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Study of Life Situations (61-79 Year-Old Persons)

GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA1744 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.1744
Abstract: Information on employment and income situation as well as pension payments of older persons. Topics: most important hopes and fears for the immediate future; self-assessment of condition of health; time of last vacation trip; judgement on one´s own current economic situation and comparison with the situation 10 years ago as well as in comparison with all West Germans; residential status; possession of a telephone; education and occupational training; number of children and year of birth; marital status; current employment or desire for employment; reason for employment; number of hours worke ... more

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 06.1982 - 08.1982
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE), FRG incl. West Berlin
Universe: Germans between the ages of 61 to 79 years living in private households
Number of Units: 4071
Sampling Procedure: Multi-stage stratified random sample. as well as their spouses (excluding residents of institutions)
Mode of Data Collection: Oral survey with standardized questionnaire as well as file analysis with the responsible retirement insurance provider
Data Collector: INFRATEST, Munich
Analysis System(s): SPSS
Number of Variables: 489
Notes: Further data sets on the Life Situations Project are archived under ZA Study Nos. 1743 and 1745.

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: - Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Sozialordnung, Bonn | - Sonderforschungsbereich 3, Mikroanalytische Grundlagen der Gesellschaftspolitik, Universitäten Frankfurt und Mannheim | - INFRATEST, München
Publication year: 1989
DOI: 10.4232/1.1744
Study number: ZA1744
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.1744
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Reference publications

Publications: Rosenbladt, Bernhard von; Kiel, Walter; Milenovic, Ina: Zukünftige Rentnergenerationen: Anwartschaften in der Alterssicherung der Geburtsjahrgänge 1920-1955. Untersuchungsbericht zum Forschungsprojekt "Grunddaten zur Entwicklung von Lebenslagen". Bonn: Der Bundesminister für Arbeit und Sozialordnung, 1986. | Infratest Sozialforschung: Daten z ... more
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Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Sozialordnung, Bonn, Sonderforschungsbereich 3, Mikroanalytische Grundlagen der Gesellschaftspolitik, Universitäten Frankfurt und Mannheim, & INFRATEST, München (1989). Study of Life Situations (61-79 Year-Old Persons). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA1744 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.1744.

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