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Courses of Life and Social Change: The Between-the-War Cohort in Transition to Retirement (Life History Study LV-West II A - Personal Interview)

Mayer, Karl U.
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA2646 Data file Version 1.1.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13194
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; supplemental questions on household structure and mobility. 3. School and occupational training biography: school and occupational training; political education. 4. Employment history, occupation ... more
Topics: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT | EDUCATION | Social conditions and indicators | Political behaviour and attitudes | Family life and marriage | Income, property and investment/saving | Economic conditions and indicators | Housing

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 08.1985 - 1986
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE), FRG incl. West Berlin
Universe: German citizens from a cohort defined at the start as the years of birth 1919 to 1921.
Number of Units: 407
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Multistage; Multi-stage stratified random sample. Sample of target persons from household pre-surveys according to ADM mastersample
Temporal Research Design: Longitudinal
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Face-to-face interview: Paper-and-pencil (PAPI); Oral survey with standardized questionnaire
Data Collector: GETAS, Bremen; Max-Planck-Institut fuer Bildungsforschung, Berlin
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: -
Notes: Survey unit: adults### 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. See also the survey of the same cohort archived under ZA Study No. 2647.

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Mayer, Karl U. - Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin
Publication year: 2018
DOI: 10.4232/1.13194 | 10.4232/1.2646
Study number: ZA2646
Contributor, Institution, Role: GESIS - Distributor | GESIS - HostingInstitution
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
External links: Homepage of the German Life History Study (WZB)

Versions

Current Version: 1.1.0, 2018-12-04, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13194
Version history: ... more

Reference publications

Publications: Brückner, Erika: Lebensverläufe und gesellschaftlicher Wandel: Konzeption, Design und Methodik der Erhebung von Lebensverläufen der Geburtsjahrgänge 1919-1921, Teil I bis V. Berlin: Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung 1993. (Materialien aus der Bildungsforschung Nr. 44) siehe: http://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/de/forschung/bag/projekte/lebensv ... more
Study group:
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Detailed information and judgements on courses of life in the areas family, education and employment.

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