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Courses of Life and Historical Change in East Germany (Life History Study LV DDR)

Mayer, Karl U.
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA2644 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.2644
Abstract: Detailed information and judgements on courses of life in the areas family, education and employment. Topics: 1. Family origin of target person: social origin; information on natural mother, natural father or stepparents and foster parents as well as on siblings; information on courses of life of siblings. 2. Residential history and places of stay: residence description and reasons for change; supplementary questions on household structure and mobility. 3. School and occupational training biography: school and occupational training. 4. Employment history, occupation and work life: posi ... more
Topics: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT | EDUCATION | Social conditions and indicators | Political behaviour and attitudes | SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND GROUPINGS | Family life and marriage | Housing

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 09.1991 - 08.1992
Geographic coverage: Berlin (DE-BE), East Berlin | Brandenburg (DE-BB) | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (DE-MV) | Saxony (DE-SN) | Saxony-Anhalt (DE-ST) | Thuringia (DE-TH)
Universe: Persons from the years of birth 1929 to 1931, 1939 to 1941, 1951 to 1953 and 1959 to 1961. Selected were persons of German citizenship living in Eastern Germany at the beginning of October 1990.
Number of Units: 2331
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Simple random; Simple random selection from the central resident registry of the former GDR.
Temporal Research Design: Cross-section
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Face-to-face interview: Paper-and-pencil (PAPI); Oral survey with standardized questionnaire
Data Collector: infas-Sozialforschung, Bonn
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: -
Notes: The data set is part of an extensive project in which work was done with different cohorts, survey instruments and sampled populations. The data sets are archived under ZA Study Nos. 2644 to 2648.

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Mayer, Karl U. - Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin
Publication year: 1995
DOI: 10.4232/1.2644
Study number: ZA2644
Contributor, Institution, Role: GESIS - Distributor | GESIS - HostingInstitution
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
External links: Homepage of the German Life History Study (WZB)

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.2644
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Reference publications

Publications: Hess, Doris; Smid, Menno: Lebensverläufe und historischer Wandel in der ehemaligen DDR: Methodenbericht der Hauptstudie. Bonn: infas (o.J.) siehe: http://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/de/forschung/bag/projekte/lebensverlaufsstudie/lv_ddr.htm
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Detailed information and judgements on courses of life in the areas family, education and employment.

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