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The pairfam COVID-19 survey

Walper, Sabine; Sawatzki, Barbara; Alt, Philipp
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5959 Data file Version 1.1.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/pairfam.5959.1.1.0
Other Title (type): Panel Analysis of Intimate Relationships and Family Dynamics (Project Title)
Abstract: The German Family Panel pairfam is a multidisciplinary, longitudinal study on partnership and family dynamics in Germany, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The annually collected survey data from a nationwide random sample of the birth cohorts 1971-73, 1981-83, 1991-93 and – since wave 11 – 2001-03 and their partners, parents and children offer unique opportunities for the analysis of partner and intergenerational relationships as they develop over the course of multiple life phases. A comprehensive description of the conceptual framework and the design of the German Family Panel ... more
Topics: Family life and marriage | Children | HEALTH | EDUCATION | SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND GROUPINGS

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 19.05.2020 - 15.07.2020
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: All German-speaking persons of the following birth cohorts living in private households in the Federal Republic of Germany: - born between 01.01.1991 and 31.12.1993 (cohort 1) - born between 01.01.1981 and 31.12.1983 (Cohort 2) - born between 01.01.1971 and 31.12.1973 (cohort 3) - born between 01.01.2001 and 31.12.2003 (cohort 4) The persons were ... more
Number of Units: 3154 (3018 Ankerpersonen und 136 Stepup Ankerpersonen)
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Multistage; The survey was targeted towards anchor respondents of the pairfam panel who • had already been personally interviewed as part of wave 12, or • had been issued a temporary dropout code as part of the main fieldwork processing of wave 12, or • had not been finally processed by an interviewer as part of wave 12. In total, ... more
Temporal Research Design: Longitudinal: Panel
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI); Web-based interview: Each respondent of the gross sample was sent a personalized invitation letter and was asked to participate in a web survey which should last 10-15 minutes. The letter included a personalized link as well as a responding QR code to enable logging in to the survey.
Data Collector: Kantar Public, München
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata (deutsch & englisch)
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 213
Notes: Survey unit: adults; parents In order to correct for unequal sample probabilities in the cohorts (due to the DemoDiff subsample and the boost sample in wave 11, among others) and non-response, weighting variables are included in the dataset.

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Walper, Sabine - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | Sawatzki, Barbara - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | Alt, Philipp - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | Reim, Julia - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | Schmiedeberg, Claudia - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | Thönnissen, Carolin - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Mü ... more
Publication year: 2021
DOI: 10.4232/pairfam.5959.1.1.0 | 10.4232/pairfam.5959.1.0.0
Study number: ZA5959
Contributor, Institution, Role: GESIS - Distributor | GESIS - HostingInstitution
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Research data center: FDZ pairfam
External links: pairfam research data center

Versions

Current Version: 1.1.0, 2021-06-02, https://doi.org/10.4232/pairfam.5959.1.1.0
Version history: ... more

Reference publications

Publications: Walper, Sabine, Barbara Sawatzki, Philipp Alt, Julia Reim, Claudia Schmiedeberg, Carolin Thönnissen & Martin Wetzel (2020). The pairfam COVID-19 survey: Design and instruments. Release Version. LMU Munich: pairfam Technical Paper 15 | Walper, Sabine, Barbara Sawatzki, Philipp Alt, Julia Reim, Claudia Schmiedeberg, Carolin Thönnissen & Marti ... more
Study group:
Beziehungs- und Familienpanel (pairfam) | show all hits of the group
The German Family Panel is a multidisciplinary, longitudinal study on partnership and family dynamics in Germany. The main study pairfam started in 2008 with a nationwide random sample of 12,402 anchor respondents from the birth cohorts 1971-73, 1981-83, and 1991-93. Starting in 2009, the complementary study DemoDiff realizes interviews among an ad ... more

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Walper, Sabine, Sawatzki, Barbara, Alt, Philipp, Reim, Julia, Schmiedeberg, Claudia, Thönnissen, Carolin, & Wetzel, Martin (2021). The pairfam COVID-19 survey. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5959 Data file Version 1.1.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/pairfam.5959.1.1.0.

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