during childhood. The same is true for 24 percent of female
interviewees. Those with fewer vocational qualifications
are more affected than those better qualified, the
noticeable exception being women in leading positions,
with whom a striking frequency of family violence during
childhood was found. Fathers are more likely to resort
to violence than mothers.
The majority of interview partners believes they can influence
their state of health out of their own accord, an
opinion most prevalent among people of medium age
and especially among members of higher income groups
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