Survey Design

As part of the preparation of the survey design were more Hinweiseaufdie conditions Among the survey was carried out. In order GewinnungdesDatenmaterials on the path of direct questioning on the ground preparations have been made: For example, in May 1986 to support some of the Hanover Medical School as an announcement of the planned VorhabensRundschreibenandieeinzelnenKommunenversandt.Zeitlichparallel dazuwurdedieArbeitsgemeinschaftderKommunalen leading associations of Lower Saxony letter about the proposed Bestandsaufnahmeinformiert. The Lower Saxony Ministry of Social wurdebereitsimJuni1985 at a dortigenBesprechung of the project unterrichtet.AbMitte May 1986 were the first telephone Terminezum completing the questionnaires with the local vereinbart.Im in July 1986 rejected the "municipal umbrella organizations" their support for the project. 14 In August1986 turned the Lower Saxony district inseinemRundschreiben No Country 227/1986an all local authorities with a request that the proposed research projects should not support it. The reason was it was: "This was decisive, among other things, daßder niedersächsische SozialministerindenvergangenenJahren repeatedly zuletztimJahre 1983 Umfragenbei municipal GebietskörperschaftenzumStand and to develop the Sozialpsychiatrischer Dienstedurchgeführt has." 15 The impact of this intervention were clearly noticeable. Already agreed dates Ortwurdenkurzfristig with reference to the circular of the few municipalities NiedersächsischenLandkreistagesabgesagt.Dennoch ignored the recommendation of their high association and agreed zueinem Gesprächsterminbereit.Die original objective of a regional survey Total warsomitnicht more. Angesichtsdersehrschlechten information about the situation Versorgungshandelnund dieVersorgungsqualität derSozialpsychiatrischen Diensteentschlossen LAG and MHH are still carried out the survey and also the disadvantage likely to accept incomplete data collection. Since the survey design and the issue primarily on einequalitative Beurteilungder working relationship and design of services in the Sozialpsychiatrischer jeweiligenkommunalenVersorgungsregionen situation, could Nichteinlösbarkeit of Repräsentativitätsanspruchs durchVollerhebung as poor lack acceptable.