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Courses of Life and Social Change: Access to Occupation in Employment Crisis (Life History Study LV-West III)

Mayer, Karl U.
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA2648 Data file Version 1.1.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13195
Abstract: Detailed information and judgements on courses of life in the areas family, training 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 biography: school and occupational training; political education. 4. Employment history, occupation and work ... 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: 10.1988 - 11.1989
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE), FRG incl. West Berlin
Universe: Persons in two cohorts defined at the start as the years of birth 1954 to 1956 as well as 1959 to 1961 from the official telephone books (InfraScope)
Number of Units: 2008
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Simple random; Simple random selection
Temporal Research Design: Longitudinal
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Telephone interview; Telephone interview with standardized questionnaire
Data Collector: Infratest Sozialforschung, Muenchen
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.

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Mayer, Karl U. - Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin
Publication year: 2018
DOI: 10.4232/1.13195 | 10.4232/1.2648
Study number: ZA2648
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, 2018-08-21, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13195
Version history: ... more

Reference publications

Publications: Brückner, Hannah; Mayer, Karl Ulrich: Lebensverläufe und gesellschaftlicher Wandel: Konzeption, Design und Methodik der Erhebung von Lebensverläufen der Geburtsjahrgänge 1954-1956 und 1959-1961, Teil I bis Teil III. Berlin: Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung 1995. (Materialien aus der Bildungsforschung Nr. 48) siehe: http://www.mpib-berli ... more
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Detailed information and judgements on courses of life in the areas family, education and employment.

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Mayer, Karl U. (2018). Courses of Life and Social Change: Access to Occupation in Employment Crisis (Life History Study LV-West III). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA2648 Data file Version 1.1.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13195.

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