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Structure and Motives of Population Shifts in the Federal Republic of Germany

Wieting, Rolf; Hübschle, Jörg
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA0486 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.0486
Abstract: Primary motives of persons moving within the Federal Republic.

Topics: Previous and future place of residence; place of work;
distance between new and last place of residence; retention of the old
residence; frequency of earlier change of place of residence; move of
other family members; family size; reasons for change of place of
residence; commuter conduct.

Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; school education;
vocational training; occupation; employment; size of household; state.

Also encoded was: degree of centrality of municipality.
Topics: Social and occupational mobility

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 01.1968
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE), FRG incl. West Berlin
Universe: Individual persons and heads of household 15 years old and older who registered departure or arrival at randomly selected resident registry offices in the time from 8 to 26 January 1968.
Number of Units: 4750
Sampling Procedure: Census
Mode of Data Collection: Written survey
Data Collector: Prognos AG, Europaeisches Zentrum fuer angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung, Basel
Analysis System(s): -
Number of Variables: -

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Wieting, Rolf - Prognos AG, Europäisches Zentrum für angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung, Basel | Hübschle, Jörg - Prognos AG, Europäisches Zentrum für angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung, Basel
Publication year: 1968
DOI: 10.4232/1.0486
Study number: ZA0486
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.0486
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Reference publications

Publications: Wieting, Rolf; Hübschle, Jörg: Struktur und Motive der Wanderbewegungen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Basel: Prognos AG, Selbstverlag 1968.
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