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Retraining the Workforce (Branches of the Economy and Regions with Particular Structure Problems)

GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA0878 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.0878
Abstract: Problems of retraining the workforce in branches of the economy and regions with particular structure problems. Retrainees as well as a comparison group were interviewed on their occupational situation and further development. Topics: Course of training; participation in further education events after school; reasons for choice of occupation; satisfaction with choice of occupation; work satisfaction and company satisfaction; assessment of the economic situation in the region as well as of the company; assessment of job security and the general problem of unemployment; personal measures to ... more

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 03.1971
Geographic coverage: Bavaria (DE-BY), Oberpfalz | Saarland (DE-SL) | Bremen (DE-HB) | Bavaria (DE-BY), Munich | Bavaria (DE-BY), Regensburg | Bavaria (DE-BY), Bad Windsheim | Lower Saxony (DE-NI), Hanover | Lower Saxony (DE-NI), Celle | Bavaria (DE-BY), Dinkelsbühl
Universe: Retrainees and (as a comparison group) Non-retrainees
Number of Units: 714
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Cluster: Stratified random; Cluster sample of retrainees and (as comparison group) non-retrainees: 1. Saarland: 147 retrainees from metal occupations and 53 nurses, additionally 41 non-retrainees. 2. Oberpfalz: 205 retrainees from the area metal occupations and 125 non-retrainees from agriculture and industry. 3. Women: 94 retraine ... more
Temporal Research Design: Longitudinal: Panel
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Face-to-face interview: Paper-and-pencil (PAPI); Oral survey with standardized questionnaire
Data Collector: Soziologisches Forschungsinstitut, Goettingen
Analysis System(s): -
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 300
Notes: Survey unit: adults; others### A repeated survey of the retrainees is stored under ZA Study No. 0879.

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Bäthge, Martin - Soziologisches Forschungsinstitut, Göttingen | Mohr, Wilma - Soziologisches Forschungsinstitut, Göttingen | Münch, Jürgen - Soziologisches Forschungsinstitut, Göttingen | Schöll-Schwinghammer, Ilona - Soziologisches Forschungsinstitut, Göttingen | Schumann, Michael - Soziologisches Forschungsinstitut, Göttingen
Publication year: 1971
DOI: 10.4232/1.0878
Study number: ZA0878
Contributor, Institution, Role: GESIS - Distributor | GESIS - HostingInstitution
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.0878
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Reference publications

Publications: Bäthge, Martin; Mohr, Wilma; Münch, Jürgen; Schöll-Schwinghammer, Ilona; Schumann, Michael: Probleme der Umschulung von Arbeitskräften in Wirtschaftzweigen und Regionen mit besonderen Strukturproblemen. 3 Bände. Göttingen: Soziologisches Forschungsinstitut 1974.
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